Vanishing 's decline worse than previously thought, feds say
The North Atlantic numbers less than 350, and it has been declining in population for several years. The federal government declared the whale’s decline an “unusual mortality event,” which means an unexpected and significant die-off, in 2017.
reports 114 of the have been documented as dead, seriously injured or sub-lethally injured or sick since the start of the mortality event. apnews.com/article/right-whale

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Rare endangered whale glimpsed in Monterey Bay

"A North Pacific right whale, believed to be one of only 32 surviving individuals of the critically endangered species, was spotted, tracked and photographed by a Monterey Bay Whale Watch vessel."

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