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For Immediate Release, May 11, 2021
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Kristen Monsell, Center for Biological Diversity, (510) 844-7137, kmonsell@biologicaldiversity.org
Jake Bleich, Defenders of Wildlife, (202) 772-3208, jbleich@defenders.org Steve Mashuda, Earthjustice, (206) 715-4912, smashuda@earthjustice.org
Pam Bechtold Snyder, New England Aquarium, (617) 686-5068, psnyder@neaq.org
Petition Filed to Save Gulf of Mexico Whale From Ship Strikes
Biden Administration Urged to Establish Mandatory Vessel Speed Limits Within Core Habitat of Severely Endangered Whales
WASHINGTON A coalition of groups filed a petition today with the National Marine Fisheries Service to establish a year-round mandatory 10-knot speed limit and other vessel-related regulations within the core habitat of the Gulf of Mexico whale, south of the Florida panhandle.
How Whale Songs Can Help Us Explore the Ocean
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Some whale songs can give scientists valuable information about the ocean’s geography, according to a study published Thursday in the journal Science. What’s more, their songs can be used as a form of seismic testing, which uses blasts of sound to map out the ocean floor. Forms of this technology can be harmful to whales and other marine life.
Ultra-rare whale washed up off Florida s Gulf Coast is a new species, scientists say
Zachary T. Sampson
The animal formerly known as the Gulf of Mexico Bryde’s whale could need a new name.
The endangered whale may upon confirmation be an entirely new species, according to research from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
Scientists have long puzzled over the whales, with fewer than 100 estimated in existence, perhaps among the rarest in the world. Examination of a skeleton found off of Everglades National Park in 2019, which was later buried at Fort De Soto Park to decompose, has led to new clues.