Nov 25, 2024 | PRESS
The following was recently published in the current issue of Coastwatch, the Center for Coastal Studies’ annual publication: Forty years ago, on Thanksgiving Day, 1984, Charles “Stormy” Mayo and David Mattila of the Center for Coastal Studies (CCS)...
Jul 24, 2024 | PRESS
A leatherback sea turtle, the largest sea turtle species in the world, was disentangled last week and is swimming freely in Cape Cod Bay thanks to a joint effort by the Center for Coastal Studies, the New England Aquarium, and the Barnstable Harbormaster....
Jul 9, 2024 | PRESS
The Marine Animal Entanglement Response team (MAER) at the Center for Coastal Studies disentangled a humpback whale yesterday on Stellwagen Bank. The whale, identified by the CCS Humpback Whale Studies Program as Mudskipper, was entangled in fishing gear and...
Jun 28, 2024 | PRESS
The Center for Coastal Studies (CCS) Marine Animal Entanglement Response team (MAER) disentangled a humpback whale calf yesterday off of Gloucester, MA. The whale, identified as the calf of Scylla, was first reported as entangled on June 25 near Provincetown, and was...
Aug 28, 2023 | PRESS
The Marine Animal Entanglement Response (MAER) team at the Center for Coastal Studies disentangled a leatherback sea turtle in Cape Cod Bay yesterday (Sunday, August 27). The turtle, estimated to weigh some 400 pounds, was found by Good Samaritan boaters off...
