Report A Sighting
NECWA sponsors a number of community-sighting networks asking people to report their sightings of basking sharks, ocean sunfish and diamondback terrapins that they see from a boat or from a beach. Click on the links below to report your sighting and add your observations to our long-term sighting database. This information is helping biologists and scientists better understand and protect the unique coastal marine wildlife that lives off the shores of New England.
Ocean Sunfish
Use this form to submit your sighting of a live or dead Ocean Sunfish that you saw from boat or shore.
REPORT SIGHTING
Torpedo Ray
Use this form to submit your sighting of a live or dead Torpedo Ray that you saw from boat or shore.
REPORT SIGHTING
Basking Shark
Use this form to submit your sighting of a live or dead Basking Shark that you saw from boat or shore.
REPORT SIGHTING
Gray Triggerfish
Use this form to submit your sighting of a dead Gray Triggerfish that you saw on a beach.
REPORT SIGHTING
Thresher Shark
Use this form to submit your sighting of a live or dead Thresher Shark that you saw from boat or shore.
REPORT SIGHTING
Diamondback Terrapin
Use this form to submit your sighting of a live or dead Diamondback Terrapin that you saw from boat or shore.
REPORT SIGHTING
Box Turtle
Use this form to submit your sighting of a live or dead Box Turtle that you saw from boat or shore.
REPORT SIGHTINGWhere to Report Other Animals:
Sea Turtles
If you see a sea turtle on a beach, please call Mass Audubon Wellfleet at: 508-349-2615 x6104.
See their instruction page for what to do when you find a stranded sea turtle.
Dolphins and Seals
Marine mammals like dolphins or seals that are in distress or stranded should be reported to IFAW: 508-743-9548.
See their research page for more information.