Right Whale Plane Surveys in Gulf of Maine Suspended With $200K Budget Cut
Fall airplane surveys tracking North Atlantic right whales north of Cape Cod in the Gulf of Maine, run by the Provincetown-based Center for Coastal Studies, are off the table after federal funding was cut.
While the fall flights are grounded, the center’s leadership stressed that the winter and spring surveys over Cape Cod Bay remain unaffected and on schedule.
The center expanded its whale research program beyond the bay last year...
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