Aug 6, 2019 | PRESS
The Marine Animal Entanglement Response team (MAER) at CCS disentangled a minke whale off of Rockport, MA on Thursday, August 1. The whale was discovered by a commercial fisherman, who immediately reported and stood by it as the MAER team made their way up from...
Jun 26, 2019 | PRESS
June 26, 2019 On Monday, June 24 the Marine Animal Entanglement Response team at the Center for Coastal Studies responded to an entangled humpback whale east of Chatham, MA. It was a challenging rescue operation for the team: The young whale was free-swimming in a...
Jul 15, 2018 | PRESS
July 15, 2018 The Center for Coastal Studies (CCS) Marine Animal Entanglement Response (MAER) team worked to disentangle the 2017 calf of the humpback whale, Rapier, yesterday off Cape Cod. The whale had rope deeply embedded within the base of its flukes, indicating...
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;...
Sep 12, 2017 | PRESS
September 12, 2017 The Marine Animal Entanglement Response (MAER) team from the Center for Coastal Studies (CCS) disentangled a humpback whale today off Ballston Beach, Truro. The MAER team and scientists from the Center’s Humpback Whale Studies Program were...
