Scientists are recommending go-slow zones for ship traffic in their race to save the North Atlantic right whale from extinction.
Whale experts studying the endangered right whale in the Bay of Fundy this summer say that while there are more calves than usual, too many of the slow-moving mammals are being killed in ship collisions.
Moira Brown of the New England Aquarium says the Canadian government's decision to alter shipping lanes in the Bay of Fundy has helped the right whale, but the U.S. government has not yet acted on recommendations for ocean speed limits and shipping-lane changes.
A new report by marine scientists says the right whale faces extinction within the next 100 years if current mortality rates continue.
In the past 16 months, there have been eight recorded right-whale deaths, but it is believed that many more go unreported.
Scientists estimate that there are only 325 to 350 North Atlantic right whales left in the world.
