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Masonboro Island having an average year for sea turtle nests; the state number is ‘pretty high’
1+ mon, 1+ day ago (1143+ words) Elizabeth Pinnix is the southern sites manager for the North Carolina Reserve and National Estuarine Research Reserve, a state and federal partnership that protects over 40,000 acres of estuary. Before boarding a boat to travel over to Masonboro Island from UNCW’s…...
Tech helps boaters slow down for the endangered North Atlantic right whale, though new federal protections unlikely
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (645+ words) The museum, located in Ocean Isle Beach, joined about 60 other entities along the East Coast to send signals to ships 65 feet and longer to slow down to 10 knots in certain management areas from the beginning of November until the end…...
UNCW marine mammal stranding program investigating causes of dolphin mortalities this year
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (417+ words) UNCW Associate Professor Dr. Michael Tift, who is also the director of the marine mammal stranding program, said the 2026 bottlenose dolphin stranding total through only six months already exceeds the annual totals observed in most years following the 2013–2015 unusual mortality…...
North Atlantic Right Whales spotted off NC coast, NOAA advises boaters to look out and slow down
9+ mon, 3+ week ago (321+ words) Scientists estimate that only 384 Right whales remain, with about 70 reproductive females. Their populations have been decimated because they are slow-moving animals, making it harder for them to avoid boats and entanglement in fishing gear. Back in 2008, NOAA created both binding…...