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May 16, 2024

Entangled right whale prompts Gulf of St. Lawrence fishing closure

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A dead female North Atlantic right whale found March 30 floating 50 miles offshore east of Back Bay National Wildlife Refuge, Va. Clearwater Marine Aquarium Research Institute photo/NOAA permit #24359.

Fisheries and Oceans Canada has temporarily shut down part of the Gulf of St. Lawrence to non-tended, fixed-gear fishing after an endangered North Atlantic right whale with gear entangled around its mouth was spotted northeast of New Brunswick Friday.

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