Transcript: SNOWE ANNOUNCES $75,000 GRANT FOR RIGHT WHALE RESEARCH, CONSERVATION AT NEW ENGLAND AQUARIUM

Article: Right whale rules worry New England ...
National Fisherman;  June 1, 2002 ;     700+ words ... ... especially the endangered North Atlantic right whales, were due to be implemented in May, and they have raised concerns among New England fishermen. The rules NMFS issued set criteria for Dynamic Area Management, and specify dates and boundaries for areas that ...

Article: Scientists wonder about disorientation of Waldo the Wrong-Way ...
Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service;  December 8, 1994 ;     700+ words ... ... as Waldo the Wrong-Way Right Whale. And they have continued ... Thursday, Day 6 of the right whale watch, the whale seemed more ... back. Philip Hamilton, a right whale researcher with the New England Aquarium, said the whale ...

Article: Right whale population grows by 18
Bangor Daily News Bangor, ME;  May 10, 2003 ;     455 words ...BOSTON - The rare North Atlantic right whale recorded a third straight year of strong births ... an encouraging sign," said Lisa Conger, a right whale specialist at the New England Aquarium. "In the big picture, why this population ...

Article: Northern right whale towed in from Cape Cod Bay for ...
The Boston Globe;  April 21, 1999 ;     523 words ... ... 70 or more. "We've known her for a long, long time. It's a sad loss," said Amy Knowlton, a right whale researcher at the New England Aquarium in Boston. Scientists say the number of right whales has sunk so low that the loss of even ...

Article: Plankton growth linked to right whale reproduction ...
The Boston Herald;  October 26, 2000 ;     557 words ... ... issue," Mayo said about right whale reproduction. The number ... about what factors may affect right whale reproduction and calving rates ... related to plankton levels and right whale calving kept by the New England Aquarium. He said two years ...

Article: Researcher Makes Spotting the Right Whale Look Easy
The Washington Post;  January 21, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... endangered North Atlantic right whale. A researcher for the New England Aquarium in Boston, she ... commercially" extinct, the right whale was granted federal protection ... intersection of human and right whale behavior and geographical ...

Article: THE 'RIGHT' FIGHT Are lobstermen bearing the burden of ...
Portland Press Herald (Maine);  May 11, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... lobstermen bearing the burden of right whale protection while cargo ships ... conservation benefits of saving the right whale, she said. Scientists who ... research scientist with the New England Aquarium Right Whale Project. "The executive ...