May 2, 2024 | PRESS
Between the months of March and May, the trap fisheries of Massachusetts make way for North Atlantic right whales by removing their gear from the water. Each spring, individuals of the endangered right whale population come to these waters in search of foraging...
Apr 12, 2024 | PRESS
Sugar, AKA “Mama Shug,” a life-sized great white shark made with marine debris by artist Cindy Pease Roe, was installed at Herring Cove Beach in Provincetown last spring. Now another “bite-sized” white shark sculpture, “Baby Shug,” also by Roe, will be installed at...
Mar 21, 2024 | PRESS
An art installation that celebrates and examines coastal life and coastal issues opens at the Crown and Anchor’s Paramount Room in Provincetown on April 3. The exhibit, “Replenishing Refuge in Cape Cod Bay and Stellwagen Bank – What Can the Arts Do?” was created and...
Mar 20, 2024 | PRESS
The Center for Coastal Studies’ Marine Debris and Plastics Program will host students, teaching assistants and a professor from Cornell University for a week-long residency March 31 through April 6, 2024. The visit coincides with the program’s ghost gear removal...
Jan 30, 2024 | PRESS
A regional collaborative convened by the Gulf of Maine Association has developed a field guide to debris items commonly found along the shores of the Gulf of Maine. Through a grant from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) Marine Debris...
