Transcript: Analysis: Maritime shipping lanes change to help preserve the North Atlantic right whale

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Analysis: Maritime shipping lanes change to help preserve the North Atlantic right whale

Host: LYNN NEARY, MICHELE NORRIS Time: 9:00-10:00 PM

LYNN NEARY, host:

This is ALL THINGS CONSIDERED from NPR News. I'm Lynn Neary.

MICHELE NORRIS, host:

And I'm Michele Norris.

The odds of survival just got better for the North Atlantic right whale. It's the rarest species of whale in the world. Fewer than 400 now live off the East Coast of North America. Through the '90s, more of these whales died than were born. This week, an unusual group of right whale advocates took steps to change that. NPR's John Nielsen has more.

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