Center for Coastal Studies Awarded BIL Funds for New Regional Ghost Gear Coalition
The Center for Coastal Studies (CCS) is pleased to announce that it has been awarded $2,718,532 from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) Marine Debris Program to partner with Gulf of Maine Lobster Foundation, OceansWide, Blue Ocean Society for...
Center for Coastal Studies Announces September Slate of Shoreline Cleanups
The Center for Coastal Studies (CCS) is planning a number of cleanups on Outer Cape beaches during the month of September. Volunteers are invited to join the cleanups and the “trash tallies” which follow, where all debris items are inventoried. Last year,...
Art Exhibits Feature Ghost Gear Collected from Cuttyhunk Beaches
The Center for Coastal Studies (CCS) Marine Debris & Plastics Program was awarded one of eleven SNEP Watershed Implementation Grants this year to locate, remove and properly dispose of lost fishing gear and other debris from the shores of Cuttyhunk Island. During...