Memorial @75545

This whale is known from the collaborative efforts of the Gulf of Maine Humpback Whale Catalog at the Center for Coastal Studies and the North Atlantic Humpback Whale Catalog at Allied Whale, College of the Atlantic. Submissions are matched to these catalogs and contribute to their long-term work, thanks to a partnership with Happywhale. It is being named through a long-standing, community process led by CCS in the Gulf of Maine. This whale was named in honor of colleagues who were lost in and around the years of the COVID-19 pandemic. Humpback whale naming in the Gulf of Maine is a long-standing, community process led by CCS. She is known to be a female from observation of the genital area on on Aug 22nd, 2022 in Canada according to photos submitted by Amy Tudor.

Gulf of Maine · North Atlantic

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