Sep 11, 2018 | PRESS
September 11, 2018 The Center for Coastal Studies will offer an opportunity to clear debris from Long Point in the Cape Cod National Seashore and at town beaches as part of the International Coastal Cleanup, the statewide CoastSweep, and the regional All-Cape Beach...
Sep 5, 2018 | PRESS
September 5, 2018 On Tuesday, September 4 the Center for Coastal Studies (CCS) disentangled a young humpback whale east of Cape Cod. Injuries from its entanglement in fishing gear were extensive but the its health should improve over time. The whale was first...
Jul 15, 2018 | PRESS
July 15, 2018 The Center for Coastal Studies (CCS) Marine Animal Entanglement Response (MAER) team worked to disentangle the 2017 calf of the humpback whale, Rapier, yesterday off Cape Cod. The whale had rope deeply embedded within the base of its flukes, indicating...
Jul 12, 2018 | PRESS
July 12, 2018 After months of effort, the CCS Marine Animal Entanglement Response team (MAER) and many federal, state and municipal partners managed to disentangle a humpback whale in New York Harbor yesterday. While the prognosis for the whale is now much improved,...
Apr 13, 2018 | PRESS
On Thursday, April 12 the Marine Animal Entanglement Response (MAER) team from the Center for Coastal Studies (CCS) in Provincetown responded to reports of an entangled right whale on Stellwagen Bank. The right whale, identified as #1142 (Kleenex), is a mature female....
Mar 27, 2018 | PRESS
Doug Coughran, a dear friend and colleague from Perth, Australia, passed away on March 15, 2018, surrounded by his family. He will be sorely missed by CCS and by friends from around the world. Doug dedicated much of his life to make the lives of whales better in his...
