Oct 3, 2016 | PRESS
October 3, 2016 The Center for Coastal Studies (CCS) is pleased to announce that it has been awarded $95,283 through the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association (NOAA) Marine Debris Program (MDP) to work with commercial fishermen to identity, remove, document,...
Sep 23, 2016 | PRESS
September 23, 2016 The Marine Animal Entanglement Response team at the Center for Coastal Studies worked to disentangle a North Atlantic right whale yesterday on Stellwagen Bank. By sunset the remaining entangling gear on the whale was outfitted with a telemetry buoy...
Sep 16, 2016 | PRESS
September 16, 2016 The Center for Coastal Studies Marine Animal Entanglement Response team disentangled a young humpback whale today off Chatham, MA. Recreational boaters discovered the whale early in the afternoon, reported the sighting and stood by the whale until...
Sep 7, 2016 | PRESS
NOAA announced today its final decision that humpback whales in nine of 14 distinct population segments (DPSs) will no longer be listed under the Endangered Species Act. A DPS is made up of whales that share the same low latitude breeding area, but migrate seasonally...
Aug 27, 2016 | PRESS
August 27, 2016 The Marine Animal Entanglement Response team (MAER) at the Center for Coastal Studies (CCS) disentangled two leatherback sea turtles today in Cape Cod Bay. Reported sightings of leatherbacks have increased in the last few days, likely indicating that...
Aug 15, 2016 | PRESS
August 14, 2016 The CCS MAER team disentangled a humpback whale on Stellwagen Bank today, about 30miles east of Boston. The whale, a current mother, was identified as Storm by the CCS Humpback Whale Studies Program. Storm was towing a 150 foot length of rope through...
