MAER team disentangles right whale on Stellwagen Bank

September 23, 2016 The Marine Animal Entanglement Response team at the Center for Coastal Studies worked to disentangle a North Atlantic right whale yesterday on Stellwagen Bank. By sunset the remaining entangling gear on the whale was outfitted with a telemetry buoy...

MAER team disentangles young humpback whale off Chatham, MA

September 16, 2016 The Center for Coastal Studies Marine Animal Entanglement Response team disentangled a young humpback whale today off Chatham, MA. Recreational boaters discovered the whale early in the afternoon, reported the sighting and stood by the whale until...

Young humpback whale disentangled off Provincetown, MA

August 10, 2016 The Center for Coastal Studies’ Marine Animal Entanglement Response team disentangled a humpback whale on Monday, August 8 off Provincetown, MA. The young whale was anchored in fishing gear but was able to pull the gear off the sea floor to access the...

Fin whale disentangled by CCS MAER team

June 22, 2016 Today the Marine Animal Entanglement Response (MAER) team from the Provincetown based Center for Coastal Studies (CCS) worked to disentangle a large fin whale on Stellwagen Bank, east of Boston. Scroll down for video. The team managed to remove most of...