Join us for a presentation on the status of the North Atlantic right whale, one of the most endangered marine animals on earth. Center for Coastal Studies Marine Education Director, Jesse Mechling will share natural history information about the North Atlantic Right Whale as well as current CCS research including aerial surveillance, and habitat and food […]

On New Years Day 2024, Provincetown will celebrate the seventh annual Polar Bear Plunge! On that day, hundreds of intrepid plungers will meet in the Johnson Street parking lot, collect tee-shirts, gather inspiration from tracks spun by our New Year's Day DJ, and learn about the important work of the Center for Coastal Studies! At […]

Come talk to us at the WaterWORKS Career Showcase at Cape Cod Community College!  

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, 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])

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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