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Recovery Plan for Cook Inlet Beluga Whales
Jan 4: NOAA Fisheries releases its recovery plan for the Cook Inlet beluga whale, one of eight endangered Species in the Spotlight.
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New Training on Responding to Whale Entanglement
Oct 21: NOAA has been working with numerous partners—the fishing industry, state fisheries managers, whale-watch companies, researchers, and conservationists—to minimize or prevent the incidental entanglement of whales.
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Research Expedition Tracks Elusive Beaked Whales
Sep 1: Marine mammal scientists are beginning a research expedition in search of the least known, most mysterious and deepest diving whales off the West Coast.
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Scientists Identify New Species of Beaked Whale
Jul 26: An international team of scientists who searched out specimens from museums and remote Arctic islands has identified a rare new species of beaked whale that ranges from northern Japan across the Pacific Ocean to Alaska’s Aleutian Islands.
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Disentangling a Whale of a Problem
July 13: Whale entanglement reports are rising on the West Coast. NOAA Fisheries is working to educate fishermen and the general public on how to reduce entanglement risks.
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Sentinels of Change: Gray Whales in the Arctic
Apr 7: Gray whales are now making their great annual migration to Arctic feeding grounds. What they find there may be changing.
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Can the Vaquita be Saved from Extinction?
Mar 10: Fewer than 100 vaquita remain, making this species of porpoise the most endangered marine mammal in the world.
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Species in the Spotlight: 5 Year Action Plans
Feb 10: NOAA Fisheries releases the first-ever action plans for the eight NOAA Fisheries' Species in the Spotlight.
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Automatic Whale Detector, Version 2.0
Jan 13: Last year scientists combined infrared cameras with image recognition software to automatically detect and count migrating gray whales. This year, they upgraded.
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Year in Review: Top 5 of 2015
Dec 22: What were our top five stories and photos from 2015? See which stories and photos made the list.
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UAV Reveals Killer Whales in Striking Detail
Oct 21: Unmanned aerial vehicle allows scientists to study killer whale health and reproduction while also offering a glimpse into the family life of these social animals.
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Recognizing At-Sea Monitors and Observers
Oct 14: At-sea fisheries monitors and observers are our eyes and ears on the water. They may spend days or weeks aboard commercial fishing vessels gathering first-hand information on what’s caught and thrown back.
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NOAA Declares an Unusual Mortality Event in Alaska
Aug 21: NOAA is declaring the recent deaths of 30 large whales in the western Gulf of Alaska an "unusual mortality event," triggering a focused, expert investigation into the cause.
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Searching for Rare Right Whales in North Pacific
Aug 10: A team of NOAA Fisheries scientists set out on a month-long research survey to try to locate the rare North Pacific right whale, possibly the most endangered marine mammal to visit U.S. waters.
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Spotlight Species: Southern Resident Killer Whale
June 22: Learn more about the Southern Resident killer whale, one of NOAA Fisheries' Species in the Spotlight.
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Scientists Use UAV to Study Gray Whales from Above
May 28: A rare opportunity to study how the environment limits the growth of a recovered population of large whales.
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Species in the Spotlight: Cook Inlet Beluga Whale
May 26: Learn more about the Cook Inlet beluga whale, one of NOAA Fisheries' Species in the Spotlight.
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Humpback Whales: A Success Story?
Apr 20: Are humpback whales still endangered, or have their populations recovered enough since whaling ended that they can now be taken off the Endangered Species List?
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New Tool Aids US Conservation of Whales, Dolphins
Mar 10: Researchers have identified more than 100 areas within U.S. waters that should be considered biologically important when making management and regulatory decisions about human activities that could affect whales, dolphins and porpoises.
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Humpback Whales: Fact vs. Fiction
Feb 11: How well do you know the humpback whale? Take a look at some facts and common myths about this majestic marine mammal.
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Automatic Whale Detector, Version 1.0
Feb 9: Scientists have combined infrared cameras with image recognition software to automatically detect and count migrating gray whales.
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Captive Killer Whale Included On Endangered List
Feb 4: NOAA Fisheries will issue a final rule to include Lolita, a captive killer whale at the Miami Seaquarium, in the endangered species listing for Southern Resident Killer Whales that spend much of the year in inland waters of WA and British Columbia.
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Win-Win for Whales and Lobstermen
Nov 5: New proposed measures provide needed protections for whales with less economic impact on fishermen.
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You've Never Seen Killer Whales Like This Before
Oct 8: For the first time, scientists have used an unmanned aerial vehicle to photograph killer whales from above, giving them a new way to monitor killer whale health and reproduction while giving us all a stunning new view of the species.
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Prescott Grants Awarded for Marine Mammal Rescue
Sep 19: NOAA Fisheries announced the award of 35 grants to partner organizations in 18 states totaling $2.7 million to respond to and rehabilitate stranded marine mammals and collect data on their health.
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