Animals
Aquarium: Keep a Certain Distance from Whales in Long Island Sound
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You may have heard that a humpback whale was seen off of Westport on Friday. This is the third consecutive year that a humpback (or humpbacks) have been seen in the Sound, after NOT being here for … well, a century? ____________
— an announcement from the Maritime Aquarium
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The Maritime Aquarium at Norwalk wishes to stress this:
Whales fall under the Marine Mammal Protection Act. There are federal restrictions on how closely you are allowed to approach them. See the attached. Early Friday afternoon, Westport police posted the video, above, on Facebook, with this statement:
After receiving calls of a whale near Cockenoe Island this morning, our Marine Unit responded and confirmed a large Humpback whale was visiting Westport.