New York Waters May Be an Important, Additional Feeding Area for Large Whales
Published:28 Nov.2021 Source:Wildlife Conservation Society
A new study finds that that some large whale species (humpback, fin and minke whales) use the waters off New York and New Jersey as a supplemental feeding area feasting on two different types of prey species.
Publishing their results in the journal Marine Biology Research, a team of scientists from the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) and Columbia University describe the New York Bight (NYB) -- the area of water from Montauk Point, New York to Cape May, New Jersey -- as an important supplemental feeding ground for several whale species gorging on locally abundant prey fish.