Rare North Atlantic Right Whales Return to Cape Cod Bay.

Jan 23, 2017 | PRESS

On Tuesday January 17, 2017 scientists on board Center for Coastal Studies’ research vessel Shearwater out of Provincetown spotted two critically endangered North Atlantic right whales in Cape Cod Bay, five miles south of the Provincetown Harbor. This was the first...

Shortest entanglement and longest night for a young humpback whale off Provincetown

Dec 21, 2016 | PRESS

December 21, 2016 The Center for Coastal Studies disentangled a young humpback whale yesterday off Provincetown. In a rare, chance occurrence, the Marine Animal Entanglement Response team witnessed the whale become entangled. Within an hour the team helped remove the...

Pelagic Almanac E-Newsletter, Summer 2016

Dec 11, 2016 | PRESS

CLICK HERE for the Summer 2016 issue of Pelagic Almanac IN THIS ISSUE New study assesses future of North Atlantic right whale population NOAA removes certain humpback populations from Endangered Species list Entanglement Response Update MET License Plate program...

Young humpback whale disentangled off Boston by CCS MAER team

Dec 11, 2016 | PRESS

December 11, 2016 The Marine Animal Entanglement Response team from the Center for Coastal Studies (CCS) in Provincetown disentangled a young humpback whale outside Boston this morning. The whale had likely been anchored by its entanglement for the better part of a...

Humpback whale, Storm, disentangled for a second time this year

Oct 20, 2016 | PRESS, Uncategorized

October 20, 2016 The Center for Coastal Studies (CCS) freed a humpback whale from an entanglement in fishing gear yesterday off Cape Cod. The whale, a mature female named Storm, was accompanied by her calf. This is the second time this year Storm was disentangled and...

Owen Nichols Receives John Annala Fishery Leadership Award

Oct 20, 2016 | PRESS

October 14, 2016 The Center for Coastal Studies is delighted to announce that Owen Nichols, Director of the Center for Coastal Studies’ Marine Fisheries Research Program, has been selected as this year’s recipient of the John Annala Fishery Leadership Award by the...