He said many of the whale strikes occurred in zones with speed restrictions, so having additional enforcement of the rules could reduce right whale injuries and deaths.

Source: https://www.courant.com/2023/07/09/noaa-is-looking-to-add-regulations-for-some-boat-speeds-to-help-protect-whales-but-what-are-the-impacts/

It’s not yet clear what the 2023 population estimate will be, Pettis said, but already, there have been two detected right whale deaths in the last few months: a 20-year-old male struck and killed by a boat and an orphaned newborn calf.

Source: https://www.nhpr.org/2023-10-23/after-years-of-decline-right-whale-population-may-be-leveling-off-report

Seafood Watch Maine lobster in September because it concluded the crustacean is harvested in ways likely to harm the right whale.

Source: https://www.centralmaine.com/2023/02/14/maine-gop-to-whole-foods-blacklist-maine-lobster-lose-state-tax-benefits/

The first North Atlantic right whale…

Source: https://www.bostonherald.com/2023/03/20/the-first-north-atlantic-right-whale-mother-calf-pair-of-the-year-spotted-in-cape-cod-bay/

Twelve great whale species — minkes, Antarctic minkes, sei, Bryde’s, blue, fin, bowhead, gray, humpback and three species of right whale — hold an estimated 2 million metric tons of carbon in their bodies, the authors found.

Source: https://www.latimes.com/environment/story/2023-02-07/why-helping-whales-to-flourish-can-help-fight-climate-change