“Leviathan rising: how the whales became what we wanted them to be,” a lecture by Philip Hoare 

Napi's Restaurant 7 Freeman Street, Provincetown, MA, United States

Taking the recent killer whale interactions with vessels in the eastern Atlantic as his cue, as well as his own experience during just such an event, devoted whalehead, author and curator Philip Hoare uses archive and modern images and film to chart the way the whale has changed in response to our need.  Are orcas placid […]

Have a Heart for Hatches Harbor beach cleanup

Hatches Harbor Provincetown Province Lands Road, Provincetown, MA, United States

Have a Heart for Hatches Harbor, 10 am - 12 pm (meet at the north end of Herring Cove parking lot) Trash Tally 1 - 3 pm For more information email Laura Ludwig ([email protected])

Ghost Gear in our Coastal Waters; Its Impacts, and What’s Being Done About it

Zoom

Upcoming Talk on Ghost Gear Wednesday, Feb 21st, 7 - 8 pm Free on Zoom Laura Ludwig, Manager of the Center's Marine Debris and Plastics Program, will join Julia Kaplan of the Massachusetts Division of Marine Fisheries, and Pamela Moulton, an artist who works with marine debris, to deliver a talk titled "Ghost Gear in […]

Lecture: Marine Animal Entanglement Response

Napi's Restaurant 7 Freeman Street, Provincetown, MA

Scott Landry, Director of the Center's Marine Animal Entanglement Response, will deliver a talk called "Big Bycatch: a review of the last year in entanglement response and a look at the past as we head into our 40th year." The talk is at Napi's Restaurant, 7 Freeman Street, Provincetown.  It's free, no registration required. Be […]

“Marine Debris with Purpose” with Laura Ludwig

Higgins Welcome Center, URI 45 Upper College Road, Kingston, RI, United States

Laura Ludwig, Director of the Center's Marine Debris and Plastics Program, will discuss "Marine Debris with Purpose" as part of URI Plastics: Land to Sea's “Empowering Plastics Solutions” seminar series.  According to the program:  "Fishing gear such as nets, rope, lines, buoys and traps, most of which is made from plastic, can be lost, abandoned […]

Duck Harbor and the Herring River: A Geologic Story

Wellfleet Public Library 55 West Main Street, Wellfleet, MA

Katie Castagno, Ph.D., Director of the Center's Land-Sea Interaction Program, will give a talk, "Duck Harbor and the Herring River: A Geologic Story," at Wellfleet Public Library on Sunday, March 24, at 3 pm.  The talk is part of the library's Women in Science Series. The event is free to the public. For the past […]

Napi’s Winter Lecture Series: Rice’s Whales

Napi's Restaurant 7 Freeman Street, Provincetown, MA

Rice's Whales: The Species that's Rocking the Oil Industry, by Tommy Tucker, Research Assistant, Marine Fisheries Research Program Napi's Restaurant, 7 Freeman Street, Provincetown  

Owen Nichols to speak at Pleasant Bay Community Boating

Pleasant Bay Community Boating 2287 Route 28, East Harwich, MA

Pleasant Bay Community Boating will host the Center's Director of Marine Fisheries Research, Owen Nichols, who will discuss how local fishermen and shellfish farmers in the area are working with scientists to understand the effects of environmental change and human activity on marine habitat, collecting vital data for sustainable fisheries management while building community. This […]

Whale Walk

Year round, Cape Cod is arguably one of the best spots in the world to see whales from shore, while spring offers the greatest opportunity to spot the critically endangered North Atlantic right whale.  Join staff from the Center for Coastal Studies for a discussion and walk on watching whales from shore.  Learn what species are visible […]

Whale Walk

Year round, Cape Cod is arguably one of the best spots in the world to see whales from shore, while spring offers the greatest opportunity to spot the critically endangered North Atlantic right whale.  Join staff from the Center for Coastal Studies for a discussion and walk on watching whales from shore.  Learn what species are visible […]