There are 409 North Atlantic Right Whales Left in the World

Started in 1986 as a collaborative data sharing group, the North Atlantic Right Whale Consortium (NARWC) has grown to include more than 200 individuals from various research and conservation organizations, shipping and fishing industries, technical experts, U.S. and Canadian government agencies, and state and provincial authorities, all of whom are dedicated to the conservation and recovery of the North Atlantic right whale. The Consortium is internationally recognized and has been identified as a model for establishing other species-related consortia.

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Partners

The Partners of the North Atlantic Right Whale Consortium include many groups who share a common interest - research and using the results of that research to formulate science-based conservation measures to protect the North Atlantic right whale. Learn more about the organizations working to save the right whale by clicking on the names below.

• Anderson Cabot Center for Ocean Life at the New England Aquarium
• Associated Scientists at Woods Hole
• Audubon Society of Rhode Island
• Canadian Whale Institute
• Center For Coastal Studies
• Cetacean Society International
• Consortium for Wildlife Bycatch Reduction
• Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology
• Dalhousie University - Department of Oceanography
• Duke University
• Fisheries and Oceans Canada/Marine Fish Division St. Andrews Biological Station
• Fisheries and Oceans Canada/Maritimes Species at Risk Office (MASARO)
• Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission/Fish and Wildlife Research Institute
• Georgia Department of Natural Resources/Coastal Nongame and Endangered Wildlife Program
• Georgia Environmental Policy Institute
• Grand Manan Whale and Seabird Research Station

• The Humane Society of the United States
• International Fund For Animal Welfare
• Marine Animal Response Society
• Marine GIS at the New England Aquarium
• Marine Mammal Commission
• Massachusetts Environmental Trust​
• New Bedford Whaling Museum
• NOAA Fisheries Northeast Regional Office
• Nova Scotia Museum of Natural History
• Ocean Conservancy
• ​Office of Naval Research Marine Mammal Program
• Ropeless Consortium
• St. Mary's University
• Trent University Wildlife Forensic DNA Laboratory
• University of North Carolina Wilmington
• University of Rhode Island
• Virginia Aquarium & Marine Science Center
• Whale and Dolphin Conservation (WDC)
• World Wildlife Fund Canada (WWF Canada)
• WhaleNet
• Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI)​

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