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mortality, even though necropsy fails to identify clear evidence. However, this is an
area with low number of right whale sightings. Compared to Rio Grande do Sul
State, it’s interesting to note that, including the two Ports mentioned above, Santa
Catarina State has three Ports, the other located in the central area of the RWEPA,
and the number of deaths related to vessel collisions are much lower. Since 2007 a
Fig. 16.19 (a) The southern right whale B128 was found in 2012 with three large open cuts on the
dorsal peduncle compatible with a vessel collision, (b) The whale was resighted in apparently good
general condition, spanning 57 days since first sighted with the open wounds. She was accompanied by a calf the whole period of monitoring
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mortality, even though necropsy fails to identify clear evidence. However, this is an
area with low number of right whale sightings. Compared to Rio Grande do Sul
State, it’s interesting to note that, including the two Ports mentioned above, Santa
Catarina State has three Ports, the other located in the central area of the RWEPA,
and the number of deaths related to vessel collisions are much lower. Since 2007 a
Fig. 16.19 (a) The southern right whale B128 was found in 2012 with three large open cuts on the
dorsal peduncle compatible with a vessel collision, (b) The whale was resighted in apparently good
general condition, spanning 57 days since first sighted with the open wounds. She was accompanied by a calf the whole period of monitoring
16 Conservation Advances for the Southern Right Whales in Brazil