Jul 24, 2024 | PRESS
A leatherback sea turtle, the largest sea turtle species in the world, was disentangled last week and is swimming freely in Cape Cod Bay thanks to a joint effort by the Center for Coastal Studies, the New England Aquarium, and the Barnstable Harbormaster....
Aug 28, 2023 | PRESS
The Marine Animal Entanglement Response (MAER) team at the Center for Coastal Studies disentangled a leatherback sea turtle in Cape Cod Bay yesterday (Sunday, August 27). The turtle, estimated to weigh some 400 pounds, was found by Good Samaritan boaters off...
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...
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;...
