Discuss the challenges and potential benefits of on-demand gear retrieval technology in the context of right whale conservation. How does this technology address the issue of gear entanglement, and what obstacles need to be overcome for its widespread adoption?

The primary drivers of right whale mortality include climate change and habitat loss.

Osmoregulation is the ability to regulate salinity within the tissues. In freshwater, the fish gains salt from it’s environment and loses water into it’s environment.

Stenohaline is a term used to describe a fish with a wide tolerance range for salinity.

Common causes of fish kills in Florida include all of the following except:

Discuss the potential effects diseases have on overall ecosystem health. Provide specific examples for each potential effect. 

In the shrimp aquaculture industry, White Spot Syndrome Virus was first recognized in 1992 and is believed to have been spread throughout southeast Asia by via movement of brood-stock in shrimp farming and also into the wild populations via farmed bait shrimp.

PPE (personal protective equipment – gloves, face shields, etc) is recommended when handling otters for all of the following reasons EXCEPT: 

Which term is NOT used to define odontocete groupings?

According to Dr Moore, which country has a more aggressive and strictly enforced approach to vessel speed restrictions to protect North Atlantic right whales?