Update: Entangled North Atlantic Right Whale “Cottontail”

Update: Entangled North Atlantic Right Whale “Cottontail”

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,...
Entangled right whale resighted; conditions complicate disentanglement response

Entangled right whale resighted; conditions complicate disentanglement response

January 31, 2020 The Northeast Fisheries Science Center (NEFSC) right whale aerial survey team re-sighted an entangled right whale today, about 35 miles south of Nantucket. The whale, identified as #3466, was first seen entangled on December 21, 2019, a few miles away...
First Right Whales of the 2020 Season Have Arrived in Cape Cod Bay

First Right Whales of the 2020 Season Have Arrived in Cape Cod Bay

On Monday, January 6, the Center for Coastal Studies (CCS) aerial surveillance team spotted two endangered North Atlantic right whales in Cape Cod Bay, the first right whale sightings in the bay in 2020. The unique markings on the whales’ bodies enabled the CCS team...

Two more rare right whale calves spotted in Cape Cod Bay

On Thursday, April 11 the Center for Coastal Studies right whale aerial survey team spotted two more mom/calf pairs in Cape Cod Bay, bringing the number of calves observed off Cape Cod this season to three. The mothers have been identified as EgNo 4180  and EgNo 3317....

CCS spots their first 2019 right whale calf in Cape Cod Bay

On Sunday, April 7 the Center for Coastal Studies right whale aerial survey team spotted their first right whale calf of the year in Cape Cod Bay. This sighting heralds the arrival of the 2019 calves to their feeding grounds here in the northeast. The calf, which was...