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...
Sep 11, 2017 | PRESS
September 1, 2017 The Center for Coastal Studies is one of more than 100 organizations to participate in the new EBT Card to Culture Program. The EBT Card to Culture program is a joint venture between the Department of Transitional Assistance (DTA), the Massachusetts...
Aug 27, 2017 | PRESS
August 10, 2017 — The Center for Coastal Studies Water Quality Monitoring Program has been awarded a $37,484 grant by the Massachusetts Environmental Trust (MET) to study sources of nitrogen in coastal waters of Cape Cod. This funding will allow the Center to...
Aug 25, 2017 | PRESS
August 25, 2017: The Center for Coastal Studies Marine Animal Entanglement Response team disentangled another leatherback sea turtle yesterday in Cape Cod Bay. The nearly six foot long female was one of five leatherbacks known to be entangled in the last two days...
Aug 1, 2017 | PRESS
On Friday, July 21, Marine Animal Entanglement Response (MAER) team from the Center for Coastal Studies (CCS) in Provincetown disentangled a young humpback whale northeast of Nauset Inlet. The whale was discovered by a charter vessel just outside the inlet. It was...
Jun 8, 2017 | PRESS
June 8, 2017 Today, World Ocean’s Day, the Marine Animal Entanglement Response (MAER) team from the Center for Coastal Studies (CCS) in Provincetown disentangled a basking shark today in Cape Cod Bay. The estimated 18 foot long shark was anchored in fishing gear...
May 19, 2017 | PRESS
May 18, 2017 The remains of the humpback whale Spinnaker have arrived at the Center for Coastal Studies; her fully articulated skeleton will be installed at the Center over the next 4 – 5 days. Spinnaker was a well known individual whose family has been...
Apr 15, 2017 | PRESS
On Friday, April 15 the Center for Coastal Studies Aerial Survey team identified 206 individual rare North Atlantic right whales in Cape Cod Bay during a 10+ hour flight. This new record number represents about 40% of the entire population. Among the animals spotted...
Apr 13, 2017 | PRESS
Records were shattered on Wednesday, April 12, when the aerial survey team at the Center for Coastal Studies (CCS) photographed almost one third of the global population of rare and critically endangered North Atlantic right whales in Cape Cod Bay. CCS aerial...
