HYANNIS – NOAA Fisheries has announced two new slow zones for right whales, including Cape Cod Bay. The restrictions are in place through December … [Read more...]
Latest estimates offer encouraging update for North Atlantic right whale numbers
October 22, 2025
PROVINCETOWN - Scientists and advocates are celebrating following The North Atlantic Right Whale Consortium‘s encouraging announcement that the … [Read more...]
New Englanders at the head of drone research on threatened whales
September 17, 2025
PROVINCETOWN - Researchers out of the New England Aquarium and Woods Hole over the past year have been advancing the use of drones for field research … [Read more...]
Observers Spot Season’s Eleventh Right Whale Calf
April 24, 2025
BARNSTABLE - Aerial observers with the Center for Coastal Studies this past week spotted a previously undetected North Atlantic right whale mother and … [Read more...]
Half of Total Right Whales Spotted in Cape Cod Bay as Season Begins
April 15, 2025
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...]
Court Restores Protections for Endangered Whale Species to Prevent Entanglement in Fishing Gear
February 5, 2025
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Commercial fishermen who hoped for a loosening of fishing regulations during President Donald Trump’s administration faced a … [Read more...]
PICS: 75 Endangered Whales Spotted North of Cape Cod
January 20, 2025
All photos Courtesy of New England Aquarium under NMFS Permit #25739. HYANNIS - Scientists have spotted over 75 North Atlantic right … [Read more...]
NOAA Withdraws Vessel Speed Restriction Plan Proposed to Help Right Whales
January 16, 2025
HYANNIS - The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has withdrawn its controversial proposal for vessel speed restrictions meant to … [Read more...]
Governor Healey Against Proposed NOAA Vessel Speed Changes
January 13, 2025
NANTUCKET – Opposition is continuing to proposed changes to the federal government’s North Atlantic right whale vessel speed rule. NOAA is … [Read more...]
Third Right Whale Seen Entangled In One Week, Raising Extinction Concerns
December 26, 2024
PROVINCETOWN - One week after two North Atlantic right whales were seen entangled in fishing line off the coast of Nantucket, a third whale was … [Read more...]
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Cape Cod Potato Chip factory in Hyannis closing this Spring
4-H Advisory Council accepting scholarship applications for Cape Cod youth
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Steamship Authority summer reservations open, slower start than 2025
IFAW says new data project will help vessels steer clear of right whales
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