Gulf Stream Orphans Arrive in Cape Cod Waters

Gulf Stream Orphans Arrive in Cape Cod Waters

Oct 31, 2024 | PRESS

Can baby tropical fish, Gulf Stream orphans, tell us about what’s going on off Cape Cod’s shores?  Owen Nichols, Director of the CCS Marine Fisheries Research Program, weighs in on the possible implications in this short video, “Little Lost Tropical...

Collaboration is key to new study of local fisheries

Aug 8, 2019 | PRESS

August 8, 2019 A group of scientists from the Center for Coastal Studies (CCS) and the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) are working with commercial fishermen to understand bycatch and depredation in gillnet fishing gear. Fishery bycatch – the...

Fishing Gear Recovery Project Commences in Cape Cod Bay

Apr 3, 2019 | PRESS

April 2, 2019 The Center for Coastal Studies (CCS) will begin field work this week with area lobstermen to remove, document, and properly dispose of lost, abandoned or derelict fishing gear in Cape Cod Bay. “Mobilizing Diverse Stakeholders to Remove Derelict Fishing...

Marine Fisheries Research – Squid Embryonic Development

Jun 11, 2015 | Field Notes

It’s squid spawning time in Nantucket Sound! Working with commercial fishermen, CCS Marine Fisheries Research program staff have been studying embryonic development of longfin inshore squid following deposition of eggs in large fish traps called weirs.  The...