On Monday, July 27, the Center for Coastal Studies Marine Animal Entanglement Response hotline (CCS MAER) received notification from the US Coast Guard of a whale in distress about ten miles east of the entrance to the harbor of New York City. The MAER team then spoke...
October 4, 2019 A commercial fisherman reported an entangled humpback whale this morning in Cape Cod Bay, off Provincetown. The Center for Coastal Studies Marine Animal Entanglement Response team responded and found the whale with a buoy on the right side of its...
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...
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...
The Center for Coastal Studies has teamed up with Bidding for Good to host an online auction to raise funds for the Center’s research, education, and whale rescue programs. The auction has something for everyone, from jewelry, games, collectibles and original art to...
