CCS Disentangles Humpback Whale off Chatham, MA

CCS Disentangles Humpback Whale off Chatham, MA

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...

Collaboration is key to new study of local fisheries

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...

Minke whale disentangled, evades white shark

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...