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1. Question
Which organizations are the program sponsors? Be sure to check all 3.
- NOAA Fisheries
- NOAA Office of Law Enforcement
- Whale and Dolphin Conservation
- Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary
- National Park Service
- Juneau Flukes
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Which of the following are ways you can help passengers have a meaningful whale watching experience?
- Share personal experiences with whales/whale watching.
- Give them time without narration to allow them to enjoy the moment fully.
- Give them as much information as possible throughout a trip.
- Don't talk about the threats that whales face and how they can help prevent those threats.
- Focus on topics of preventing threats to whales than the threats themselves.
- Keep my narration at a 6th grade comprehension level.
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The whale watching guidelines promoted through Whale SENSE help me to: (check all that apply)
- Set an example for other boaters on the water.
- Avoid accidentally breaking federal law.
- Prevent harmful collisions for me, my passengers, and the whales.
- Increase passenger awareness of animal welfare.
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TRUE or FALSE: Participating in Whale SENSE allows my company to help elevate the standard for whale watching.
- TRUE
- FALSE
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What is an example of HARASSMENT under the Marine Mammal Protection Act?
- Approaching too closely and causing a marine mammal to change it's natural behavior (ex: logging animals wake up, animals swim away, whale stops feeding, dolphins are caused to wake surfing/bow riding etc.).
- Keeping a safe distance so a whale's path of travel is not interrupted.
- Yelling at other boaters for their reckless behavior.
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Voluntary guidelines to reduce disturbance of harbor seals in glacial fjords were implemented in 2015. What is one precautionary action the guidelines recommend?
- Approach as closely as you'd like, the seals won't notice.
- Maintain 100 yards from resting seals.
- Keep a safe distance of 500 yards, without compromising navigational safety.
- Follow seasonal corridors as possible in all glacial sites.
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How can you help entangled whales?
- Call entanglement reports into 1-877-925-7773 (or US Coast Guard), immediately and stand-by whale until help arrives if possible.
- Take pictures and report the sighting the next day.
- Attempt to disentangle the whale yourself.
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Which of the following are included under the federal “Alaska Humpback Whale Approach Regulations”?
- Not approach within 100 yards of a humpback whale.
- Not place your vessel in the path of oncoming humpback whales causing them to surface within 100 yards of your vessel.
- Not disrupt the normal behavior or prior activity of a whale
- Operate your vessel at a slow, safe speed when near a humpback whales
- Limit viewing time to 30 minutes
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TRUE OR FALSE. Alaskan Humpback whales are protected by VOLUNTARY approach guidelines.
- TRUE. Humpback approach restrictions are voluntary
- FALSE. Humpback approach restrictions are mandatory, enforceable, federal regulations.
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