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Maine lobster is losing its ‘sustainable’ label due to risk to whales
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Maine lobster is losing its ‘sustainable’ label due to risk to whales

Two seafood guides have weighed against eating Maine's famed lobster, citing concerns over endangered North Atlantic right whales getting entangled in fishing rope.
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South Fork Wind adopts enhanced right whale protections

A new conservation agreement ensures that an offshore wind project set to supply New York with enough renewable power for 70,000 homes incorporates important enhanced protections for the endangered North Atlantic right whale.

These whales are so decimated that a single birth was cheered by scientists

These whales are so decimated that a single birth was cheered by scientists

Slalom the North Atlantic right whale, survivor of multiple deadly fishing net entanglements, gave birth. But can mother and calf survive dangerous, human-infested waters?
It’s tough being a right whale these days
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It’s tough being a right whale these days

Life can be hell for giants of the deep—but does it have to be?
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