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11/02/2026

Trap setting!

11/01/2026

💙🩵💙

Talk about a last-minute addition! 🐋

Just as we're getting ready for a new right whale calving season, we have a surprise addition to the 2025–2026 right whale mom-calf pairs. Meet Silt ( #1817) and her calf, who were spotted near Anticosti Island, Quebec, Canada, in September!

At more than 38 years old, this is Silt's sixth known calf. And, she's now a great-grandmother, too! She has three known grandchildren and one great-grandchild, making this latest arrival quite the family addition.

Silt managed to fly under the radar of survey teams throughout the spring and summer. Although we don't know exactly when or where her calf was born, she was briefly seen in the southeastern United States calving grounds in February, so it's possible the calf was born there.

More on the 2025-2026 calving season: https://bit.ly/4rtkdiv

📸: Mingan Island Cetacean Study taken under permits MPO-LEP-QUE-2026-M013B and QUE-MAMMIFÈRESMARINS-009B-2026
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The information above, and on our website, was curated by the North Atlantic right whale catalog managed by our scientists at the Anderson Cabot Center for Ocean Life.

10/31/2026

10/31/2026

🖤🤍🧡

Have a fang-tastic Halloween and don't forget to cast a spell for everyone to protect whales👻🐋🦇

10/31/2026

10/30/2026

Not good

We are aware of an entangled North Atlantic right whale observed in the middle of the Gulf of St. Lawrence offshore from New Brunswick and north of Prince Edward Island.

We are working with our partners to relocate the whale.

10/30/2026

Good!

Starting November 1, most vessels 65 feet or longer must slow to 10 knots or less in North Atlantic right whale Seasonal Management Areas from Rhode Island to Georgia. These areas are designed to protect whales in areas where they are migrating and calving. An additional area covering southern Georgia and northern Florida will activate November 15.
Remember: North Atlantic right whales spend a lot of time at the surface, but can be hard to see—the risk is especially high for moms with newborn calves. Slowing down can help reduce the risk of vessel strikes. Learn more about Seasonal Management Areas and how you can help protect right whales:
https://bit.ly/4zWC9FL

10/30/2026

Action Alert! Please speak up!

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