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Our mission is to conserve, protect and enhance the biological diversity, ecological integrity and cultural legacy of the sanctuary while facilitating compatible use.

Photo: A cunner hides among the marine invertebrates covering the remains of a shipwreck in the sanctuary.

34th Advisory Council Meeting

The 34th Sanctuary Advisory Council Meeting will be held on 16 February 2012 at the Holiday Inn in Rockland, MA. The meeting will start promptly at 9:30 AM

Meeting Agenda

Beyond Borders - The Sister Sanctuary Program

Sanctuary Ecological Research Area Proposal

Stellwagen Banknotes

2011 Marine Art Contest Winners Announced

Top Fish Predators Decline in Sanctuary

Final Management Plan

Seafloor Recovers from Fishing Activity, but Slow, Unstable

Right Whale
Advisory

Northeast Fisheries Sightings Advisory System External Website

Whale and Tuna Gear
Enforcement

Stellwagen Alive Logo

STELLWAGEN ALIVE! is a nonprofit public benefit corporation whose goals are to increase awareness of SBNMS. External Website

Whale Sense

WHALE SENSE is a program for responsible whale-watching from Maine to Virginia. External Website

NEBShark.org

NEBShark.org is the New England Basking Shark Project. External Website


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Special Reports

Whale Watching

Fluke Stellwagen Bank, the birthplace of whale watching on the east coast attracts a variety of marine mammals and thousands of human visitors. Find out more about watching whales in the sanctuary. Stellwagen Bank was named one of the world's Top 10 Whale Watching Sites according to USA Today (May 24, 2007). The photo accompanying the article was of a breaching humpback whale in the Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary. Visit our Whale Watching section to find out more about whale watching in the sanctuary and to view a list of whale watching companies that offer trips into the sanctuary.

Stellwagen Banknotes Released
The winter/spring 2010 issue of Stellwagen Banknotes has been released. Click here for a digital copy of the sanctuary magazine or contact us for a printed copy.

10 Things You Can Do to Help Protect the Sanctuary - Click here for a list of things you can do to help proect the sanctuary.

Answers to Sanctuary Word Search
Click here for the answers to the Sanctuary Word Search puzzle that appeared in the summer 2009 issue of Stellwagen Soundings.

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