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Is Canada Doing Enough To Save Right Whales?
During 2020, no North Atlantic right whales were observed to have died off Canada’s coast, but this endangered species’ overall population numbers are still down by 11 percent over the past decade. For the last several years, Canada has changed fisheries management to protect right whales by halting fishing if whales are present and introducing ropeless technologies fishing gear that doesn’t snare whales accidentally in an effort to save right whales and increase their chance of survival in Canadian waters.
Peter Baker, director of The Pew Charitable Trusts’ Northern Oceans Conservation project, spoke with Tonya Wimmer, executive director of the Marine Animal Response Society in Nova Scotia, who works for the conservation of marine species through education, research, and response to incidents involving dead and distressed marine animals. This interview has been edited for ....

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