NOAA pledges US$9m to protect right whales

North Atlantic Right Whale

Source: Christin Khan/NOAA Fisheries

NOAA Fisheries has pledged over US$9 million from Inflation Reduction Act funds to help safeguard North Atlantic right whales

The whales are facing extinction as a result of entanglement in fishing gear, vessel strikes and climate change.

NOAA estimates that more than 85% of right whales have been entangled in fishing gear at least once and is therefore allocating around US$6.9 million to develop ‘ropeless’ fishing gear technology.

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