Coastal Issues

Conservation groups are intervening in a case they say could have implications for current speed rules that are intended to protect North Atlantic right whales from collision with ships.

Staff and volunteers with Mass Audubon Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary have rescued around 800 stranded sea turtles from Cape Cod beaches this year. That’s about 130 more than last year.

In the last few days, volunteers have rescued hundreds of cold-stunned sea turtles from stranding on Cape Cod beaches. The turtles—packed into banana boxes donated by local markets—are driven to a Quincy animal hospital, where they're treated for pneumonia, fractures, and other injuries.

Cruises can boost local economies where they dock. They can also bring pollution.

This summer, the state of Maine launched a research program to learn more about the whereabouts of North Atlantic right whales in the Gulf of Maine. The findings could be critical for the future of the state's lobster industry — and in the race to preserve the critically endangered population.

The nomination will launch a years-long review process to establish a national marine sanctuary off the coast of Cape Ann.

Rescue teams from the New England Aquarium, the Center for Coastal Studies, and the Barnstable harbormaster’s office came together to disentangle a six-foot-long, 400-pound leatherback.

State officials are testing whether natural methods will work to restore sand dunes wiped away by winter storms.

The shorebirds are rebounding, despite powerful coastal storms that destroyed nesting habitat.

The company has opened a cannery in New Bedford, the first to open in New England in nearly a century, they say. To start, they’re canning single-origin mussels, hardshell, surf and razor clams, oysters, trout and salmon.