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Rare 3-Year-Old Whale Found Dead On Martha’s Vineyard Rare 3-Year-Old Whale Found Dead On Martha’s Vineyard
Rare 3-Year-Old Whale Found Dead On Martha’s Vineyard A North Atlantic right whale, part of the world’s most endangered large whale species, was found dead on Martha’s Vineyard, experts said. The 3-year-old female whale was found trapped in a rope on Sunday, Jan. 28, near Joseph Sylvia State Beach in Edgartown, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). “State law enforcement officials collected some of the rope that was entangled around, and embedded in, the whale’s tail,” NOAA Fisheries said in a statement. “They turned it over to NOAA’s Office Law Enforcement.” Related: Rare Sighting: 4 Killer Whales See…

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Protecting Endangered Whales May Increase Lobster, Crab Prices Protecting Endangered Whales May Increase Lobster, Crab Prices
Protecting Endangered Whales May Increase Lobster, Crab Prices A proposal to protect right and other large whales could change how people trap lobsters and crabs - a situation that may lead to higher seafood prices.  Meanwhile, a temporary “slow zone” has been created around Martha’s Vineyard along with parts of the East Coast in an effort to reduce the risk of endangered right whales being hit by ships, boats, and other vessels. The North Atlantic right whale is one of the most endangered large whale species on the planet - there are only about 400 of them left and fewer than 100 are breeding females, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Adm…

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by Kristin Palpini