DEPT. OF MARINE RESOURCES

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Protected Resources (Whales, Dolphins, Porpoises, Seals, and Sea Turtles) in the Gulf of Maine

• To report a live, dead, stranded, or entangled whale, dolphin, porpoise, seal, or sea turtle, call the Marine Animal Reporting Hotline at 1-800-532-9551
  • More information about the hotline
• Maine Protected Resources Program
  • Strandings (marine mammals and sea turtles) program
  • Large whale conservation program with information on fishing gear modification and development, Dynamic Area Management zones, sightings network, disentanglement, training, foraging and feeding study, and more
• Species information
  • Identifying the large whale species of New England - descriptions and pictures
  • Gulf of Maine whale sightings maps
  • Seals, dolphins, porpoises, and sea turtles
• DMR Contacts
  • Erin Summers, Whale Take Reduction Coordinator
  • Lynda Doughty, Marine Mammal Strandings Coordinator
• Other links
  • NOAA Fisheries Service Atlantic Large Whale Take Reduction Plan
  • NOAA Fisheries Service Protected Resources Division
  • Provincetown Center for Coastal Studies 
  • College of the Atlantic - Allied Whale
  • New England Aquarium Strandings Program
  • University of New England's Marine Animal Rehabilitation Center

Disentanglement training in Machias

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