Amy R. Knowlton

TL;DR: In this article, the authors search historical records and computerized stranding databases for evidence of ship strikes involving great whales (i.e., baleen whales and the sperm whale).

TL;DR: The survival of North Atlantic right whales (Eubalaena glacialis) is seriously threatened by mortality caused by ships and entanglements in fishing gear as discussed by the authors. But despite efforts to reduce anthropogenic mortalities, and in spite of recent increases in calving, the survival of right whales is still threatened.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors define serious injuries and mortalities from entanglement or ship strikes and include any animal carrying fishing gear, cuts from entangling or ship strike deeper than 8 cm, swelling or necrosis, evidence of poor health from such interactions, and evidence of haematoma, haemorrhaging or broken bones.

TL;DR: The reproductive biology of the western North Atlantic right whale population was assessed using photoidentification techniques and there was an indication that calving intervals may be increasing over time, though the trend was not quite statistically significant.

TL;DR: In this paper, all available photographs of right whales taken from 1980 to 2009 were examined for evidence of entanglement with gear used in fisheries based on presence of rope or netting on the whale or scars inferred to have been caused by an encounter with rope.