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Often referred to as a loner, the whale has never been seen with other orcas, but is often accompanied by Atlantic white-sided dolphins, who seem to feed alongside the orca. [1] The orca has received considerable media attention for its visits to Cape Cod in 2016, 2022, 2023, and 2024.
Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary (officially the Gerry E. Studds Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary) is an 842-square-mile (636 sq nmi; 2,181 km 2) United States Government-protected national marine sanctuary located at the mouth of Massachusetts Bay between Cape Cod and Cape Ann.
Cost: $45 per adult Duration: Four hours What to know: Based in Gloucester, Massachusetts, a former whaling port now launches whale watch tours from Cape Ann to the Stellwagen Bank Marine ...
Many whale watching organizations throughout the region target the orcas, including resident and transient groups, and often work with nonprofit organizations like the Center for Whale Research and The Whale Museum to promote orca conservation. Native American tribes and First Nations throughout the area hold the whales in high regard.
In an effort to protect very skinny pregnant and endangered killer whales this summer, whale-watching boats are under an emergency order to stay a half-nautical mile away from southern resident orcas.
Whale Watching, Discovery Travel Adventures Insight guide. ISBN 1-56331-836-9. The Whale Watcher's Guide: Whale-watching Trips in North America, Patricia Corrigan, ISBN 1-55971-683-5. Whales and Whale Watching in Iceland, Mark Carwardine, ISBN 9979-51-129-X. On the Trail of the Whale, Mark Carwardine, ISBN 1-899074-00-7
A North Atlantic right whale named Archipelago, or No. 3370, was seen Wednesday surface feeding in Cape Cod Bay, one of the first two right whales sighted in Cape Cod Bay this season.
Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary is a 1,183 acres (479 ha) wildlife sanctuary located in Wellfleet, Massachusetts, on Cape Cod. [1] The sanctuary was established by the Massachusetts Audubon Society in 1957. It includes walking trails along Wellfleet Harbor of Cape Cod Bay as well as a nature center and a campground.