Jun 17, 2022 | PRESS
PROVINCETOWN: The Center For Coastal Studies’ Marine Animal Entanglement Response team (MAER) disentangled a humpback whale calf on Tuesday in waters east of Chatham, MA. The calf, estimated to be a few months old and still dependent upon its mother, was sighted by...
May 31, 2022 | PRESS
PROVINCETOWN, MA.: The Marine Animal Entanglement Response team (MAER) at the Center for Coastal Studies (CCS) freed a badly entangled humpback whale Monday off Chatham, MA. The whale, named Thumper, was with her young calf and had thick rope wrapped five times around...
Apr 24, 2022 | PRESS
Snow Cone, the resilient North Atlantic right whale who gave birth in December while entangled in rope, has made it safely to Cape Cod with her calf. She and her new offspring were spotted on Saturday and Sunday on the Atlantic Ocean side of the Outer Cape by aerial...
Feb 24, 2022 | PRESS
February 24, 2022 Researchers analyze 15 years of data from Massachusetts waters to better understand sea turtle bycatch and mortality BOSTON, MASS. (Feb. 23, 2022) – New research suggests that leatherback turtles entangled in fishing gear have a better chance of...
Aug 18, 2021 | PRESS
August 18, 2021 Over the last few weeks the Marine Animal Entanglement Response (MAER) team at the Center for Coastal Studies (CCS) in Provincetown has recorded five instances of endangered leatherback sea turtles being released or partially released from...
