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Mama whale rolled on- her back, pectoral fins lapping, as her calf itched a ride on her belly. It was really aid Julie Albert of the end angered Northern right hale pair she confirmed ere spottedMonday off elbourne Beach. A lbert runs the Marine esources right hale monitoring pro- ram. The Palm Bay non- rofit group coordinates a bout 800 volunteers who earn to identify right hales and report sight- i ngs to a hotline that warns hip captains of whales in he area. A few boaters app roached a bit too close onday as the estimated 5 0-foot-long mother whale a nd her 20-foot-long calf rolicked about 200 yards ffshore, just north of the arrier Island Center.

Albert urged boat- rs to keep their distance a nd to watch out for right hales making their way ack north. Federal law equires staying at least 5 00 yards from the hales, thought to numb er only about 400 individ- als. Not only do we not ant propellers cutting hem up, but we also ant mothers if they erceive a threat, people an get hurt, Albert aid. iologists suspect the other and calf are the ame two whales spotted ecently in Jensen Beach. right whale had been ighted in Brevard in the revious two winters.

ypically each winter, regnant right whales wim more than 1,000 iles from their feeding rounds off Canada and ew England to South arolina, Georgia and ortheastern Florida, to ive birth and nurse their oung. arly whalers gave hem their name because hey were the hales to kill. They swim lowly and close to shore a nd float when dead, mak- i ng them easy to hunt. hey yielded large a mounts of oil and baleen an elastic substance nce used in buggy whips a nd corsets. hip collisions and en- anglement in fishing ear are among the spec biggest threats.

ut whale advocates orry powerful underwa- er sonic blasts for naval raining and seismic tests search for oil and gas ould harm the species, as ell as other marine ammals in the South At- antic. ight whales are pro- ected under the U.S. End angered Species Act and he Marine Mammal Prot ection Act. To lessen risk collisions between the hales and boats, federal aw requires vessels 65 eet long and greater to low to 10 knots or less in easonal management a reas along the U.S. Easte rn Seaboard.

That inc ludes the calving and ursery area in the Southe astern U.S. ederal law also bans a pproaching or remaining ithin 500 yards of right hales either by water- raft or by aircraft. OAA and its partners se planes to fly over the oast of Northeast Florida a nd Georgia from Decem- er through March, and hroughout the year in ew England waters. The i nformation from these a erial surveys is used to a lert boaters of the pres- nce of right whales, all owing ships to alter their ourse to avoid potential ollisions with the whales. Right whale, calf swim along Brevard shore Boaters warned stay at least 5 00 yards away By Jim Waymer FLORIDA TODAY RIGHT WHALE STATS Up to 70 tons (140,000 pounds) Length: 45 to 55 feet, calves are 13 to 15 feet at irth Appearance: Stocky black body, with no dorsal fin, and callosities (raised patches of rough skin) on the head region Marine Resources right whale onitoring program: The program, run by the MRC since 1995, coordinates a group of more than 800 coastal volunteers in Florida who learn to i dentify right whales and report the sightings to their hot line, 1-888-97-WHALE or 1-888-979-4253.

Source: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration RIGHT WHALE RESOURCES How will naval testing and training impact right whales and other marine mammals? http://aftteis.com/ Speed restrictions are in place along the mid-Atlantic rom Nov. 1to April 30, and in the Southeast U.S. calving area from Nov. 15 through April 15. For information on seasonal ship speed restrictions to rotect right whales, visit nmfs.noaa.gov/pr/shipstrike NOAA Fisheries Service Southeast, http://sero.nmfs.noaa.gov North Atlantic Right Whale, 10A FLORIDA TODAY SterlingJohn BorninBatonRouge, grewupinJacksonville, Florida.

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unn could face a maxi mum of 60 years in prison or the charges on which already has been con- icted. attorney on onday asked that sent encing be postponed un- il after the second trial. efense attorney Cory trolla says he is conc erned that statements unn makes at a sentenc- i ng hearing could be used a gainst him in his second rial. trolla also said he is tepping down as a ttorney and asked Judge ussell Healey to appoint ublic defenders. ealey, an interim cir- uit judge, said he has ever come across a case ith similar circum- tances in 150 trials.

never had a hung Healey said at Mond hearing. A mistrial was de- lared on the murder harge after jurors delib- rated for four days. The 1 2 jurors found him guilty three counts of at- empted second-degree urder and a count of fir- i ng into an occupied car. unn was charged ith fatally shooting Dav is, of Marietta, in 2 012 after the argument ver loud music coming rom the SUV occupied by avis and three friends. unnhad described the usic to his fiancee as thug Michael Dunn enters the courtroom Monday for a hearing at the Duval County Courthouse in Jacksonville.

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