Sanctuary Programs
Sanctuary volunteer opportunities include... (name one)
What are Sanctuary Ambassadors, Seabird Stewards, Marine Mammal Observers, Social Media Assistants, Research Support, Operations Support
Whale species found in the sanctuary. (Name at least one)
What is the North Atlantic right whale, the humpback whale, the fin whale, the sei whale, minke whale, Atlantic white-sided dolphin, Common dolphin, Harbor porpoise (and others)
Stellwagen Bank has supported this industry for over 400 years.
What is the fishing industry
The location of the Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary headquarters.
What is Scituate, MA
Do we allow visitors to dive the sanctuary's shipwrecks? TRUE OR FALSE?
What is TRUE. Diving is allowed in the sanctuary. Divers must follow regulations that protect historical resources and marine mammals. We have two dive moorings installed - unidentified trawler and North Star
What program assesses, protects and interprets the sanctuary's archaeological resources?
What is the Maritime Heritage Program
Species of seabirds found in the sanctuary. (Name one)
What is the Great shearwater, Cory's shearwater, Herring gull, Great black-backed gull, Northern gannet, Wilson's storm petrel Common murre, Atlantic puffin, Laughing gull, Parasitic jaeger, (and many, many more)
Stellwagen Bank supports these hobbies. (Name one).
What are fishing, boating, and diving
Stellwagen Bank is about the size of this state.
What is Rhode Island
This program works to maintain connections between marine protected areas and protect migratory endangered marine mammals internationally.
What is the Sister Sanctuary program
Marine mammals, other than whales, that can be found in the sanctuary. (Name one).
What is the Harbor seal, Gray seal
Tourists can take a boat out to the sanctuary for this purpose. (To see a certain marine mammal, called...)
What is whale watching (other answers: Diving, fishing, birding, boating)
These organizations work with Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary to help preserve it and its many natural resources. (Name one).
What is the United States Coast Guard, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, The Whale and Dolphin Conservation Society, Provincetown Center for Coastal Studies, Stellwagen Alive!, and The New England Aquarium (Many other possible answers)
The distance (in miles) that Stellwagen Bank is from Scituate's shore.
What is about 11 miles
We monitor whales and ocean noise using these.
What are acoustic listening devices or listening buoys
Some popular fish found in sanctuary waters.
What are Sand Lance, Atlantic Cod, Black Sea Bass, Blue Shark, Basking Shark, Bluefin Tuna, Cusk, Haddock, Halibut, Mackerel, Mako Shark, Mola mola, Winter Flounder, Wolf Fish.....
The name of Stellwagen Bank Sanctuary's research vessel.
What is The R/V Auk? (#AWK)
True or false: Marlin and Dory from Nemo could really be escape out of the whale's blowhole.
What is false
A great example of the sanctuary using marine spatial planning for conservation.
What is protecting whales by shifting the Boston Shipping Lanes
These various habitat types encourage diversity of life in the sanctuary (name one).
What is gravel and boulder ridges, sand, mud, rocky outcrops
Recreational fishing is allowed in the sanctuary. TRUE or FALSE?
What is TRUE. Recreational fishing -- No permits are needed for recreational fishing in the sanctuary, but several federal regulations have been established that address fishing activities in the sanctuary. Go to our website and MA Dept of Fish and Game to find out more about recreational fishing regulations.
The sanctuary was named after two men. Name one of them.
Who is Henry Stellwagen or Gerry E. Studds
Some of the tools, policy we use to prevent ship strikes. (name one)
What are ....? - iPad/iPhone app: Whale ALERT - Seasonal Management Areas - Right Whale Listening Buoys - Dynamic Management Areas - Areas to be Avoided - Mandatory Ship Reporting Areas - Recommended Routes