The mouth of the Bay of Fundy, including the Fundy Isles, is a haven to these large, magnificent mammals . Attracted by schools of fish and zooplankton moving into the Bay, these leviathans of the deep also find a natural habitat for nursing their young, courtship and mating. Finback, humpback, minke, and the rare North Atlantic Right Whales, abound around Grand Manan and can sometimes be seen from shore. Harbour porpoises and occasionally Atlantic white-sided dolphins can be seen from the ferry and from lookouts on shore. As a bonus, seals may also be seen in the archipelago, from lookouts and while whale-watching.
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Several tour boats offer day trips, weather permitting, July through September. The large tides of the Bay of Fundy afford many opportunities to explore tide pools, mudflats, rocky shores and sand beaches. Both have shore displays and the latter has live specimens which will probably help. The Fisheries of Grand Manan. The fisheries of Grand Manan are and have always been the mainstay of our island economy.