Meet the Whale Guardians of Stellwagen on this episode of Ocean River Shields of Achilles. For Right Whales feeding on Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary life became safer thanks to government actions that followed a close look at the data from whale watchers. Superintendent Craig D. MacDonald, Ph.D.; Benjamin D. Cowie-Haskell, Assistant Superintendent; David Wiley, Ph.D., Research Coordinator; and Nathalie Ward, Sanctuary Advisory Council Coordinator talk with Rob Moir about what led the federal government to move the shipping channel into Boston, changed the charts, for the sake of right whale. Right whales are just one of many magnificent marine animals that inhabit Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary. Discover what further actions are being taken and what you can do to better protect right whales and marine life off Massachusetts and Cape Cod Bays.