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

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