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Maine Large Whale Take Reduction Plan

The Maine Whale Plan was developed by the Department of Marine Resources in collaboration with the Maine Commercial Fishing Industry.  The two main components of the Whale Plan, the Sightings Network and the Disentanglement Network, owe their success directly to the involvement of lobstermen, gillnetters, tuna fishermen and others who are interested in taking a pro-active role in the effort to minimize whale-gear interactions and entanglements.  For more information on the Maine Whale Plan, please contact Erin Summers at the DMR in West Boothbay Harbor.

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 The Maine Department of Marine Resources developed this site with assistance from: 

The Maine Commercial Fishing Industry
New England Aquarium
University of Rhode Island
National Marine Fisheries Service
Northeast Consortium
and
Northern Geomantics, Inc. 


Please help us track all whale sightings, including live, stranded, entangled, or dead whales, by calling Erin at the DMR in West Boothbay, using the

  Maine Marine Animal Reporting Hotline 
 
1-800-532-9551
  

 For more information, contact

Erin Summers


Related Sites:

DMR   Whale Page 
NMFS
Atlantic Large Whale Take Reduction Plan Information Link Page 
PCCS
   Provincetown Center for Coastal Studies 
COA    -  Allied Whale

NEAq   New England Aquarium Strandings Program
UNE     - 
University of New England's Marine Animal Rehabilitation Center
 


 

Disentanglement Training Downeast

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  The following reporting sources have contributed information to this site:

Whale artwork by Pieter Folkens or Janet Bondi.

 

 
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