Right whale population continues to decline, only 340 left, report says

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North Atlantic right whales are struggling to reproduce and survive due to frequent entanglements in fishing gear.

Snow Cone was spotted with a calf in December 2021.New England Aquarium

BySusannah SudboroughOctober 24, 2022

The North Atlantic right whale population is continuing to decline, reaching a low this year that it hasn’t seen since the early 2000s, according tothe North Atlantic Right Whale Consortium’s annual reporton the current right whale population.

The consortium estimated the population of the critically endangered species to be around 348 in 2020. It estimates that there were around 340 right whales in 2021.

“While it is certainly good to see the slope of the trajectory slow, the unfortunate reality is that the species continues to trend downward,” Heather Pettis, executive administrator of the North Atlantic Right Whale Consortium, said in a news release.

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