They're one of the most endangered mammals in the world, and a species you may never have even heard of: North Atlantic right whales.
American conservationists are hoping a proposed federal rule change to expand speed restrictions for vessels along the US East Coast will save the marine giants, which number fewer than 350, from extinction.
The situation is dire. North Atlantic right whales have been experiencing an"unusual mortality event" since 2017; there are fewer than 70 breeding females left, calving rates are down as a result of stressors on mothers, and the species could be functionally extinct by 2035. They were considered the"right whale" to hunt by whalers who sought their blubber for oil and their baleen plates, which the whales use to filter their food, as a strong, flexible material used in the pre-plastic era.
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration 's changes would broaden the boundaries and timing of seasonal speed restrictions along the East Coast, and expand mandatory speed restrictions of 10 knots or less from vessels over 65-feet to those over 35-feet. - Technology solutions? -NOAA has said it plans to finalize its draft rule by December, after reviewing more than 90,000 comments.
Kathleen Collins, senior marine campaigns manager for IFAW told AFP she was heartened on this front by recently allocated funds from the Inflation Reduction Act, President Biden's signature climate and conservation investment law, which allocated $82 million towards saving the species, including technologies to assist with compliance.
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