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HYANNIS - The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has withdrawn its controversial proposal for vessel speed restrictions meant to … [Read more...]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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Wind projects that faced federal stoppage are fighting back in court
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Barnstable Sheriff among federal agencies losing funding
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State holding hearings on possibly easing hunting restrictions- Public invited to immigration discussion in Falmouth
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WATCH: Boathouse used for celebrated Coast Guard rescue operation goes through Cape Cod Canal
Massachusetts Maritime Academy carrying out another Sea Term with new training vessel
33 right whales sighted in Cape Cod Bay, vessel restrictions in effect
Driver cited after pedestrian struck in Bourne- Molly Demeulenaere to step down as Executive Director of the Cultural Center of Cape Cod
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