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...
Dec 21, 2016 | PRESS
December 21, 2016 The Center for Coastal Studies disentangled a young humpback whale yesterday off Provincetown. In a rare, chance occurrence, the Marine Animal Entanglement Response team witnessed the whale become entangled. Within an hour the team helped remove the...
Dec 11, 2016 | PRESS
CLICK HERE for the Summer 2016 issue of Pelagic Almanac IN THIS ISSUE New study assesses future of North Atlantic right whale population NOAA removes certain humpback populations from Endangered Species list Entanglement Response Update MET License Plate program...
Dec 11, 2016 | PRESS
December 11, 2016 The Marine Animal Entanglement Response team from the Center for Coastal Studies (CCS) in Provincetown disentangled a young humpback whale outside Boston this morning. The whale had likely been anchored by its entanglement for the better part of a...
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...