North Pacific Right Whale Sightings - Google My Maps
North Pacific right whale (NPRW) sightings 1970-2024
For more information on the sightings, and links to media, check out bit.ly/NPRWMap.
Thanks to Yasutaka Imai for collecting these sightings!
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🐳🐳 Feb and Mar, Miyake Island - whales were seen here in 2016 and 2023 too, spotted by the same observer Hitomi Kikuchi
🐳 Mar, Hachijojima
🐳 Apr, Tokyo Bay - successful disentanglement by Hiroyuki Arakawa and Hajime Suzuki
🐳 Apr, Shikoku Island
🐳 Apr, Yakushima Island - sighting by Nao Marina Takada
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A map of Japan with sightings of North Pacific right whales highlighted along the southern coast. Text reads 2025 North Pacific right whale sightings, and each sighting is labeled with the month it was seen.
It’s been a historic spring for North Pacific right whale sightings in the western North Pacific. Usually, one sighting a year is a cause for celebration. This year, there have been SIX sightings off the coast of Japan.
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Archived Skin Samples Reveal New Insights on Habitat Use of Rare Eastern North Pacific Right Whales
Innovative analysis uncovers a record of habitat use over 33 years to inform recovery strategies for an endangered whale.
One of the big questions with North Pacific right whales is: do they migrate? New research uses skin samples from the whales to figure out where they’re feeding in the spring. Spoiler alert: it’s not the Bering Sea where they can be found in the summer!
www.fisheries.noaa.gov/feature-stor...
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A black and white etching of a north pacific right whale swims through swirls of water. Text reads The Left Coast's Right Whale Free Online Symposium
Join us for a virtual symposium on January 15th! This free event will dive into North Pacific right whale conservation and ecology, and you’ll get to hear from scientists, ropeless gear innovators, and us!
Register for the event at www.northpacificrightwhale.org/symposium
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