Coastal Issues

A rash of near-shore shark sightings has led to temporary beach closures and surveillance measures along the southern Maine coast.

A bill before the Senate Rules Committee would designate the Atlantic horseshoe crab as the official marine invertebrate of the Commonwealth. Why is the horseshoe crab special to Massachusetts?

Captain Eddie Dellecese, of the fishing vessel Buckeye, won the Fishing Heritage Center’s second annual Scallopalooza contest, shucking 100 scallops in under five minutes

This grant will fund new fishery technology and innovations, which will help researchers at URI and other partners better understand the changing sea environment

The Atlantic Shark Institute placed a data-gathering tag on a hammerhead shark for the first time. And the encounter off Block Island was caught on video

Released turtles have satellite tags affixed to their shell. Some also have smaller acoustic tags. A Senior Animal Care Specialist explains why.

Plum Island Beach in Newburyport is closed to swimming after officials discovered an ongoing discharge of untreated wastewater into the Merrimack River.

A new $2.2 million boat will help environmental officials keep an eye on Long Island Sound.

About 100 people gathered on West Dennis Beach for the New England Aquarium’s first 2026 release of cold-stunned sea turtles rescued in the fall.

Marine animal rescuers from the Center for Coastal Studies disentangled a young humpback whale on Sunday.