The whales give birth off the southeastern U.S. in the winter and spring and migrate north to New England and Canada to feed.

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North Atlantic right whales are critically endangered. Now, they're unexpectedly showing up in the Gulf of St. Lawrence.

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There is precedent to undertake measures to save the right whale. Their cousins in the Southern Ocean, heavily targeted by Soviet whalers as recently as the 1980s, have seen a remarkable recovery.

Even for a small population of around 370 individuals, remembering numbers for each whale can be daunting, so names can make it easier. This year, 20 right whales were assigned names.

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The whale, known as Dropcloth, was observed among a group of right whales in the Gulf of St. Lawrence, east of Miscou Island, on July 27 by a DFO team during a routine flight.