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Description
Feeding humpback whales lunge through schools of sand lance with mouthsagape, trapping their prey at the surface. (Image credit: NOAA Central Library Historical Fisheries Collection; Cetacean Research Unit | Mason Weinrich)
Credit
NOAA Central Library Historical Fisheries Collection; Cetacean Research Unit
Photographer
Mason Weinrich
Display Date
1971 circa
Location
Massachusetts, Stellwagen Bank
Collection
Historic Fisheries
NOAA Affiliation
NMFS