The website for responsible whale-watching from Maine to Virginia
Whale SENSE In The News!
The Whale SENSE program is featured in the Boston Herald, Underwater Times and other news sites.
The Whale SENSE program is featured in the Boston Herald, Underwater Times and other news sites.
Join Whale SENSE!
Find out how your whale watching business can benefit from joining the Whale SENSE program, just like the Virginia Aquarium and Marine Science Center has!
Find out how your whale watching business can benefit from joining the Whale SENSE program, just like the Virginia Aquarium and Marine Science Center has!
Hotline Numbers:
- To Report Live Right Whale Sightings call: 978-585-8473
- To Report Stranded, Dead, Struck or Injured Whales call: 978-281-9351
- To Report Whales Entangled in Fishing Gear, call the US Coast Guard on VHF 16 or call the Atlantic Large Whale Disentanglement Network: 800-900-3622
- 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 is brought to you by:
WDCS / Regina Asmutis-SilviaFinback Whale
Balaenoptera physalusLength: 59 - 73 feet
Weight: 40 - 80 tons
Population*: over 2,000
Status: Endangered (depleted)
* Western North Atlantic Population
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