Uptick in right whale sightings in January across First Coast. Here’s why it’s important to report them

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – In recent weeks, there have been multiple sightings of North Atlantic right whales with calves along the First Coast. A notable sighting occurred on Saturday, Jan. 27, when the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission’s (FWC) aerial survey team photographed a mother-calf pair of right whales 14 miles off Ponte Vedra Beach.

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