Gulf of St. Lawrence Archives - The Wildlife Society

For many right whales, the right spot to summer is farther north

January 6, 2022

Over the last decade, researchers hadn’t been seeing as many North Atlantic right whales in their usual spots. For decades, survey efforts were focused on the waters around Maine and Nova Scotia—the Gulf of Maine, …

Low herring numbers mean drop in humpback calf numbers

February 9, 2021

Decades of observations on humpback whales in the Gulf of St. Lawrence have revealed that low fish prey availability may be linked to declining calf numbers. “The number of calves sighted every year were positively …