Oct 3, 2017 | PRESS
On Sunday October 1, the Center for Coastal Studies Emergency Hotline received a report of an entangled leatherback turtle gear off Cuttyhunk. CCS contacted our partners on Martha’s Vineyard, the Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head Aquinnah Natural Resources Department;...
Sep 12, 2017 | PRESS
September 12, 2017 The Marine Animal Entanglement Response (MAER) team from the Center for Coastal Studies (CCS) disentangled a humpback whale today off Ballston Beach, Truro. The MAER team and scientists from the Center’s Humpback Whale Studies Program were...
Aug 25, 2017 | PRESS
August 25, 2017: The Center for Coastal Studies Marine Animal Entanglement Response team disentangled another leatherback sea turtle yesterday in Cape Cod Bay. The nearly six foot long female was one of five leatherbacks known to be entangled in the last two days...
Aug 1, 2017 | PRESS
On Friday, July 21, Marine Animal Entanglement Response (MAER) team from the Center for Coastal Studies (CCS) in Provincetown disentangled a young humpback whale northeast of Nauset Inlet. The whale was discovered by a charter vessel just outside the inlet. It was...
Jun 8, 2017 | PRESS
June 8, 2017 Today, World Ocean’s Day, the Marine Animal Entanglement Response (MAER) team from the Center for Coastal Studies (CCS) in Provincetown disentangled a basking shark today in Cape Cod Bay. The estimated 18 foot long shark was anchored in fishing gear...
