Jun 26, 2019 | PRESS
June 26, 2019 On Monday, June 24 the Marine Animal Entanglement Response team at the Center for Coastal Studies responded to an entangled humpback whale east of Chatham, MA. It was a challenging rescue operation for the team: The young whale was free-swimming in a...
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....
