longtime whale researchers in the area weren’t surprised. For more than a decade, they've seen whale sightings increase in the New York Bight, the wedge of ocean between the tips of the two states.

There were 79 fatal boat strikes in the New York Bight Apex — which stretches from ... commercial shipping traffic when whales are in the area,” Brown said. “Additionally, it is important ...

The New York Bight, which stretches from Montauk on Long Island to Cape May in New Jersey, is a busy stretch of water. Aside from being the future home for offshore wind farms that could power ...

They were 9 miles northeast of the Sandy Hook tip, an area that is part of the New York Bight. After a short fight on rod and reel the shark was brought along side the boat and let go.

Whales are gathering in large numbers off New Jersey in a portion of the Atlantic Ocean called the New York Bight, according to several sources. Viking Yacht Company of New Gretna, Burlington ...

“We are learning so much and we will keep monitoring the Empire Wind lease area and the wider New York Seascape for ... using data about whales in the New York Bight. A competitive solicitation was ...

Gotham Whale, and research education and advocacy organization based in Staten Island, collects data of sightings from whale-watchers and boaters throughout the New York Bight, which includes the ...

Two deployed moored acoustic monitoring buoys located in the New York Bight within Empire Wind lease area have already compiled more than 2,000 days of monitoring data and have detected more than ...

But a recent, 600-plus page report from the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) admits that the offshore wind development planned for the New York Bight—the triangular area bordered by the New ...

The New York Bight is a triangular area of ocean that stretches between the Jersey Shore and Long Island. "NOAA (the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) has used planes to identify ...