PROVINCETOWN — Reports in recent years from the Association to Preserve Cape Cod (APCC), which uses data collected by the Center for Coastal Studies (CCS) at more than 100 testing […]
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TRASH TALLY
Herring Cove Cleanup Nets 3 Truckloads of Debris
600 bottle caps, 200 balloons, and one turtle
PROVINCETOWN — Lumber, Crocs, fishing gear, medical tubing, broken beach chairs, and beer cans were among the three truckloads of trash gathered in two hours’ time by volunteers at Herring […]
ON THE ROPES
Rope Reduction Seen as Best Hope to Save Whales
Each disentanglement matters, but rescues are no match for the problem
PROVINCETOWN — In late May, the Marine Animal Entanglement Response Team at the Center for Coastal Studies (CCS) got a call on their emergency hotline, which runs all day, all […]
ANIMAL BEHAVIOR
Sharks Patrol Shallow Waters Here
Tagged sharks are common but can’t always be spotted from the air
PROVINCETOWN — The presence of great white sharks on the Outer Cape’s shores may not be the shocking news it used to be, but just how much of the time […]
THE DREDGE REPORT
Shellfishermen, Scientists Study Wellfleet’s Goo
‘Black custard’ isn’t toxic, but it can be perilous
WELLFLEET — Chopper Young was working on his oyster grant one day when a shrill note pierced Chipman’s Cove. Stranded in the mucky tidal flats was a woman in a kayak. […]
DEBRIS BRIGADE
Citizen Scientists and Artists Report In After 4-Day Trash Tally
Yellow tubing is mystery newcomer to the trash heap
TRURO — After a four-day Outer Cape cleanup held in late September, the Marine Debris Team of the Provincetown Center for Coastal Studies (CCS) took a deep dive into the […]
CLIMATE CRISIS
Coastal Studies’ Rich Delaney Is Going to Glasgow
A small-town CEO with global influence at U.N. conference
PROVINCETOWN — Center for Coastal Studies CEO Rich Delaney may sit in the driver’s seat of a small nonprofit working to save the whales in Provincetown, but he has a […]
ENVIRONMENT
CCS Teams Scour Half a Ton of Trash From Back Shore
An Outer Cape debris cleanup reveals a catalogue of what humans leave behind
PROVINCETOWN — The first group of beach walkers departed Coast Guard Beach in Eastham bound for Lecount Hollow in Wellfleet on Friday, Sept. 24. Buckets in hand, they scanned the […]
TRANSITION
Center for Coastal Studies Chooses a New Leader
President Richard Delaney will remain as senior adviser
PROVINCETOWN — Unlike the stereotypical introverted scientist, Sarah Oktay, the new executive director of the Center for Coastal Studies (CCS), puts herself out there. “It has always been my M.O. […]
Whale of a Time
The Center for Coastal Studies hosts “Whale Camp,” for children ages 8 to 12, on Monday, July 19th through Wednesday, July 21st, 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Learn how to […]
Whale Tales
Join the Center for Coastal Studies for “Napi’s Lecture: An Evening With the Right Whale Team” on Wednesday, May 26th, at 7 p.m. Learn about this “somewhat unusual” 2021 season, […]
Walk the Walk
Join the Center for Coastal Studies for a field walk through Hatches Harbor in Provincetown on Saturday, May 8th, from 1 to 3 p.m. Poet Elizabeth Bradfield and biologist Lisa […]
Thar She Blows
It’s a virtual Moby-Dick Week at the Provincetown Public Library. On Thursday, May 6th, at 6 p.m. the Center for Coastal Studies presents “Right Whales: A Species on the Brink.” […]
Thar She Blows
It’s a virtual Moby-Dick Week at the Provincetown Public Library. On Thursday, May 6th, at 6 p.m. the Center for Coastal Studies presents “Right Whales: A Species on the Brink.” […]
THE SCUTTLEBUTT
Right Whale Plankton Banquet Keeps Lobstering on Hold
Trap gear closure is extended to May 15
This past week’s cooler weather has slowed down the striped bass migration a bit, as water temperatures have remained steady in the mid-40s, short of that 50-degree mark we need […]
