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Whale-watching tours depart from piers in Brooklyn, Manhattan, Long Island and along the New Jersey coast almost every day, and run for about 2.5 to 4.5 hours. The most common whales are the ...

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A new app from Monmouth University's Urban Coast Institute brings ocean data straight to your cell phone. Here is what it ...