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Since 1984, the Center for Coastal Studies has freed more than 200 large whales and other marine animals from life threatening entanglements, using techniques developed by Center staff. For many years, CCS was the only organization on the east coast of the United States to be federally authorized, by National Marine Fisheries Service, to disentangle whales, such as the humpback and the critically endangered North Atlantic right whale*. The CCS MAER team has invested much time into training other response teams in the US and abroad.

CCS IMAGES AND VIDEO TAKEN UNDER NOAA PERMIT #18786 and 50 CFR 222.310.