A second female with a calf (PTT #825, NEA #1629), showed a restricted range 

 similar to the juvenile's, moving only 302 km in 10 days between seven locations (Figure 20) 

 for an average of only 30 km/day. The female's nursing posture at the surface may have 

 allowed her to breathe without her transmitter being exposed as frequently as the juvenile's. 

 The average rate of speed for this female/calf pair was 1.25 km/hr. This included travel in 

 the Fundy Channel, an area of heavy ship traffic. 



Adult female 



One adult female ("Stripe") tagged with PTT #840 (NEA #1135) has a well 

 documented reproductive history (Appendix C) and last had a calf in 1987. On the basis of 

 her previous calving intervals, she was expected to be estrous in the 1990 season and 

 produce a calf in the winter of 1991 - 1992. She was observed in September 1991 with a calf 

 and was, therefore, pregnant in 1990. When first sighted during the 1990 season by the 

 NEA whale research group, she was unusually active, moving around rapidly at the surface, 

 but was never seen in breeding SAGs. Although the tag survived only seven days, it 

 provided 15 locations which documented a minimum of 793 km of travel for an average daily 

 speed of 113 km per day (Figure 21). This was the highest average speed of any animal 

 recorded during the study and encompassed movements from the Bay of Fundy to Brown's 

 Bank, Baccaro Bank and Emerald Basin (all areas known for large surface active breeding 

 aggregations during this time of year). These movements might be expected of an estrous 

 female seeking out areas of high male concentration, but was a bit surprising for a pregnant 

 female, and may suggest that these areas are also important for feeding. 



Adult males 



Three adult males were tagged. An adult male (PTT #843, NEA #1140), known as 

 "Van Halen" was tagged on 15 October 1989 (Figure 22). This was the last of the "decent" 

 weather in 1989 and the latest in the year that any whale was tagged. It was also the first 

 whale successfully tagged in this project. "Van Halen" moved south to Brown's Bank, east 

 to Baccaro Bank and then traversed the Gulf of Maine to Jeffrey's Ledge in the western 

 Gulf. In 22 days, this animal covered 1523 km (x = 69 km/day). The first week of 

 movements mirrored those of the adult female "Stripe" (PTT #840) and suggested a male 

 in search of breeding aggregations. However, in the western Gulf of Maine, "Van Halen" 

 stopped moving at high speed and changed his diving characteristics. Activity was 

 concentrated in two areas with productive physical features: the eastern edge of Jeffrey's 

 Ledge (Figure 23), known for upwelling, and north of Jeffrey's Ledge where a seasonal eddy 

 could favor copepod concentration (Bigelow, 1927). 



Another adult male, (PTT #823, NEA #1421) was tagged 12 September 1990 and 

 traveled at an average rate of 70 km/day covering at least 3,030 km in 43 days between 136 

 locations (Figure 24). "Willie" immediately moved south out of the Bay of Fundy and then 

 traveled southeast to an area 500 km offshore, where 2,200 m deep sea mounts rise from 

 a depth of 4,200 m. The whale then went north through Baccaro Banks, Emerald Basin and 

 Roseway Basin and then south through the same area. Right whales are commonly seen in 



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