WANTED! CITIZEN SCIENTISTS FOR THE GOTHAM WHALE CATALOG
WHALES ARE NOW ALWAYS IN NEW YORK WATERS
New York City Whales are a reality. Two Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute (WHOI) detection buoys confirm the...
Humpback Whale Beached on Far Rockaway and Buried Without Protocol Amid Covid-19 Concerns
In the midst of the arrival of the Navy Hospital ship, USNS Comfort, the New York Bight (the area of sea east and south...
Turtlegate: Net Escape Doors Versus the Doors of Government
This week, a 50 pound Loggerhead was rescued on Cape Cod. Loggerheads are not generally found this far north at this time of year. ...
SHINNECOCK NATION PERFORMS WHALE MEMORIAL CEREMONY IN EAST HAMPTON
Photo Credited to: PETER FACINI, Fox 5 News Managing Editor
This week, Long Island had its first whale casualty for the year. Shane Weeks, a...
GOTHAM WHALE’S PETITION TO STOP THE OMEGA SLAUGHTER OF MENHADEN
Paul Seiswerda is the founder of Gotham Whale, a not for profit advocacy group that catalogs ocean mammals in the New York Bight. Whales,...
NORTH ATLANTIC RIGHT WHALE CALVES BORN!
It is calving season! As of this week, three North Atlantic Right Whale calves have been born in the Critical Habitat off the coast of Florida...
CRIES OF “SAVE THE WHALES” MUST BE LOUDER THAN SEISMIC BLASTS
The motto, 'Save the Whales' is a cry of hope for the preservation of ocean mammals everywhere on the planet. Closer to home, for...
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Whale deaths and offshore wind farms; a connection?
Our position:
We’re not yet sure there’s a link. Correlation does not have to = causation.
We're aware of these towers going up in near...
Shark Research in the New York Bight with Dr. Craig O’Connell
Dr. Craig O’Connell is the co-founder and executive director of O’Seas Conservation Foundation, Inc based in Montauk. Dr. O’Connell's nonprofit foundation focus's on researching different species of sharks through camera studies, bycatch reduction technologies, and underwater video surveillance.
‘Sing The Bay Fantastic’ Janie Meneely Songbook Now Available
Janie Meneely, a songwriter, wrote a poem some years back on Grandma Polly, a true story from the Radcliffe clan, and Senator from Maryland describing their feisty relative. Apparently, Grandma Polly was upset when she found out the British commandeered the family merchant vessel and took her husband with it.