Sep 26, 2022 | PRESS
The Marine Animal Entanglement Response (MAER) team at the Center for Coastal Studies (CCS) freed a young humpback whale Sunday outside Boston Harbor. The whale was badly entangled in fishing gear but is now in a better position for recovery. Recreational fishermen...
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...
Aug 17, 2021 | PRESS
August 17, 2021 Yesterday, the Center for Coastal Studies responded to a report of a humpback whale carcass floating south of Stellwagen Bank. Stranding network partners take the lead when carcasses strand on land, but CCS scientists are federally-authorized to...
Jun 12, 2021 | PRESS
June 12, 2021 Yesterday the Center for Coastal Studies received word that a local lobster diver, Michael Packard, had been injured in an interaction with a humpback whale in the waters off Provincetown. The Center’s Humpback Whale Studies Program is home to a...
