Scientists Report Mixed Outlook for Right Whale Calving Season

HYANNIS - Scientists from the New England Aquarium report a mixed outlook for the endangered North Atlantic right whale population this calving … [Read more...]

Half of Total Right Whales Spotted in Cape Cod Bay as Season Begins

PROVINCETOWN - Whale season is in full swing in the waters off Cape Cod. Scientists with the Center for Coastal Studies have already spotted 162 North … [Read more...]

Cape Drought Continues Despite Inland Improvements

CAPE COD - As the Connecticut River Valley, Central, Southeast, and Western regions of the state are being downgraded to a Level 1 – Mild Drought … [Read more...]

State Approves $1.2B for Wastewater

BOSTON - The state has approved $1.2 billion in wastewater and drinking water infrastructure loans and grants.  The money will boost the State … [Read more...]

Albies and Bonito May Become Regulated Soon

BARNSTABLE - False Albacore and Atlantic Bonito might become limited for fishing in an East Coast first. The two species are common in the … [Read more...]

Listen: WHOI Researchers Capture First-Ever Recorded Shark Sounds

https://youtu.be/ANWsPZNUghY FALMOUTH - Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) scientists have captured the first-ever recorded shark … [Read more...]

NOAA Issues Ropeless Gear Advisory to Mariners as Testing Begins

HYANNIS - NOAA Fisheries is testing ropeless fishing gear for lobster and crab around the Gulf of Maine and around Cape Cod.  The testing is … [Read more...]

Hinckleys Pond Work Begins With Federal Freeze Over

HARWICH - Construction is now underway at Hinckleys Pond after federal funds are flowing again for the restoration project. The effort by the … [Read more...]

Scientists Launch Acoustic Buoys to Track Right Whales in Near Real-Time

FALMOUTH - State and local scientists are launching acoustic buoys to monitor the presence of critically endangered North Atlantic right whales as … [Read more...]

Ocean Dumping – or a Climate Solution? A Growing Industry Bets on the Ocean to Capture Carbon

HALIFAX, Nova Scotia (AP) — From the grounds of a gas-fired power plant on the eastern shores of Canada, a little-known company is pumping a slurry of … [Read more...]



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