Promoting responsible whale watching from Maine to Virginia
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Educating and recognizing responsible whale watching companies
Whale SENSE is a voluntary education and recognition program offered to commercial whale watching companies (Maine through Virginia) by NOAA Fisheries Service, NOAA Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary and the Whale and Dolphin Conservation Society. The program was developed in collaboration with the Northeast whale watching community. Whale SENSE is a collaborative, voluntary program recognizing commercial whale watching companies committed to a responsible standard of whale watching.
Questions about the Whale SENSE program or whale watching guidelines & regulations call 978-281-9328 or 508-746-2522
To report live right whale sightings call 978-585-8473 (pager).
To report stranded, dead, entangled, or shipstruck marine mammals call 1-866-755-NOAA (6622) or radio the US Coast Guard on VHF 16.
If possible, please stand-by an entangled whale until a response vessel arrives. If you must depart, please document your sighting with photos or video and report the time, location, and whale’s direction of travel when you left the scene.
Whale SENSE Home
Educating and recognizing responsible whale watching companies
Whale SENSE is a voluntary education and recognition program offered to commercial whale watching companies (Maine through Virginia) by NOAA Fisheries Service, NOAA Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary and the Whale and Dolphin Conservation Society. The program was developed in collaboration with the Northeast whale watching community. Whale SENSE is a collaborative, voluntary program recognizing commercial whale watching companies committed to a responsible standard of whale watching.
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