Rightwhale.ca was created through the collaborative effort of numerous individuals and agencies. We gratefully acknowledge the support of the Government of Canada Habitat Stewardship Program for Species at Risk, the Canadian Whale Institute and the New England Aquarium. We would like to thank the Fisheries Oceanography Lab in the Oceanography Department at Dalhousie University, the genetics laboratory in the Natural Resources DNA Profiling and Forensic Centre, and the Grand Manan Whale & Seabird Research Station, for their contribution to the content of rightwhale.ca. We also thank the numerous reviewers for their helpful comments and suggestions. The errors that remain are our own.