Stellwagen Bank sanctuary joins Caribbean sanctuary in humpback whale research, monitoring, conservation
A new “sister sanctuary” agreement signed this spring between NOAA and the government of The Netherlands adds to a network of marine protected areas stretching from New England to the Caribbean Sea, and now provides refuge for North Atlantic humpback whales at both ends of their 3,000-mile annual migration.
![A humpback whale breaches in Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary. (Image credit: NOAA) A humpback whale breaches in Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary.](/sites/default/files/styles/landscape_width_1275/public/legacy/image/2019/Jun/PHOTO%20-%20sbnms_whale%20-%20050317%20-%20NOAA%20-%202800x1335%20-%20LANDSCAPE.jpg?itok=V-1-r4_t)
A humpback whale breaches in Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary. (Image credit: NOAA)