Earlier this month, the Center welcomed four colleagues from government agencies and NGO’s from Brazil for entanglement response training. Among the participating agencies were the Instituto Chico Mendes de Conservação da Biodiversidade, Instituto Argonauta para...
Provincetown, MA – On Saturday, August 12, the Center for Coastal Studies’ (CSS) Marine Animal Entanglement Response team (MAER) disentangled a humpback whale off Cape Ann. The whale, known as Pinball, was with her calf at the time. The prognosis for both whales is...
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,...
May 23, 2019 The Center for Coastal Studies today announced the Massachusetts Bay Conservation and Climate Change Partnership, a new initiative involving three major air and sea passenger companies. The businesses that have come together to launch the program are Cape...
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....
