Figure 1

Known right whale habitats in the Northwest Atlantic. (a) Gray polygons encompass known right whale habitats; blue ovals represent emerging habitats. Black box and insets show the New England Aquarium broad-scale survey area. (b–d) Broad-scale survey effort (black lines) and right whale sightings (red circles) during three different time periods: (b) 2011–2012, (c) 2013–2015, (d) 2017–2019. White shading represents MA/RI wind energy lease areas. MV = Martha’s Vineyard, N = Nantucket. Figure was created using ArcGIS Pro (version 2.9.2).