“Cap’n” Seth Wakeman Jr.
Whales
April 20, 1956
Vineyard Gazette
September 6, 1974
Bruce Brooks
Nuzzling the shoreline with the curiosity and daring that made its ancestors easy prey for whalers, a young right whale is swimming slowly northward along the East Coast toward Martha’s Vineyard.
April 24, 1998
Mark Alan Lovewell
One of the rarest creatures on the earth, the endangered right whale, was seen near the Vineyard Tuesday.
2015
November 25, 2015
While watching whalers may be a pastime for some Islanders, I prefer to watch whales.
September 25, 2015
David Tilton and Lynn Silva were out making their typical derby rounds Friday afternoon when they came across a whale in 20 to 25 feet of water just off the Brickyard on the Chilmark north shore.
July 7, 2015
A minke whale entangled in fishing gear 40 miles southwest of Martha’s Vineyard was freed Sunday by the Center for Coastal Studies Marine Animal Entanglement Response. Responders said they expected the 15-foot whale to recover.
March 19, 2015
The following is an award-winning essay written by Womsikuk James for the Young Native Writer’s Essay Contest.
2013
December 9, 2013
Announced Monday, the news from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration was hailed as a boost to protection efforts for the critically endangered right whales.
September 11, 2013
A dead juvenile finback whale was found floating in the ocean between the Vineyard and Noman’s Land last Friday.
David Damroth, a Chilmark resident, said he spotted the whale from a hill above Squibnocket Beach. He later took his boat out on the water and got a closer look at the animal, which was largely intact, he said. The only marks he saw were from scavenging seagulls.
