Aug 16, 2019 | PRESS
August 16, 2019 The Marine Animal Entanglement Response team (MAER) from the Center for Coastal Studies (CCS) disentangled a humpback whale yesterday afternoon off Chatham, MA. A charter vessel discovered the whale early yesterday morning; they reported it to the CCS...
Aug 8, 2019 | PRESS
August 8, 2019 A group of scientists from the Center for Coastal Studies (CCS) and the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) are working with commercial fishermen to understand bycatch and depredation in gillnet fishing gear. Fishery bycatch – the...
Aug 6, 2019 | PRESS
The Marine Animal Entanglement Response team (MAER) at CCS disentangled a minke whale off of Rockport, MA on Thursday, August 1. The whale was discovered by a commercial fisherman, who immediately reported and stood by it as the MAER team made their way up from...
Aug 6, 2019 | PRESS
On Friday, August 2 the Marine Animal Entanglement Response team (MAER) from the Center for Coastal Studies (CCS), in collaboration with the Northeastern Fisheries Science Center (NEFSC) and the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) partially disentangled a North...