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The article focuses on the declining right whale population in the Bay of Fundy located in Lubec, Maine. Topics mentioned include average visits of right whales each year during the summer and fall seasons in the bay since 1980, lack of whale sightings reported in the area in 2013, and efforts of right whale researcher Moira Brown to determine the reasons behind the disappearance of the mammal.

The article focuses on the North Pacific right whales, described to be one of the most endangered whale species to be found and had not been seen for more than 60 years in the waters off the west coast of Canada until 2013. Sightings occurred off the coast of Haida Gwaii in June 2013 and another on Vancouver Island in October. It discusses the whale's features, its population and the major threats to the remaining North Pacific right whales.

The article features the North Altantic blue and right whales which have been listed as endangered species on an international level. The article mentions that Canadian Wildlife Federation's Endangered Species Program has given 87,000 dollars to Mingan Island Cetacean Study Program headed by Richard Sears to research the numbers of blue and right whales in the North Atlantic. The researchers found that ocean pollution, climate change and mortality from ship collisions caused the low numbers of these whales in Canadian water.

The article presents the successful developments conducted by wildlife charity Canadian Wildlife Federation (CWF). Among the healthy wildlife efforts made by CWF are the assessment of shorelines, the review of the Fisheries Act and Fisheries Protection Program, the presentation of research recommendations for right whale risk mitigation, and the expansion of the American eel recovery program.

An introduction to the journal is presented in which the editor discusses topics featured in the issue including grassroots involvement in conservation, role of communities in reporting sightings of right whales, and the Buffalo Treaty signed by First Nations in Canada and Indian Tribes in the U.S.

The article discusses a research study by Scott Kraus of the new England Aquarium in Boston, Massachusetts which suggests that endangered right whales are more likely to see ropes in the water when they are red or orange.

The article focuses on a winter study of right whale mating habits in the Jordan Basin/Outer Fall area, off the coast of Maine, launched by Doctor Moira Brown and her team of volunteers and researchers from the New England Aquarium and the Canadian Whale Institute in 2011. The study aims to determine where adult males and non-pregnant females and juveniles go during the winter. The project was funded by the Canadian Wildlife Federation, TD Bank and the U.S. Marine Mammal Commission.

The article discusses the danger posed by seagulls to the southern right whale. According to reports from the Valdes Peninsula in Argentina, the nesting grounds of seagulls surround the prime breeding waters of the whales. Biologist Marcelo Bertelotti claims that seagulls land on whales and strike their skin, which causes lesions and affects whale behavior.