pl23_fish9714.jpg

Feeding humpback whales lunge through schools of sand lance with mouthsagape, trapping their prey at the surface

Description

Feeding humpback whales lunge through schools of sand lance with mouthsagape, trapping their prey at the surface.

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