CoastalStudies

One year milestone update! An award from the Innovation Institute @Mass_Tech has let us install environmental sensors on 106 commercial fishing vessels.  And, the team at @Lowell Instruments is getting ready to field test our new fisherman-friendly CTD to measure salinity.

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Stormy Mayo talks to WBUR's All Things Considered: wbur.org/news/2024/05/0…

Merrily Cassidy of the Cape Cod Times accompanied members of the Right Whale Ecology Program on a research cruise in Cape Cod Bay aboard R/V Shearwater Monday. Here's her story. bit.ly/4alb2rv

Aerial observers from the Center for Coastal Studies observed a North Atlantic right whale mother with her calf just north of Marshfield yesterday. This is the first such sighting of a right whale calf in Massachusetts waters in the 2024 season. bit.ly/3xnom08

We're hiring! The Center for Coastal Studies is seeking a scientist for its Humpback Whale Studies Program. Learn more: coastalstudies.org/about/employme…

Thanks to @provincetowntv, the first talk of this season's Napi's Winter Lecture Series, "Leviathan rising: how the whales became what we wanted them to be," by Philip Hoare, is available for those who were unable to attend in person. @philipwhale vimeo.com/913491595/b720…

All are welcome to join us next Tuesday, January 30, from 12 PM to 1:30 PM ET to hear about how environmental leaders in Canada and the US are working together to address the environmental problem of marine debris in the Gulf of Maine: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regist…

Geologists from CCS will conduct surveys this winter in Wellfleet’s Duck Harbor to gain insights into how best to restore tidal marshes. Read all about it: bit.ly/3H6D7Gc

CCS Marine Fisheries, w assistance fm @AmeriCorpsCC, monitors invasive green crabs at Salt Pond, Eastham. 2 wks ago found less common Asian shore crab, Hemigrapsus sanguineus. Native to W. Pacific, they begin as free-floating larvae that can travel gt distances.

Shoutout to @MassRMV Title and Special License customer service reps who just pulled off a save worthy of Ullmark or Swayman. We (and our #F250) thank you!

As the summer draws to a close, Seascape Ecologist Bryan Legare, Manager of the Center’s Shark Ecology Research Program, has been busy collecting the 60 acoustic receivers used to track the whereabouts of white sharks near the beaches of Cape Cod. bit.ly/3Zm1oAo

An international team of marine scientists, led by the University of Groningen in the Netherlands and CCS, has published a study on humpback whale populations in the journal Science. Read more: bit.ly/3Ek8GuP (Image collected under U.S. NMFS ESA/MMPA Permit 21485)

The Cape Cod Wildlife Collaborative is celebrating its 13th Annual Cape Cod Wildlife Festival on Saturday, September 9th from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Mass Audubon’s Long Pasture Wildlife Sanctuary, 345 Bone Hill Road, Barnstable. Free.

The Center for Coastal Studies (CCS) is planning a number of cleanups on Outer Cape beaches during the month of September. Volunteers are invited to join the cleanups and the “trash tallies” which follow. For more info: bit.ly/3PjVV9X

The Marine Animal Entanglement Response (MAER) team at the Center for Coastal Studies disentangled a leatherback sea turtle in Cape Cod Bay yesterday (Sunday, August 27). bit.ly/3suQXOB

Guided walks led by Center for Coastal Studies Marine Education Director Jesse Mechling debunk misconceptions about seals. Read the article in today's Cape Cod Times. bit.ly/45mN90d

On Saturday, Aug 12, the Center for Coastal Studies Marine Animal Entanglement Response team disentangled a humpback whale off Cape Ann. The whale, known as Pinball, was with her calf at the time. Read more: coastalstudies.org/ccs-maer-team-…

Here's a timely update on efforts to disentangle a humpback whale calf on Stellwagen Bank. @ifawglobal rb.gy/d1pu1