2009
ACC
OMPL
ISHM
ENTS
Gerry
E. S
tudd
s Ste
llwag
en B
ank N
atio
nal M
arin
e San
ctua
ry si
ts at
the m
outh
of Ma
ssac
huse
tts B
ay, ju
st 25
mile
s fro
m the
busy
port
of Bo
ston.
The 8
42-sq
uare
-mile
sanc
tuary
is on
e of th
e wor
ld’s p
remi
er w
hale
watch
ing de
stina
tions
and a
histo
ricall
y im
porta
nt fis
hing g
roun
d. Its
wate
rs su
ppor
t a ric
h ass
ortm
ent o
f mar
ine lif
e, inc
luding
the c
ritica
lly en
dang
ered
Nor
th At
lantic
right
whale
an
d the
econ
omica
lly im
porta
nt At
lantic
cod.
A pl
ethor
a of s
hipwr
ecks
repr
esen
ting m
ore t
han 4
00 ye
ars o
f mar
itime t
rave
l rest
on th
e sa
nctua
r y se
afloo
r. Es
tablis
hed N
ov. 4
, 199
2.
NORT
HEAS
T AN
D GR
EAT
LAKE
S RE
GION
AL P
RIOR
ITIE
S No
rthea
st an
d Gr
eat L
akes
Reg
iona
l “Se
amles
s Net
work
” Effo
rts
The N
orthe
ast a
nd G
reat
Lake
s Reg
ion co
ntinu
ed its
“sea
mles
s netw
ork”
effor
ts by
partic
ipatin
g in t
he pl
annin
g and
reali
zatio
n of a
joi
nt NO
AA/D
epar
tmen
t of th
e Inte
rior “
Ocea
n Lite
racy
and S
tewar
dship
Mes
sage
s Wor
ksho
p” in
Bur
lingto
n, Vt
. The
mee
ting
reco
mmen
datio
ns un
dersc
ored
the i
mpor
tance
of de
velop
ing co
mmon
broa
d inte
rage
ncy m
essa
ges t
o info
rm th
e pub
lic ab
out
ocea
n, co
astal
and m
arine
issu
es, a
nd th
e role
s ind
ividu
al cit
izens
can p
lay. A
n oce
an st
ewar
dship
mes
sagin
g boo
klet is
being
pr
oduc
ed.
Regio
nal s
taff, i
n coo
pera
tion w
ith th
e Nor
theas
t reg
ional
office
s of th
e U.S
. Fish
and W
ildlife
Ser
vice,
Natio
nal P
ark S
ervic
e, U.
S.
Geolo
gical
Surve
y, U.
S. F
ores
t Ser
vice a
nd M
inera
ls Ma
nage
ment
Servi
ce, w
ill als
o co-
spon
sor a
wor
ksho
p title
d “Ad
aptin
g to
Clim
ate C
hang
e in t
he M
id-At
lantic
” Mar
ch 23
-25 i
n Cam
bridg
e, Md
. The
goal
of the
wor
ksho
p is t
o pro
vide c
ultur
al an
d natu
ral
reso
urce
man
ager
s with
an ar
ray o
f clim
ate ch
ange
man
agem
ent to
ols an
d tec
hniqu
es. T
opics
will
includ
e clim
ate m
odeli
ng an
d loc
al ad
aptat
ion, in
-dep
th re
sour
ce ris
k ass
essm
ents,
case
stud
ies fo
r sce
nario
plan
ning,
and h
uman
dime
nsion
s in c
limate
chan
ge.
North
east
Oce
an A
cidifi
catio
n Re
gion
al Pl
an
The N
orthe
ast a
nd G
reat
Lake
s Reg
ion, in
colla
bora
tion w
ith N
OAA’
s Offic
e of O
cean
ic an
d Atm
osph
eric
Rese
arch
, the N
orthe
ast
Fishe
ries S
cienc
e Cen
ter an
d othe
r par
tners,
bega
n dev
elopin
g a “N
orthe
ast C
oast
Ocea
n Acid
ificati
on R
esea
rch P
lan” in
2009
. Th
e goa
l of th
e effo
rt is
to as
sess
the i
mpac
t of o
cean
acidi
ficati
on on
mar
ine lif
e in t
he no
rthea
st U.
S. co
ntine
ntal s
helf e
cosy
stem
for th
e firs
t time
thro
ugh a
comb
inatio
n of r
esea
rch an
d mon
itorin
g pro
gram
s. Ke
y obje
ctive
s of th
e plan
inclu
de de
termi
ning t
he
exten
t of o
cean
acidi
ficati
on in
the r
egion
, trac
king c
hang
es in
ocea
n che
mistr
y, an
d mea
surin
g oce
an ac
idific
ation
’s eff
ects
on
indivi
dual
spec
ies as
well
as ov
erall
ecos
ystem
prod
uctiv
ity.
STEL
LWAG
EN B
ANK
SANC
TUAR
Y AD
VISO
RY C
OUNC
IL M
EMBE
RS
Offic
ers
Cons
erva
tion:
Sally
Yoz
ell (C
hair)
Al
terna
te: P
riscil
la M.
Bro
oks
Educ
ation
: Rich
ard F
ranc
es D
elane
y (Vi
ce C
hair)
Al
terna
te: Ja
ck C
rowl
ey
Divin
g: He
ather
Kno
wles
(Sec
retar
y) Al
terna
te: R
ober
t Fos
ter
Othe
r Non
-Gov
ernm
enta
l Mem
bers
Bu
sines
s/Ind
ustry
: Tim
Moll
Al
terna
te: M
arga
ret M
errill
Ci
tizen
At-L
arge
: Dale
Bro
wn
Alter
nate:
Kath
ryn H
. Gre
ene
Citiz
en A
t-Lar
ge: D
ebor
ah C
rame
r Al
terna
te: R
ob M
oir
Citiz
en A
t-Lar
ge: P
orter
Hoa
gland
Al
terna
te: B
rend
an O
’Brie
n Co
nser
vatio
n: Jo
hn W
illiam
son
Al
terna
te: R
egina
Asm
utis-S
ilvia
Educ
ation
: Rich
ard W
heele
r Al
terna
te: H
eathe
r Roc
kwell
Fix
ed G
ear C
omme
rcial
Fishin
g: W
illiam
Adle
r Al
terna
te: D
avid
Caso
ni Ma
rine T
rans
porta
tion:
Capta
in Ma
rtin M
cCab
e Al
terna
te: C
aptai
n Fra
ncis
Morto
n Ma
ritime
Her
itage
: Dav
id S.
Rob
inson
Al
terna
te: M
ark W
ilkins
Mo
bile G
ear C
omme
rcial
Fishin
g: Ed
ward
Bar
rett
Alter
nate:
Vito
Giac
olone
Re
creati
onal
Fishin
g: Ba
rry G
ibson
Al
terna
te: M
ichae
l Sos
ik, Jr
Rese
arch
: Pete
r Aus
ter
Alter
nate:
Judit
h Ped
erso
n Re
sear
ch: M
ason
Wein
rich
Alter
nate:
vaca
nt W
hale
Watc
hing:
Stev
e Milli
ken
Alter
nate:
Willi
am “C
hip” R
eilly
Stat
e Gov
ernm
ent
Mass
achu
setts
Divi
sion o
f Mar
ine F
isher
ies (n
on-vo
ting)
: Pa
ul J.
Diod
ati
Mass
achu
setts
Env
ironm
ental
Poli
ce (n
on-vo
ting)
: Ca
ptain
John
Tuli
k Ma
ssac
huse
tts O
ffice o
f Coa
stal Z
one M
anag
emen
t (n
on-vo
ting)
: Dee
rin B
abb-
Brott
Fe
dera
l Gov
ernm
ent
Ne
w En
gland
Fish
eries
Man
agem
ent C
ounc
il (no
n-vo
ting)
: Pa
ul J.
Howa
rd
Alter
nate
1: Ch
ris K
ellog
g Al
terna
te 2:
Chad
Dem
ares
t NO
AA F
isher
ies (n
on-vo
ting)
: Patr
icia A
. Kur
kul
U.S.
Coa
st Gu
ard (
non-
votin
g):
Rear
Adm
iral T
imoth
y Sull
ivan
Alter
nate:
Pete
r N. D
eCola
http
://st
ellwa
gen.
noaa
.gov
Jer
emy W
inn/S
BNMS
NOA
A Fis
herie
s Per
mit #
605-
1904
S
BNMS
SBN
MS &
NUR
C-UC
onn
Joffr
e List
ed o
n Na
tiona
l Reg
ister
of H
istor
ic Pl
aces
St
ellwa
gen B
ank N
ation
al Ma
rine S
anctu
ary s
ucce
ssful
ly no
mina
ted th
e sun
ken
rema
ins of
the J
offre
to th
e Nati
onal
Regis
ter of
Hist
oric
Plac
es in
Mar
ch 20
09. T
he
Joffr
e is a
n ear
ly-20
th ce
ntury
fishin
g ves
sel th
at re
pres
ents
treme
ndou
s tec
hnolo
gical
chan
ges i
n New
Eng
land’s
fishin
g ind
ustry
over
the p
ast 1
00 ye
ars.
The 1
05-fo
ot-lon
g ve
ssel
was l
aunc
hed a
s a sc
hoon
er in
1918
from
Ess
ex, M
ass.,
and c
onve
rted i
n 193
9 int
o a m
otoriz
ed ea
stern
rig dr
agge
r, a t
ype o
f traw
ler. T
he Jo
ffre c
augh
t fire
and s
ank
in 19
47 of
f Glou
ceste
r, Ma
ss. D
uring
its 29
year
s of s
ervic
e, its
crew
land
ed ov
er 15
mi
llion p
ound
s of fi
sh. S
cienti
sts fr
om N
OAA
and t
he N
ation
al Un
derse
a Res
earch
Ce
nter a
t the U
niver
sity o
f Con
necti
cut d
ocum
ented
the s
hipwr
eck i
n 200
6 with
a re
motel
y ope
rated
vehic
le. T
he fie
ldwor
k, co
mbine
d with
histo
rical
rese
arch
, allo
wed
the sa
nctua
ry to
reco
gnize
the s
hipwr
eck a
s a ta
ngibl
e con
necti
on to
New
Eng
land’s
fis
hing h
erita
ge. T
he ve
ssel
is the
first
of its
kind
to be
listed
on th
e Nati
onal
Regis
ter,
which
is th
e nati
on’s
list o
f hist
oric
prop
ertie
s wor
thy of
pres
erva
tion.
The J
offre
joins
fou
r othe
r ship
wrec
ks in
the S
tellw
agen
Ban
k san
ctuar
y alre
ady o
n the
Nati
onal
Regis
ter.
Sanc
tuar
y Vid
eo W
ins A
ward
s, Be
com
es F
ilm F
estiv
al Fi
nalis
t In
sprin
g 200
9, the
sanc
tuary’
s info
rmati
onal
video
, “St
ellwa
gen B
ank:
A Sa
nctua
ry W
orth
Prote
cting
,” wo
n thr
ee T
elly A
ward
s for
its ed
ucati
onal
and s
ocial
value
. The
vid
eo in
trodu
ces t
he sa
nctua
ry, its
reso
urce
s and
reso
urce
prote
ction
issu
es, w
on
bron
ze aw
ards
in th
e “ed
ucati
on (f
or ac
adem
ic us
e),”
“natu
re/w
ildlife
” and
“soc
ial
issue
s” ca
tegor
ies. T
he T
elly A
ward
s wer
e cre
ated i
n 197
8 to h
onor
exce
llenc
e in l
ocal,
re
giona
l and
cable
TV
comm
ercia
ls, no
n-br
oadc
ast v
ideo a
nd W
eb pr
ogra
ms. T
he
sanc
tuary’
s vide
o was
also
selec
ted as
an in
terna
tiona
l fina
list in
the s
hort
prog
ram
categ
ory o
f the 2
009 B
lue O
cean
Film
Fes
tival.
It wa
s one
of on
ly thr
ee fil
ms se
lected
for
this
hono
r. W
hale
SENS
E Pr
ogra
m R
each
es o
ut to
Wha
le W
atch
Tou
rs
The S
tellw
agen
Ban
k san
ctuar
y has
team
ed w
ith N
OAA
Fishe
ries S
ervic
e and
the
Wha
le an
d Dolp
hin C
onse
rvatio
n Soc
iety o
n a ne
w wh
ale co
nser
vatio
n pro
gram
that
focus
es on
build
ing st
ewar
dship
in th
e com
merci
al wh
ale w
atch i
ndus
try. W
hale
SENS
E ed
ucate
s wha
le wa
tch ca
ptains
and c
rews
abou
t pro
per v
esse
l ope
ratio
n ar
ound
wha
les an
d enc
oura
ges t
hem
to fol
low vo
luntar
y wha
le wa
tching
guide
lines
. Co
mpan
ies th
at co
mply
with
the pr
ogra
m wi
ll be g
rante
d the
right
to us
e the
Wha
le SE
NSE
logo o
n the
ir ves
sels
and i
nclud
e it in
their
liter
ature
and a
dver
tising
. NOA
A an
d the
socie
ty no
tify th
e pub
lic ab
out c
ompa
nies t
hat h
ave r
eceiv
ed th
is de
signa
tion.
Wha
le SE
NSE
was i
ntrod
uced
in su
mmer
2009
and a
full p
ilot p
rojec
t will
be in
stitut
ed
in 20
10.
Tuna
Fish
ing
Cam
paig
n In
itiat
ed fo
r Wha
le Pr
otec
tion
The s
anctu
ary p
artne
red w
ith N
OAA
Fishe
ries S
ervic
e and
NOA
A’s O
ffice f
or La
w En
force
ment
to ini
tiate
a cam
paign
to pr
otect
enda
nger
ed w
hales
from
tuna
fishin
g ac
tivitie
s and
gear
. Kno
wing
that
hump
back
wha
les fe
ed on
small
scho
oling
fish,
as do
At
lantic
blue
fin tu
na, fi
sher
men h
ave t
arge
ted w
hale
feedin
g are
as as
prim
e tro
lling
sites
. Pho
togra
phs o
f hoo
ked w
hales
prov
ide st
ark e
viden
ce of
the s
eriou
s dan
gers
that
these
fishin
g meth
ods c
an cr
eate.
To r
educ
e the
se th
reats
, the s
anctu
ary a
nd
enfor
ceme
nt tea
m de
velop
ed a
poste
r for
fishin
g sup
ply st
ores
that
was a
dapte
d for
use
as a
full-p
age a
dver
tisem
ent in
On
the
Wat
er m
agaz
ine. T
he m
agaz
ine, in
turn
, pa
rtner
ed w
ith th
e san
ctuar
y to d
evelo
p a co
mpan
ion 10
-seco
nd pu
blic s
ervic
e an
noun
ceme
nt on
its w
eekly
cable
TV
fishin
g sho
w.
Rese
arch
Pro
gram
to S
tudy
Impa
cts o
f Und
erwa
ter N
oise
Si
nce D
ecem
ber 2
007,
sanc
tuary
scien
tists
have
been
enga
ged i
n a be
nchm
ark s
tudy
aimed
at ch
arac
terizi
ng th
e san
ctuar
y's m
arine
acou
stic e
nviro
nmen
t. The
stud
y foc
uses
on m
appin
g low
-freq
uenc
y (be
low 10
00 H
z) oc
ean n
oise,
identi
fying
and
meas
uring
man
-mad
e sou
nds,
and d
eterm
ining
whe
ther o
r not
such
noise
s hav
e the
po
tentia
l to im
pact
enda
nger
ed m
arine
mam
mals
and f
ishes
in th
e san
ctuar
y. Ar
rays
of
acou
stic s
enso
rs ha
ve be
en de
ploye
d to c
ontin
uous
ly re
cord
soun
d for
thre
e mon
ths
at a t
ime.
Thes
e unit
s are
plac
ed in
confi
gura
tions
that
are d
esign
ed to
detec
t, loc
alize
an
d tra
ck vo
cal m
arine
spec
ies. In
addit
ion, th
e U.S
. Coa
st Gu
ard's
Auto
matic
Ide
ntific
ation
Sys
tem ha
s pro
vided
data
abou
t larg
e ves
sels
movin
g thr
ough
the
sanc
tuary.
This
infor
matio
n inc
ludes
the n
umbe
r of v
esse
ls, th
eir si
zes,
types
, car
goes
an
d ide
ntitie
s. No
ise ge
nera
ted by
indiv
idual
vess
els w
as es
timate
d by l
inking
know
n ve
ssel
locati
ons t
o sou
nd le
vels
detec
ted. B
y com
bining
thre
e yea
rs of
resu
lts in
wha
le de
tectio
n and
trac
king,
ship
track
ing, r
ecor
ded s
ound
and e
nviro
nmen
tal va
riable
s, sc
ientis
ts ha
ve be
en ab
le to
create
seas
onal
soun
d map
s for
spec
ific sp
ecies
in th
e sa
nctua
ry. T
he sc
ience
team
can n
ow co
mpar
e the
right
whale
comm
unica
tion u
nder
co
nditio
ns w
ith an
d with
out s
hippin
g nois
e tha
t mas
ks th
e wha
les’ c
alls.
This
coop
erati
ve re
sear
ch pr
oject
with
Corn
ell U
niver
sity's
Bioa
cous
tics R
esea
rch P
rogr
am,
NOAA
Fish
eries
’ Nor
theas
t Fish
eries
Scie
nce C
enter
and M
arine
Aco
ustic
Inc.
is fun
ded b
y the
Nati
onal
Ocea
nogr
aphic
Par
tnersh
ip Pr
ogra
m thr
ough
Dec
embe
r 201
0. Sc
ientis
ts R
evisi
t San
ctua
ry to
Tag
Hum
pbac
k Wha
les
In Ju
ly 20
09, th
e san
ctuar
y aga
in se
rved a
s the
loca
tion f
or th
e sixt
h yea
r of a
co
llabo
rativ
e pro
ject to
inve
stiga
te the
unde
rwate
r beh
avior
of hu
mpba
ck w
hales
. Ei
ghtee
n anim
als w
ere t
agge
d, pr
ovidi
ng ov
er 10
0 hou
rs of
reco
rded
data.
For
the f
irst
time,
three
anim
als w
ere t
agge
d in t
he sa
me fe
eding
grou
p. Mo
re th
an 20
scien
tists
from
nine i
nstitu
tions
wor
ked o
ff the
NOA
A re
sear
ch ve
ssels
Nan
cy F
oste
r and
Auk
to
tag w
hales
with
acou
stic t
rack
ing be
acon
s, wh
ile si
multa
neou
sly m
appin
g the
dens
ity
of the
wha
les’ p
refer
red f
ood o
ver a
give
n are
a. Th
is ye
ar, th
e pro
ject a
lso m
easu
red
the ab
unda
nce o
f plan
kton,
which
the h
umpb
acks
’ pre
y fee
ds on
. As i
n pas
t yea
rs,
fecal
samp
les w
ere c
ollec
ted fo
r nitro
gen a
nalys
es. T
he in
stitut
ions p
artic
ipatin
g in t
his
multi-
year
proje
ct ar
e: St
ellwa
gen B
ank N
ation
al Ma
rine S
anctu
ary;
Duke
Univ
ersit
y; Un
iversi
ty of
New
Hamp
shire
; Woo
ds H
ole O
cean
ogra
phic
Institu
tion,
Bioe
ngine
ering
La
bora
tory;
Wha
le Ce
nter o
f New
Eng
land;
Penn
Stat
e Univ
ersit
y; Ha
rvard
Univ
ersit
y; Un
iversi
ty of
Verm
ont; a
nd N
OAA
Fishe
ries S
ervic
e. Sa
nctu
ary P
artn
ers w
ith L
ocal
High
er E
duca
tion
Inst
itutio
ns
A pr
ivate
four-y
ear c
olleg
e and
a sta
te co
mmun
ity co
llege
have
partn
ered
with
St
ellwa
gen B
ank N
ation
al Ma
rine S
anctu
ary t
o dev
elop c
ourse
s tha
t intro
duce
stu
dents
to sa
nctua
ry re
sour
ce is
sues
and p
otenti
al ma
rine c
aree
rs. T
he B
oston
Un
iversi
ty Ma
rine P
rogr
am of
fers a
mar
ine re
sear
ch co
urse
for u
nder
grad
uates
in
which
stud
ents
partic
ipate
in ha
nds-o
n res
earch
in th
e san
ctuar
y. St
uden
ts an
d fac
ulty
advis
ors u
se th
e san
ctuar
y’s re
sear
ch ve
ssel
Auk t
o sam
ple pl
ankto
n, stu
dy m
arine
ma
mmal
beha
vior,
and m
onito
r bac
kgro
und n
oise.
Mass
asoit
Com
munit
y Coll
ege a
nd
the sa
nctua
ry ha
ve pa
rtner
ed to
deve
lop a
free,
four-s
essio
n mini
-cour
se th
at pr
ovide
s inf
orma
tion a
bout
marin
e car
eers.
Pro
gram
s deli
vere
d by s
anctu
ary s
taff c
over
a wi
de
rang
e of jo
bs in
cludin
g scie
ntist,
arch
aeolo
gist, p
olicy
analy
st, re
sour
ce m
anag
er an
d ed
ucato
r, am
ong o
thers.
The
colle
ge al
so in
vited
spec
ialist
s fro
m va
rious
mar
ine
trade
s to s
peak
abou
t jobs
asso
ciated
with
recre
ation
al us
es of
the o
cean
inclu
ding
boat
build
ing, m
achin
e rep
air an
d mar
ina m
anag
emen
t.
Jer
emy W
inn/S
BNMS
NOA
A Fis
herie
s Per
mit #
605-
1904
S
BNMS
From
Atla
ntic
Fish
erm
an, N
ov. 1
943
Cour
tesy o
f Main
e Mar
itime M
useu
m
J. W
inn, N
OAA/
SBNM
S
T
aken
unde
r NOA
A Fis
herie
s Per
mit #
605-
1904
J. W
inn, N
OAA/
SBNM
S
Take
n und
er N
OAA
Fishe
ries P
ermi
t #60
5-19
04
SBN
MS, N
OAA
Fishe
ries P
ermi
t #60
5-19
04
Car
a Pek
arcik
SBN
MS &
NUR
C-UC
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