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Endangered Whale ‘Likely to Die’ After Suspected Vessel Strike. Proposed NOAA Rules Could Prevent Future Collisions, Scientists Say

Inside Climate News · By Kiley Price · last updated
Expanded whale “school zones” could help prevent boat collisions, but proposed rules are facing backlash from the boating industry.

By Kiley Price

In late November, scientists identified a North Atlantic right whale, nicknamed Juno, breaching the waters off the coast of Georgetown, South Carolina, with a days-old calf by her side, the first documented birth of the season. 

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