FREDERICTON — Much can be learned about the evolving habits of endangered North Atlantic right whales by tracing pieces of fishing gear from which the animals…
Gear that was disentangled from a whale in United States waters in January was traced back to the southern coast of Nova Scotia, Canada’s Fisheries Department said in a recent news release.Sign up to receive daily headline news from the Calgary Herald, a division of Postmedia Network Inc.By clicking on the sign up button you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc.
Dalhousie University biology professor Boris Worm said that by tracing gear, researchers can determine what parts of the ocean present the greatest risk for entanglements — a leading cause of injury and death for the whales.He said he was interested in learning the gear had been traced back to the southern coast of Nova Scotia, because conservationists hadn’t been focusing on those waters.
“Having the gear marked certainly highlights where risk is now occurring,” said Moore, with the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, a non-profit dedicated to ocean research, exploration and education. While tracing gear is useful, he said it doesn’t necessarily mean animals won’t be entangled in the same area again. Entangled animals suffer from stress, the inability to feed and injuries that might even affect reproduction, he said.
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