Welcome Wilson!
My name is Wilson Haims and I am the 2024 Joanna Toole Intern at the Center for Coastal Studies through the Ocean Conservancy’s Global Ghost Gear Initiative. I look forward to spending the next three months working with the CCS Marine Debris Program to recover lost or...
Healey-Driscoll Administration Awards Funds to CCS to Monitor Water Quality
BOSTON — The Healey-Driscoll Administration today awarded more than $199,000 in grants to three coalitions of non-profit environmental organizations to support the testing of water quality in rivers, lakes and ponds, and coastal resources in eastern Massachusetts, the...
Center for Coastal Studies Takes Lead in Conserving Vital Ecosystem
Called “the forgotten ecosystem” by the UN Environment Programme, seagrass beds cover 0.2 percent of the ocean floor, yet account for 10 percent of the ocean’s carbon sequestration. As biodiversity hotspots, seagrass beds also account for 25 percent of the world’s...
US and Canadian partners produce first-ever Field Guide to Marine Debris in the Gulf of Maine
A regional collaborative convened by the Gulf of Maine Association has developed a field guide to debris items commonly found along the shores of the Gulf of Maine. Through a grant from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) Marine Debris...