A large group of more than 75 whales on the right of the North Atlantic were seen in the waters in the south of Massachusetts, which caused the Oceanic and Atmospheric National Administration to emit speed restrictions for vessels and vessels in the area, said New England aquarium on Friday.
The Anderson Cabot Cabot Center for Ocean Life conducted two aerial surveys of the great whale pruning on April 23, 55 miles south of the Martha vineyard, and on April 28, the aquarium said in a statement.
“Researchers have observed the feeding groups of the correct whales and Sei in the spring of this area in recent years, although this year’s aggregation is one of the largest researchers who have seen it,” the statement read.
Most whales are adults, including a whale that has not been surveyed since 2022 called Calvin. At 8 months, Calvin’s mother was killed after being hit by a large boat. Since then, Calvin has been entangled eight times and has given birth to four calves.
“This was the first time Calvin has been seen in almost three years, and in his last observation he had serious recording injuries that were new,” said associate scientist Katherine McKenna in the statement. “Many people had given up hope that it would still be alive after not being seen for so long.”
The aquarium said that the serious injuries and the deaths of right whales are caused by ships sent to the water. When the aquarium survey team noticed the direction in which the whales were swimming, it led to Noa issuing a voluntary slow area for all shipping ships. Ships are asked to reduce speeds to 10 knots inside slow areas.
Winter and spring seasons are the maximum time of the year for right -wing whales on the southern shores of New England, said the aquarium.
More whales have been seen near, including a large number of them that feed on Cape Cod Bay, “that is, the new England waters are home to a substantial part of the population,” the statement is called.
Since December, the aquarium’s survey team has conducted 32 surveys and has documented more than 168 right whales, a third of them seen in January on the Maine coast and New Hampshire, near Jeffreys Ledge. This total number of detected whales constitutes almost half of the population of whales estimated in the world, around 370.