I have noticed through the years in pelagic posts from Doug Gochfeld and others mention of the Hudson Canyon off NY waters. While I am neither boatsman nor fisherman (nor pelagic birder), this story from NPR seems quite encouraging for protecting the canyon
https://www.npr.org/2022/06/08/1103804802/hudson-canyon-a-giant-underwater-chasm-could-be-the-newest-national-marine-sanct L. Trachtenberg Ossining Sent from my iPhone -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --