by Cathrine Macort | Jun 28, 2021 | Marine Debris
Hello Debris Brigade! My name is Caitlin Townsend. I am a graduate of Massachusetts Maritime Academy with a degree in Marine Science, Safety and Environmental Protection. My love for the environment in general started at a very young age. I grew up in Truro, my father...
by Cathrine Macort | Mar 24, 2021 | PRESS
March 23, 2021 The Center for Coastal Studies (CCS) begins field work this week to locate, remove, document, and properly dispose of lost, abandoned or discarded fishing gear in Cape Cod Bay. Removal and Interception of Derelict Fishing Gear from Cape Cod Bay Right...
by Cathrine Macort | Oct 31, 2020 | PRESS
October 31, 2020 The CCS Marine Animal Entanglement Response team (MAER) is continuing to track an entangled North Atlantic right whale identified as #3920, nicknamed Cottontail. Cottontail, an 11-year-old male, was found by the CCS aerial survey team on October 19,...
by Cathrine Macort | Jul 11, 2020 | PRESS
July 10, 2020 Statement by Dr Charles “Stormy” Mayo Director, CCS Right Whale Ecology Program With the recent listing by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) of the North Atlantic right whale as Critically Endangered on the Red List of...
by Cathrine Macort | Jun 4, 2020 | PRESS
June 4, 2020 Staff from the Center for Coastal Studies (CCS) Marine Animal Entanglement Response (MAER) team disentangled a humpback whale 15 miles east of Cape Cod yesterday. This is the second time the young whale, identified as the 2015 calf of Jabiru, has been...