Derelict Fishing Gear Assessment and Retrieval 2014

In January 2013, CCS was awarded a NFWF Fishing For Energy grant to conduct sonar surveys and gear reclamation activities in Provincetown, Truro and Wellfleet waters.  While much of the effort took place in March of 2013, we received a project extension and were able...

Humpback program update

The Humpback Whale Studies Program welcomes graduate student, Vania Rivera Leon. Vania is a student of our geneticists, Drs. Per Palsbøll and Martine Bérubé, at the University of Groningen (The Netherlands). She is joining us through UMass Boston to participate in...

Press Release: Wart is Back, 09Feb2014

February 9, 2014:  Yesterday afternoon researchers from the Center for Coastal Studies in Provincetown spotted a right whale 1140, known to local researchers as “Wart”, in Cape Cod Bay. Wart is one of the iconic whales of Cape Cod Bay; she was freed from a...