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eLearningChris t1_ixjxdzu wrote

Reply to comment by FreedomXFromme in Whole Foods to pause sales of Maine lobster by bostondotcom

Yes. Right whales are all tracked. And the council admits their concern is a “potential” risk to the whales. They are also advocating a 10 mile per hour limit on all boats in East Coast waters.

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West_Ad_8279 t1_ixliggx wrote

Right whales are not tracked

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eLearningChris t1_ixm4f2y wrote

http://rwcatalog.neaq.org/#/

Did not mean that they all have radio trackers on them. They are closely monitored as an endangered species. With all of this they have still never actually found a single right whale that has been killed by Maine lobster gear. The actual danger these days is a combination of pollution and ship strikes from larger ships that often go 30+ knots when offshore and actually are tracked via AIS. It will be interesting to see what happens when the 10-knot speed limit eventually passes for most of the US East Coast out to 10 miles.

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