#GOODNEWS: Yesterday, noaafisheries announced plans to expand critical habitat protections for the North Pacific right whale. This decision comes in response to the Center's 2022 petition and could help protect one of the world's most endangered whales. Scientists estimate that only 30 individual North Pacific right whales may remain. With very few reproducing females, the species is at extreme risk of imminent extinction. Expanding critical habitat for these whales is throwing them a desperately needed lifeline to recover. 📸 courtesy NOAA #northatlanticrightwhale #criticalhabitat #endangeredspecies #cetaceans