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releases from the Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary are
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full text of the release.
Representatives
of the media are invited to call the Sanctuary Press Office at
781-545-8026 ext. 204 or ext. 201 for more information.
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“Megapclicks”
— a series of clicks and buzzes from humpback whales apparently
associated with nighttime feeding behaviors — have been recorded
in and around the sanctuary. The study is the first to document
baleen whales producing this type of sound, normally associated
with toothed whales and echolocation. Click
here for a press release about this research project. Click
here to hear a recording of the "megapclicks." Click
here for a visualization of a "megapclicks" feeding session.
-08-28-07
The
Traffic Separation Scheme (Boston shipping lanes) officially moves
several degrees northward on July 1, 2007. The shift in the shipping
lanes, approved by the International Maritime Organization late
last year, was originally proposed by the sanctuary’s research
coordinator David Wiley based on his studies of historical sightings
of whales in the sanctuary. The relocation of the lanes will reduce
the risk of ship strike to great whales by up to 81%.
The
sanctuary's Research Vessel (R/V) Auk assisted in the recovery
of the carcass of a dead humpback whale on Monday, June 25. The
50-foot catamaran towed the dead whale into Plymouth Harbor where
it was trucked to the local landfill for a necropsy. The carcass
was originally sighted on Sunday in the southern portion of the
sanctuary in the soon-to-be-relocated shipping lanes. Over the
past few weeks, the apparently healthy two-year-old whale named
"Tofu" had been seen repeatedly by various whale watching
boats in the sanctuary. Click
here for a photo of the recovery operation.
SANCTUARY
SHIPWRECK PAUL PALMER LISTED ON NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC
PLACES - 06-04-07
2007
Condition Report - NOAA RELEASES FIRST REPORT ON HEALTH OF STELLWAGEN
BANK NATIONAL MARINE SANCTUARY
- 04-19-07
Ghost
Gear Removed from Sanctuary Shipwreck
Live
Broadcast - July 15th - from the Frank A. Palmer and Louise be
Crary - 05-15-06
Hitoric
Schooners Added to National Register of Historic Places- Frank
A. Palmer and Louise B. Crary - 04-24-06
New
Members Join Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary Advisory
Council 02-06-06
Acoustic
Buoys Listen for Whales on Stellwagen Bank
Researchers Ask Finders to Return Buoys if Found 01-25-06
Over
100 Divers expected to participate in Annual Fish Count and Stellwagen
Bank Sanctuary Celebration in Gloucester - 07-11-05
State
of the Sanctuary report - 06-01-05
Shipwreck
in NOAA's Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary added to National
Register of Historic Places - 02-17-05
New
members join Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary Advisory
Council - 09-28-04
First
Image of Historic Shipwrecks Released on 100th Anniversary of
Palmer-Crary Loss - 12/16/02
Stellwagen
Bank Sanctuary Releases New Shipwreck Images on 104th Anniversary
of Portland Loss - 11/26/02
NOAA Holds Public Meetings to Evaluate the Operation of the Stellwagen
Bank National Marine Sanctuary - 9/17/02
Location
of the Portland Wreck Confirmed by NOAA: Famed Steamship Rests
in Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary - 8/29/02
News
Archives
Stellwagen
Bank National Marine Sanctuary Announces New Advisory Council
Membership - 10/3/01
New
Marine Sanctuary Visitors' Center to Open - 7/19/01
First
Fish Counts at Stellwagen Bank Seek Biological Riches - 7/1/01
NOAA
Names Massachusetts Resident Environmental Hero, Award Presented
at First Fish Count Dive - 7/1/01
Sanctuary
Seeks Membership to Advisory Council - 5/9/01
New
Enforcement Patrols Begin in Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary
- 5/8/01
NOAA
Names Environmental Heroes - 4/20/01
Sanctuary
Supports Program to Name Humpback Whales - 4/15/01
Stellwagen
Bank National Marine Sanctuary in Massachusetts to Receive Funds
for Resource Surveys and Visitor's Center - 4/13/01
Stellwagen
Bank Sanctuary Introduces REEF's Fish Identification Program and
Great American Fish Count to Boston Area Divers - 3/1/01
Stellwagen
Bank Volunteer Divers Recognized by National Marine Sanctuary
Office - 3/1/01
Tall
Ships Cross Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary As They
Depart Boston for Halifax - 7/16/00
Stellwagen
Bank National Marine Sanctuary Takes Part in Great American Fish
Count - 7/7/00
Craig
MacDonald Named as Superintendent of NOAA’s Gerry E. Studds
Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary - 7/1/00
Sanctuary
to Dive Into Biodiversity Project - 6/8/00
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