Scientists just discovered a new whale. Now they fear it may go extinct.
In May 2021, her group and other environmental organizations, including Earthjustice and the Natural Resources Defense Council, filed a petition with NOAA’s National Marine Fisheries Service to establish a year-round, 10-knot speed limit in an area covering about 11,500 square miles off Florida and Alabama where the whales typically hover near the surface.
“Oil and gas development has really created something of a house of horrors for the species,” said Michael Jasny, the director of marine mammal protection at the Natural Resources Defense Council.
