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
• Animal Welfare Institute
• Associated Scientists at Woods Hole
• Audubon Society of Rhode Island
• Canadian Whale Institute
• Center For Coastal Studies
• Cetacean Society International
• Clearwater Marine Aquarium Research Institute
• Consortium for Wildlife Bycatch Reduction
• Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology
• Dalhousie University - Department of Oceanography
• Duke University
• Fisheries and Oceans Canada​
• 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
• Nova Scotia Museum of Natural History
• NY4WHALES
• Ocean Conservancy
• ​Office of Naval Research Marine Mammal Program
• Ropeless Consortium
• St. Mary's University
• Sustainable Fisheries Partnership
• 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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QuestionPro's survey software played a major role in our collaboration with our whale naming partners in 2022. Utilizing this survey platform has strengthened our collaborative partnerships.