by Cathrine Macort | Jul 24, 2021 | PRESS
August 16 The recent resurgence of COVID-19 in Provincetown is heavily impacting summer happenings and events. As a result, the Dolphin Fleet of Provincetown has been obliged to reschedule the August 21 Sunset Whale Watch fundraiser. The trip will now take place on...
by Cathrine Macort | Jun 28, 2021 | Marine Debris
Hello Debris Brigade! My name is Caitlin Townsend. I am a graduate of Massachusetts Maritime Academy with a degree in Marine Science, Safety and Environmental Protection. My love for the environment in general started at a very young age. I grew up in Truro, my father...
by Cathrine Macort | Jun 12, 2021 | PRESS
June 12, 2021 Yesterday the Center for Coastal Studies received word that a local lobster diver, Michael Packard, had been injured in an interaction with a humpback whale in the waters off Provincetown. The Center’s Humpback Whale Studies Program is home to a...
by Cathrine Macort | Jun 10, 2021 | PRESS
June 10, 2021 Yesterday the Marine Animal Entanglement Response (MAER) team from the Center for Coastal Studies (CCS) disentangled a humpback whale in the waters east of Boston. The whale was identified by the CCS Humpback Whale Studies team as a mature female named...
by Cathrine Macort | Mar 4, 2021 | PRESS
March 4, 2021 Yesterday the aerial surveillance team from the Center for Coastal Studies (CCS) Right Whale Ecology Program documented a North Atlantic right whale mother/calf pair in Cape Cod Bay, the first of the 2021 season. Right whale #3520, Millipede, with her...