; (8) in August 2017, the National Marine Fisheries Service announced an unusual mortality event involving North Atlantic right whales in 2017, with 17 known whale deaths that year alone; (9) as of August 2019, such ongoing unusual mortality event includes the loss of at least 28 whales, a significant die-off of a population and, under the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972 ( 16 U.S.C. 1361 et seq.), demands an immediate response; (10) based on the current rate of mortality of North Atlantic right whales, and because of the small number of breeding females in the population and low birth rates, recent analysis suggests the species will lose its ability to recover in merely a few decades if human-caused mortality is not reduced immediately; (11) under the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972 ( 16 U.S.C. 1361 et seq.), United States fishermen in certain locations have been required to modify their fishing gear and behavior to minimize the likelihood of entanglements, including by using sinking groundlines, having weak links in buoy lines, using multiple traps per buoy, appropriately marking fishing gear, and complying with seasonal area-specific closures in North Atlantic right whale habitats; (12) vessels in United States waters that are 65 feet or more in length have been required to comply with a seasonal 10-knot speed limit in certain locations to reduce the threat of vessel collisions; and (13) North Atlantic right whales are now migrating farther north into Canadian waters and there have been at least 20 North Atlantic right whale deaths in Canada’s Gulf of St. Lawrence between 2017 and 2019, as well as 8 documented deaths of such whales in the United States waters in 2017 and 2018. (b) Sense of Congress It is the sense of Congress that— (1) the Governments of the United States and Canada must work together to reduce lethal and sub-lethal effects of human activities on North Atlantic right whales