PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Commercial fishermen who hoped for a loosening of fishing regulations during President Donald Trump’s administration faced a … [Read more...]
Court Restores Protections for Endangered Whale Species to Prevent Entanglement in Fishing Gear
February 5, 2025
Dead Sperm Whale Washes Up on CuttyHunk Island
January 29, 2025
GOSNOLD - A necropsy is pending after a sperm whale washed ashore on Cuttyhunk Island Sunday. The International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) … [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HYANNIS - The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has withdrawn its controversial proposal for vessel speed restrictions meant to … [Read more...]
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...]
WATCH: Humpback Seen Swimming through Canal
November 21, 2024
https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=1360666255108368 The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers reported a humpback whale swimming through the Cape Cod Canal … [Read more...]
Blue Whale Sighting Continues Trend Of Marine Megafauna Sightings In Regional Waters
July 15, 2024
GLOUCESTER - In a rare occurrence, sightseers aboard a Cape Ann Whale Watch vessel about ten miles off the state’s coastline in Stellwagen Bank … [Read more...]
NOAA Researches Encounter Over 160 Whales During Aerial Survey
June 18, 2024
s OAK BLUFFS/NANTUCKET - Researchers with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, or NOAA, were treated to a fascinating sight … [Read more...]
VIDEO: They’re fun and spectacular, but whale watches also aim to be educational
May 31, 2024
https://youtu.be/ObDzwpiKjyE What kind of whales are around the Cape and Islands? As whale watching season begins with Hyannis Whale Watcher … [Read more...]
VIDEO: What kind of whales are around Cape Cod and the Islands?
May 26, 2024
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Wai_9I5k63E In this clip from Sunday Journal, Director of Marine Conservation and Education Laura Lilly with Hyannis … [Read more...]
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