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Articles by Marianna Hagbloom
Allow Us to Introduce 18 Newly Named Right Whales
Categories: All Bycatch Conferences and Collaborations Critical Support Events Field Work From the President Marine Mammals MCAF News & Features Policy Press Release Right Whales Sea Turtles Sharks Archive: 2021 January February 2020 January February March July August September October November December 2019 January February March May June July August September October November December 2018 February March April May June July August September October November December 2017 January May July...
September Surveys in the Bay of Fundy
With only fifteen possible days of fieldwork in September, our team felt the urgency of conducting as many surveys as possible—however, in a month marked by strong winds, rain, and thick fog, our team was grateful to get even three surveys done. Our three September surveys didn’t turn up any right whales, but we did observe many other interesting species and were able to survey an area we don’t often explore.
Predicting the Birth of a Right Whale Calf
By Katie Graham, Liz Burgess, and Marianna Hagbloom Bright orange feces found floating at the water’s surface near swimming North Atlantic right whales is a treasure. The Anderson Cabot Center for Ocean Life at the New England Aquarium has a Marine Stress and Ocean Health Program that specializes in studying whale defecations. Yes, you read that right. Whale poop isn’t just waste. Using specialized laboratory tests, we utilize feces to measure hormones that have been excreted from the body.
Nine Busy Days in the Gulf
Categories: All Bycatch Conferences and Collaborations Critical Support Events Field Work From the President Marine Mammals MCAF News & Features Press Release Right Whales Sea Turtles Sharks Archive: 2019 January February March May June July August 2018 February March April May June July August September October November December 2017 January May July August September October November December 2016 June July August September November December Right Whales The third and last leg of the July...
Fourth Female Right Whale Found Dead
The mortality crisis in Canada continues- this morning we received one aerial image of a sixth carcass, found on June 27, 2019 off the Gaspe Peninsula in the Gulf of St Lawrence. We have matched this whale to Catalog #3450, “Clipper,” an unknown age female first seen in 2004. Clipper was so named because a portion of her tail had been “clipped” off from a vessel strike prior to her first sighting in 2004. Clipper. Credit: Amy Knowlton, Anderson Cabot Center-New England Aquarium.
Two New Right Whale Carcasses Identified
After two North Atlantic right whales were found dead in the Gulf of St Lawrence (GSL) on June 4 (“Wolverine“) and June 20 (“Punctuation“), two additional dead individuals were reported in the region on June 25, 2019, bringing the total known mortalities to four. The third carcass of the month has been identified by New England Aquarium’s Anderson Cabot Center as Catalog #1514, an adult male of unknown age named “Comet” for a long scar on his right side.
Fifth Dead Right Whale in Gulf Triggers New Speed Restrictions
On June 26th, DFO confirmed that a fifth right whale carcass was discovered. The body had beached on Anticosti Island, QC. Images were sent to the New England Aquarium this morning, and researchers were able to match the carcass using the Right Whale Catalog to a known individual based on the sex, remnants of a white chin pattern, left side mandibular islands, and a distinctive trailing fluke edge. This fifth dead whale is Catalog #3329. #3329 lifts her head during a surface active group.
2018 Field Season: Another Entangled Right Whale
After a week of thick fog, rain, and strong winds prevented us from surveying in the Bay of Fundy, we finally got a small weather window and took advantage of it. On July 30, we pushed off the dock around 5:30 AM and started heading way to the east. Also on the water were colleagues from the Grand Manan Whale and Seabird Research Station (GMWSRS), who satellite tag basking sharks.
Successful Spring for Biopsy Collection
Our spring biopsy sampling project with Northeast Fisheries Science Center wrapped up in mid-May, when the right whales left Cape Cod Bay. We are thrilled with the success we had this year! The team photographed 97 individuals, and biopsy sampled 11 individuals for which we needed genetic information.
Unhealthy Whales In The Bay Of Fundy - Center For Ocean Life
It has been a while since we have provided an update on our work in the Bay- we have been busy since we last wrote! We have been lucky with good weather and whales this season, resulting in 19 days at sea photographing right whales so far, with at least 70 different individuals documented to date! Some are whales we saw on our first days out in July, others are whales newly documented in the Bay this year.
Campobello Team Rescues Right Whale "FDR"
RIGHT WHALE RESEARCH Campobello Team Rescues Right Whale “FDR” Written by Moira Brown The right whale research team was just starting their survey day in the Bay of Fundy on August 13 when a call came over the marine radio from colleagues at the Grand Manan Whale and Seabird Research Station. They had found a right whale severely entangled in fishing gear (and we thank them so much for reporting it!).
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