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The Center for Coastal Studies is a non-profit dedicated to preserving & protecting marine mammals & ecosystems through applied research and education.
Provincetown, MA
Joined January 2013
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: https://t.co/BwS7pyW85B
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Charles "Stormy" Mayo, an expert on right whales and helped develop techniques for disentangling whales from fishing gear, is retiring from the Center for Coastal Studies this year. He spoke with...
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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. https://t.co/sSGWUmVsyB
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A team from the Center for Coastal Studies continues to document the return of North Atlantic right whales in Cape Cod Bay.
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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. https://t.co/3Saf5NIz1S
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We're hiring! The Center for Coastal Studies is seeking a scientist for its Humpback Whale Studies Program. Learn more: https://t.co/0yQDnlJdwt
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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
https://t.co/bF6trliizV
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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: https://t.co/JeTlEjD041
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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: https://t.co/8IfEDXFwIN
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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.
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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. https://t.co/hZC4wpViWb
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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: https://t.co/WKlTFLL5Cd (Image collected under U.S. NMFS ESA/MMPA Permit 21485)
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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.
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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: https://t.co/F5lnqQeHDN
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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). https://t.co/b2vJHcxqyM
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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.
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Center for Coastal Studies educator Jesse Mechling leads walks to view seals. He wants to dispel misconceptions about their behavior.
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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:
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Here's a timely update on efforts to disentangle a humpback whale calf on Stellwagen Bank. @ifawglobal
https://t.co/nXhmc8KG0q
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We recently teamed up w/ @Ocean_Alliance to use drones to attach suction-cup tags to endangered North Atlantic #RightWhales off the coast of New England. Data to help us better understand biological & ecological factors contributing to population decline: https://t.co/RrJZvMmw1G.
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WOW!!!!
WHAT A MOMENT!! 🐋🐋🐋 A New England man out on a fishing trip off Race Point Beach in Provincetown experienced this INCREDIBLE moment: a trio of whales breaching in what looks like a choreographed show! Wow. https://t.co/oq7xC3Fbcp
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