I have been seeing the above advertisement for American Princess Seal Watching Tours in the past several editions of the WAVE and, quite frankly, was surprised as I had never heard of any such service being offered in our area before.
As I started to look into this, I came across a recent article in the New York Daily News which provided the background on this new service......
Whales return to New York City: Massive mammals appearing again in seas near city; draws sightseers
BY BARBARA ROSS
DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER
Sunday, January 30th 2011, 9:06 AM
Whales, dolphins and seals have made a triumphant return to the waters just outside New York Harbor - and the comeback has even sparked whale and seal-watching tours.
Tom Paladino, captain of two ferry boats from the Rockaways, says pods of aquatic mammals off the city's coast have "increased tenfold."
"We used to see 10 whales a year - now we see 100," he said. "We saw dolphins almost on a daily basis between June and September."
There are so many more seals in New York Harbor that earlier this month he started weekend tours on his ferry, American Princess.
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