After decades of recovery, North Atlantic's right whales are now under threat from industrial fishing: 'there may now only be around 100 reproductively mature females left in the sea. Scientists fear the species could soon become the first great whale to become extinct in modern times' • r/worldnews

After decades of recovery, North Atlantic's right whales are now under threat from industrial fishing: 'there may now only be around 100 reproductively mature females left in the sea. Scientists fear the species could soon become the first great whale to become extinct in modern times' (theguardian. via Pocket http://ift.tt/2Bcx6Uk