Credit: Photo credit: Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, taken under NOAA permit 20556īut researchers have documented an unexpectedly sharp decline since 2017.
Catalog #2029 is 33 years old and this is her fourth calf. 6, 2023, approximately 11 nautical miles off Cumberland Island. Right whale Catalog #2029 ‘Viola’ and calf sighted on Jan. Recovery efforts in the 1990s and 2000s boosted the population to nearly 500 by 2010.
Whaling ceased after the development of cheaper alternatives to whale oil, but whales reproduce slowly and their numbers remained low throughout the last century. Buddy Carter, a Republican who represents Coastal Georgia, opposes a proposed federal rule meant to protect the highly endangered North Atlantic right whale population.įewer than 350 of these whales remain and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Fisheries earlier this month declared the population “in crisis” after realizing their population was even smaller than previously estimated.Ĭommercial whalers hunted right whales nearly to extinction in the 1800s, when the whales got their name for being the “right” whale to hunt because they swim slowly and float when killed, making them easier to tow back to port. Find Your County Services, Officials Open dropdown menu.
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