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    PCCS NEWS AND EVENTS CALENDAR

    PCCS Supports Hands On the Arts - The Provincetown Center for Coastal Studies (PCCS) will participate in the Hands on the Arts Festival, June 14 - 15, 2008 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Windmill Green in Eastham. more...

    Coastal and Marine Art Show - The Provincetown Center for Coastal Studies (PCCS) will host its first ever student art show beginning April 22 through September 1, 2008, at the Hiebert Marine Laboratory in Provincetown. more...

    Entangled Female Right Whales Found in Cape Cod Bay - The aerial survey team with the Provincetown Center for Coastal Studies (PCCS) sighted two entangled right whales in Cape Cod Bay during a routine survey on Tuesday. more...

    First Reported Right Whale of 2008 Entangled in Cape Cod Bay - The first right whale of the 2008 season was reported Saturday in Cape Cod Bay. The whale, a member of a critically endangered species, is also the first entangled right whale reported in the new year. more...

    Humpback freed in Canadian Waters - A humpback whale was freed from a severe entanglement in fishing gear in Canadian waters, off of Grand Manan Island on 12/19, around 9:30 a.m. more...

    PCCS Issues State of the Bay 2007 - The State of the Bay 2007 Report, issued by the Provincetown Center for Coastal Studies (PCCS), highlights comprehensive water quality research and addresses concerns of local, state and federal resource managers. more...

    Floating Classroom; Spirit Returns to Provincetown - MassSail and Provincetown Public Schools give local students a unique, hands-on learning experience aboard Spirit of Massachusetts, a 125-ft Schooner. more...

    Endangered Humpback Freed Off Canadian Coast - An experienced team of whale researchers from the Provincetown Center for Coastal Studies (PCCS) and the Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale Sanctuary disentangled an endangered humpback whale yesterday afternoon in Grand Manan Banks, 25 nautical miles west of Brier Island, Nova Scotia. more...

    PCCS Opens Marine Mammal Exhibit - The Provincetown Center for Coastal Studies (PCCS) will open a new hands-on marine mammal exhibit at 115 Bradford Street, on Friday, July 27, 2007 at 10:00 a.m. with a book signing by photographer Neil Baker. more...

     

    Right whale images taken under NOAA Fisheries permit 633-1763, under the authority of the U.S. Endangered Species and Marine Mammal Protection Acts - please request PCCS permission for use.

    Photographs were taken under the authority of NMFS Permit No. 932-1489 issued under the authority of the Marine Mammal Protection Act and the Endangered Species Act.  This statement must accompany the image(s) in all subsequent uses.

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