{"id":1488,"date":"2020-11-30T21:43:36","date_gmt":"2020-11-30T21:43:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.comandantetchao.net\/wp\/?p=1488"},"modified":"2020-11-30T21:44:07","modified_gmt":"2020-11-30T21:44:07","slug":"mother-jones-at-sea-and-in-court-the-fight-to-save-the-worlds-rarest-whales-intensifies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.comandantetchao.net\/wp\/?p=1488","title":{"rendered":"Mother Jones: At Sea and in Court, the Fight to Save the World\u2019s Rarest Whales Intensifies"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Rene Ebersole<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe next five years are critical.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.motherjones.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/GettyImages-639203576-e1606247548356.jpg?resize=990,557\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Let our journalists help you make sense of the noise: Subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter and get a recap of news that matters.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This piece was originally published in Yale Environment 360 and appears here as part of our Climate Desk Partnership.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Artie Raslich has been volunteering for seven years with the conservation group Gotham Whale, working on the American Princess, a whale-watching boat based in Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn. In that time Raslich, a professional photographer, has glimpsed a North Atlantic right whale, the world\u2019s rarest cetacean, only twice. The first time was an unseasonably warm December day in 2016, when he managed to snap a striking image of a right whale\u2019s dark tail against the backdrop of the New York City skyline. \u201cThat was a beautiful shot,\u201d Raslich says, proudly. The second was just a few weeks ago, in early October, roughly 3 miles east of Sea Bright, New Jersey.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Unfortunately, both whales had suffered an increasingly common fate: They were entangled in fishing ropes and were likely to die.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The North Atlantic right whale is one of the most endangered species on the planet. Scientists announced last month that there are only about 360 of the animals left, down roughly 50 from the previous year\u2019s survey. They live along the East Coast, from northern Florida to Canada, where the 50-foot-long, 140,000-pound leviathans must navigate through millions of commercial fishing lines\u2014primarily lobster traps\u2014and one of the world\u2019s most crowded shipping channels. Too often they become tangled in those lines, or are struck by a ship. The fight to save them, led by biologists and conservation groups, has grown urgent\u2014in the water and in the courts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.motherjones.com\/environment\/2020\/11\/at-sea-and-in-court-the-fight-to-save-the-worlds-rarest-whales-intensifies\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.motherjones.com\/environment\/2020\/11\/at-sea-and-in-court-the-fight-to-save-the-worlds-rarest-whales-intensifies\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">lire la Suite:<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rene Ebersole \u201cThe next five years are critical.\u201d Let our journalists help you make sense of the noise: Subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter and get a recap of news that matters. 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