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HYANNIS - The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has withdrawn its controversial proposal for vessel speed restrictions meant to … [Read more...]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...]
PICTURES: Experts Tracking Entangled Right Whales South of Nantucket
December 18, 2024
NANTUCKET - Experts are responding to two North Atlantic right whales sighted entangled in fishing gear southeast of Nantucket. The first was … [Read more...]
Aerial Survey Spots First Right Whales Of 2024-2025 Field Season
November 20, 2024
PROVINCETOWN/WELLFLEET - The Center for Coastal Studies has announced that an aerial survey conducted on Monday, November 18, 2024, by scientists from … [Read more...]
Newest Estimate Of Right Whale Population Provides Much-Needed Relief For Conservationists
October 25, 2024
BOSTON - Conservationists and right whale enthusiasts received some much-welcomed good news at the North Atlantic Right Whale Consortium’s annual … [Read more...]
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Cape Cod Commission releases final draft of its Freshwater Strategy
Popular youth program in public safety to return in August
