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Happy HUMP(back) Day! "It's Hump(back) Day! As we can hear through the sounds they make, humpbacks are social with one another, but what is their social structure like? Do they have friends? Are there “pods” of humpbacks? Do they prefer to be alone? Find the answers below" Thanks to WDC for sharing!

NARW UPDATE: Photos from the February 17 aerial survey by CCS. THANK YOU for sharing!! And check out the link below to read the notes from the observers.

NARW UPDATE: 12 right whales sighted off Georgia but still no calves "An aerial survey team, aboard NOAA's Twin Otter aircraft, spot 9 right whales off Jekyll Island, Georgia. This sighting brings the total number to 12 right whales observed off Georgia and Florida. Unfortunately, we have yet to see a right whale calf this year. Since monitoring efforts began in the mid-to late-80's, there has never been a calving season when 0 calves were observed"

NARW UPDATE: “Passive acoustic monitoring is a powerful, cost-effective, long-term monitoring tool that can give a better understanding of trends and reveal range expansion, decline, or distribution shifts in populations, as well as changes from year to year,” Davis said in a statement. “In an ocean where conditions are changing rapidly, adaptive management is needed to identify and protect areas that are crucial for this species.” Thanks to Alisa Schulman-Janiger for sharing!

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"Eliminating vertical lines in the water column would drastically reduce the risk of whales becoming entangled in fishing gear but additional research is needed for it to be a functioning and practical solution."

New from the Gulf of Maine Research Institute: "Gulf of Maine, Explained: The Warming Gulf of Maine What was once a startling observation among our team of ecosystem modelers is now common knowledge: over the course of a decade, the Gulf of Maine warmed faster than 99% of the global ocean. In the time since, several studies have investigated the impact of this rapid warming on key commercial species such as cod and lobsters. However, as more people who care about the Gulf of Maine come to understand it as one of the fastest-warming ocean regions on the planet, one question persists: Why is the Gulf of Maine warming so rapidly? The answer is complicated, but can be distilled to three essential factors: Man-Made Global Warming Melting in the Arctic Changing Ocean Circulation In our latest installment of Gulf of Maine, Explained, Dr. Andrew Pershing details how each of these factors has led to a nearly unparalleled rate of warming in our local waters." https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL3tOTGlQp_uGlMJU9eK3sQKwRmkeThfFr

Happy Hump(back) Day! Let's take an in-depth look at humpback song with WDC

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