Sep 11, 2018 | PRESS
September 11, 2018 The Center for Coastal Studies will offer an opportunity to clear debris from Long Point in the Cape Cod National Seashore and at town beaches as part of the International Coastal Cleanup, the statewide CoastSweep, and the regional All-Cape Beach...
Sep 5, 2018 | PRESS
September 5, 2018 On Tuesday, September 4 the Center for Coastal Studies (CCS) disentangled a young humpback whale east of Cape Cod. Injuries from its entanglement in fishing gear were extensive but the its health should improve over time. The whale was first...
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...
Jul 12, 2018 | PRESS
July 12, 2018 After months of effort, the CCS Marine Animal Entanglement Response team (MAER) and many federal, state and municipal partners managed to disentangle a humpback whale in New York Harbor yesterday. While the prognosis for the whale is now much improved,...
Apr 13, 2018 | PRESS
On Thursday, April 12 the Marine Animal Entanglement Response (MAER) team from the Center for Coastal Studies (CCS) in Provincetown responded to reports of an entangled right whale on Stellwagen Bank. The right whale, identified as #1142 (Kleenex), is a mature female....
Mar 27, 2018 | PRESS
Doug Coughran, a dear friend and colleague from Perth, Australia, passed away on March 15, 2018, surrounded by his family. He will be sorely missed by CCS and by friends from around the world. Doug dedicated much of his life to make the lives of whales better in his...
Mar 19, 2018 | PRESS
The Center for Coastal Studies is partnering with Nauset Disposal, to find 1,000 Friends of Right Whales and raise $100,000 to support the Center’s Right Whale Emergency Initiative. With a population of just 433 individuals, the critically endangered North Atlantic...
Mar 2, 2018 | PRESS
On Thursday, March 1, Dr. Charles “Stormy” Mayo was interviewed at length by Marco Werman, host of “The World” on Public Radio International (PRI). Click HERE to listen to the full interview. A summary of the piece by The World Staff is quoted...
Jan 17, 2018 | PRESS
Provincetown, MA – On Tuesday, January 16 the Center for Coastal Studies’ aerial survey team took off from Provincetown airport for the first right whale surveillance flight of the 2018 season; within hours they had spotted 14 of the critically endangered...
Dec 2, 2017 | PRESS
December 2, 2017 Humpback whales are not only making a splash along the beaches of Long Island and New Jersey; they have also been sighted inside New York harbor. A recent study found that humpback whale numbers are increasing inside the New York-New Jersey harbor...
