The Rice 's whale (formerly known as the Northern GOM Bryde's whale) is one of the world's most endangered large whales and is at risk by vessel strikes, acoustic disturbances, and other threats.

The Marine Mammal Commission (the Commission), in consultation with its Committee of Scientific Advisors on Marine Mammals, has reviewed the National Marine Fisheries Service’s (NMFS) request for information relevant to vessel-strike mitigation measures to protect Rice’s whales in the Gulf of Mexico. In 2021, NMFS received a petition requesting that NMFS use its authority under the Marine ...

The Marine Mammal Commission (the Commission), in consultation with its Committee of Scientific Advisors on Marine Mammals, has reviewed the National Marine Fisheries Service’s (NMFS) 24 July 2023 Federal Register notice (88 Fed. Reg. 47453) proposing to designate critical habitat for Rice’s whale (Balaenoptera ricei), as well as the “Endangered Species Act Rice’s Whale Critical ...

Rice’s whale is the only baleen whale to reside year-round in the northern GOM. NMFS listed the whale as endangered in 2019 due to its small population size (currently estimated as 51 animals), restricted range (primarily in the eastern GOM), and the threats posed by energy exploration, development, and production, oil spills and oil spill response activities, vessel strikes, entanglement in ...

2023年7月6日 · Even though whales are large animals, collisions with boats of all sizes can injure and kill them. In the U.S., vessel strike has been identified as a major threat to many large whale species, including North Atlantic and North Pacific right whales, Rice’s whales, blue whales, humpback whales, and fin whales.

The Rice’s whale (formerly known as the Gulf of Mexico Bryde’s whale; 86 Fed. Reg. 47022) is found primarily in the eastern Gulf of Mexico, in waters from 100 to 400 m deep (Rosel et al. 2016). With an estimated total species population size of only around 50 individuals (Hayes et al. 2021), the Rice’s whale is depleted under the Marine …

2022年9月12日 · The North Pacific right whale nearly went extinct in the 1900s. Today, fewer than 500 exist, with less than 50 in U.S. waters.

proposed rule) in the existing and new LIAs (sections 218.64(b)(3) and 218.64(b)(1) of the proposed rule, respectively). NMFS also would (1) prohibit vessel transit at night in the Rice’s whale core distribution area (CDA) and within the 100- to 400-m isobath zone outside the CDA and (2) require the Air Force to avoid transit in both of those ...

Additionally, the Commission serves as a technical advisor for a project to evaluate trophic relationships and critical habitat features for the small population of Rice’s whale (formerly known as Bryde’s whale) that occurs off the coast of western Florida.

Depleted Killer whale, southern resident population Orcinus orca Endangered Depleted Northeastern offshore spotted dolphin Stenella attenuata attenuata Not Listed Depleted North Atlantic right whale Eubalaena glacialis Endangered Depleted North Pacific right whale Eubalaena japonica Endangered Depleted Rice’s whale Balaenoptera ricei ...