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Dear Friends and Colleagues of the Center for Coastal Studies,At our 40th Anniversary Gala in June 2016, we celebrated and reflected on our many substantive contributions to coastal and ocean conservation, even while knowing that the next 40 years will be all the more challenging! In fact, I believe that the critical time is the next decade. In the next few years, very significant efforts will be necessary in order to understand and then take action to address the ever-growing threats to coastal and ocean ecosystems and to our own communities.

The world’s hotspot for increasing sea surface temperatures unfortunately is right off our shore in the Gulf of Maine. I believe that we at the Center for Coastal Studies are well positioned in 2017 to step up our high quality scientific research, public education and policy activities on behalf of coasts and oceans.To answer the call to action, we are completing a major upgrade and expansion of our science laboratories, to further the research you care about, and expand our collaborations with the University of Massachusetts-Boston, Cornell University and many othersOur newly-designed atrium will feature the 35-foot skeleton of our old friend, Spinnaker, the humpback whale our disentanglement team rescued on three different occasions–but who ultimately did not make it. This skeleton will be the main feature of our new public education space where we will welcome more students, and friends like you to our “marine community center.”In 2017, we also will launch a new research vessel that will expand our sea-going range and capabilities, as we focus on ocean threats including increasing noise levels, widespread marine debris, and water pollution threats including pharmaceuticals, as well as the known and still to be understood system-wide impacts from a rapidly warming atmosphere and ocean.While these problems are daunting, together we have addressed challenging issues successfully in the past 40 years; and I know that our dedicated and talented staff is prepared to do whatever we can to tackle these new threats. We are counting on your continued interest and support as we move into the next 40 years.This issue of Coastwatch, coupled with our Annual Report, will afford you an opportunity to reflect on what you have helped us achieve recently and again we thank you for that support. I hope you will share our resolve to do even more for ocean and coastal conservation as we begin a new critically important chapter together.Thank you.

President and CEO

LETTERFROM THEPRESIDENT & C.E.O.

CHAIR, BOARD OF DIRECTORSWilliam a. Bonn

PRESIDENT AND CEORichaRd delaney

C O A S T W A T C His a publication of the Center for Coastal Studies

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INTRODUCING THE CAPE COD CLIMATE CHANGE COLLABORATIVEIn December 2015 our President and CEO Rich Delaney traveled to Paris for the COP21 Climate Conference; there he witnessed 196 global leaders reach an agreement to mitigate climate change. In spring 2016 Rich shared his experiences in a series of presentations to Cape community and environmental organizations and inspired a local movement - the Cape Cod Climate Change Collaborative (CCCCC). The Collaborative is a Cape-wide campaign to unite the varied expertise and experience of Cape Cod organizations to address the impacts of climate change. Here on the Cape we have an acute understanding of the threats of sea level rise and impacts on fisheries resulting from climate change. The goal of the Collaborative is to be a strong regional voice and a model for the rest of the state in stimulating a comprehensive approach to climate change by promoting local and regional strategies for climate change planning, mitigation and adaptation. By linking available knowledge, talent and tools of people, organizations and businesses on Cape Cod, we can address the impacts of climate change. Through voluntary agreements and development of a communications network, there is the opportunity to integrate actions and interests of existing entities to help reduce greenhouse gas emissions (i.e. carbon footprint) that contribute to climate change. The goals of the Collaborative are to:

• Develop a set of Cape-wide benchmarks for reducing dependence on fossil fuels.• Assist local organizations in identifying and developing achievable objectives for

reducing their carbon footprints.• Monitor progress toward reaching those objectives.• Educate youth about the causes of climate change and generate youth

participation in these carbon reduction activities.• Publicize progress made toward individual and Cape-wide bench-marks.• Advocate for policies that will further efforts to improve energy efficiency and

reduce carbon emissions.The Collaborative is gaining momentum; since the launch, an additional five businesses have pledged their support to the initiative. For more information, or to become a collaborator, please visit coastalstudies.org/ccccc.

CCCCC Co-Founders Association to Preserve Cape CodCape Cod Chamber of CommerceCape Cod Commercial Fishermen’s AllianceCape Cod CommissionCape Cod National SeashoreCape Light CompactCenter for Coastal StudiesFriends of Pleasant BayPleasant Bay AlliancePleasant Bay Community BoatingWellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary

CCCCC Collaborators

CARE for the Cape and Islands Cape & Vineyard Electric Cooperative, Inc.Cape AirCape CoolOcean Protection Advocacy Kids

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EDUCATIONThe Center’s Director of Marine Education, Jesse Mechling, continues to provide high quality, hands-on K–12 and public education and outreach, connecting children and adults to the coastal and marine environment of the Outer Cape. This year the 6th Annual Whale Week was our biggest and best yet; fifteen fun, family-friendly events attracted a record breaking 1,100 participants and raised almost $9,000 for our education programs! 2016 was the first full season of operation for the new SEA Space Marine Discovery Center, located at 333r Commercial Street. In addition to the interactive exhibits on display at SEA Space, visitors participated in seal walks, kayak tours, tidal pool explorations, and even got up close and personal with the microscopic critters that live in Provincetown Harbor. Our educators, along with dozens of willing volunteers, also led a number of marine debris cleanups on the Outer Cape resulting in the removal of over 34,000 pieces and 800 lbs of trash – most of it plastic – from two local beaches.All in all almost 5,000 individuals participated in the Center’s formal and informal learning sessions this year. With continued support from the Provincetown Tourism Fund, CARE for the Cape and Islands, the Massachusetts Cultural Council, and a number of individual donors, we plan to build on our success as one of the Cape’s leading environmental education organizations.

BY THE NUMBERS Herring Cove Beach CleanupMonday, May 23

9,165 pieces of trash collected in two hours by 13 AmeriCorps volunteers.

Position Quantity

10 Balloon/balloon strings

252

9 Styrofoam cups

253

8 Straws/stirrers 349

7 Nets/pieces of netting

457

6 Food Wrappers

515

5 Rope 521

4 Plastic wrapping/containers

660

3 Stryofoam pieces

928

2 Caps/lids 1231

1 Non-descript plastic pieces

1925

Meeting the critters that live in Provincetown Harbor.

Families came from far and wide to participate in Whale Week 2016.

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PROGRAM HIGHLIGHT – COASTAL GEOLOGY In 2016 Dr. Graham Giese, director of the Center’s Land-Sea Interaction Program, led a study to develop a sediment budget for the Barnstable-Sandwich shoreline from the Cape Cod Canal to Barnstable Harbor. The study, which used a geomorphological model Graham developed while at the Center, fundamentally changed the way we understand the impacts

of the Cape Cod Canalon our coastline. So much so that when the findings were reported in a local newspaper, scientists from the US Geological Survey at Woods Hole contacted Graham to show him data that they had collected independently that corroborated his findings. Until they saw the Center’s findings they weren’t sure how their data fit into the established understanding of the impacts of the canal. This is the gold standard of scientific research: data collected for a separate scientific study (USGS) supports and corroborates another study (CCS) conducted elsewhere using different methods, upending long held

assumptions about a well-studied system. Congratulations to Graham and the Land-Sea Interaction Program!In several ways 2016 saw changes to the Seafloor Mapping Program that will show us the way forward for many years to come. Wrapping up our participation as one of four groups in a ground-breaking study funded by the US National Park to develop methods to produce benthic habitat maps in very shallow waters in selected coastal parks demonstrated the Program’s step up into the elite seafloor mapping laboratories on the east coast. The three other groups/parks were the University of Delaware at Assateague Island National Seashore, Rutgers University at Gateway National Recreation Area and The University of Rhode Island at Fire Island National Seashore. The profile and reputation of the seafloor mapping program continues to grow nationally and internationally. In the ‘best way to keep a lead is to extend a lead’ department, we designed and built a customized pontoon boat to map (and do science) in very shallow waters. The R/V Portnoy, named after Dr. John Portnoy, a coastal ecologist who worked for Cape Cod National Seashore for almost four decades, can navigate in six inches of water and can map with gear and a two-person crew in less than one foot of water. Dr. Mark Borrelli chaired a session on New Research in Coastal Environments at the national meeting of the Geological Society of America in September and delivered a talk about the R/V Portnoy and its first surveys entitled: ‘Mapping the Estuarine Seafloor with Vessel-Based Acoustic Instruments: The Shallowest Water Survey.’Lastly, and perhaps most importantly for future work, a new joint research laboratory between the Center and the University of Massachusetts Boston has come to fruition, with an official announcement to be delivered in December/January 2016-17. The physical lab space will be on the Boston campus, but in fact will be an extension of the seafloor mapping program at the Center. Mark has three graduate student advisees and is actively pursuing work with campus staff. The name of the lab was chosen to highlight not only the work of those working in it but also the relationship between the two entities: The Coastal Processes and Ecosystems Lab or simply, the CAPE lab.

What is a sediment budget?Sediment budget refers to the balance between sediment added to and removed from the coastal system. When more material is added than is removed, there is a surplus of sediment and the shore builds seaward. On the other hand, when more material is removed than is added, there is a deficit in sediment supply and the shore retreats landward.

Sediment budget also refers to the sources that deliver sediment to the coast and the places where it is temporarily or permanently stored. The storage sites are known as sediment sinks. To calculate the sediment budget for a coastal segment, one must identify all the sediment sources and sinks, and estimate how much sediment is being added to or taken from the beach each year. This is an extremely difficult task and as a result, few sediment budgets have been accurately determined.

Mapping the seafloor of the shallow waters of Wellfleet Harbor aboard the R/V/ Portnoy.

Bathymetry (seafloor topography) of Wellfleet Harbor.

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MARINE ANIMAL ENTANGLEMENT RESPONSE (MAER)If you received our latest letter, you’ll know that the MAER team has had an extraordinarily busy year, racking up more than 60 days at sea and freeing eight humpback whales, two finback whales, one North Atlantic right whale and nine sea turtles from entanglements in fishing gear.

Please Stand By!We are deeply grateful to the recreational boaters, commercial fishermen, whale watch crews and passengers, and the members of the Massachusetts Environmental Police and US Coast Guard who reported, and most importantly, stood by entangled marine animals until the MAER crew arrived on scene. Without their assistance, the outcome for these whales and turtles could be much different.

One would think that it’s a relatively straightforward task to find an entangled whale if you know where it was last sighted, but nothing could be further from the truth; nine times out of ten, if a boat does not stay with an entangled whale it will not be found by rescuers in the same day. Not only do whales dive for up to 30 minutes, but they can cover large distances in a relatively short period of time. Without anyone standing by, rescuers may have to wait until the whale is found again by chance. Because of this, standing by is considered the single most important step in disentangling a whale.

Building CapacityEntanglement is a global issue, and the Center is working with organizations all over the world to educate and equip response teams. This year the MAER crew hosted and trained responders from Florida, Virginia, Chile and Canada. They

also manufactured and supplied specially designed disentanglement tools to response teams in the UK, Guadeloupe, Brazil, Chile, Thailand and Greenland, as well as Alaska, British Colombia, Washington, California, Hawaii, Georgia, the Canadian Maritimes and Newfoundland.

Under the leadership of David Mattila, the Global Whale Entanglement Response Network (GWERN), an initiative established by the International Whaling Commission (IWC) and headquartered at CCS, has has continued to grow and more than 750 people have now received entanglement response training through the program. At the time of writing, David is leading a workshop in Thailand; other sessions have been held in the environmental protection area of Baleia Franca and the surrounding State of  Catarina in southern Brazil, in Los Organos, Peru, and in Nuuk, Greenland.

David Mattila, coordinator of the GWERN initiative, instructs responders in southern Brazil. Image courtesy of IWC.

David Mattila, coordinator of the GWERN initiative, instructs responders in Nuuk, Greenland. Image courtesy of IWC.

Time is of the essence when trying to locate an entangled whale.

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WATER QUALITY MONITORING PROGRAMThe Center began monitoring the quality of the coastal waters of Cape Cod in 2006. Since then the program, directed by Dr. Amy Costa, has expanded to include over 130 stations on the Cape and Islands and 20 stations in the offshore water of Cape Cod Bay, Buzzards Bay and Nantucket Sound. This program is the longest-running and only bay-wide monitoring being conducted in Cape Cod Bay, and the only water quality monitoring being regularly conducted in Nantucket Sound. The information collected through the program is expanding our understanding of how human activities and management actions affect our surrounding water bodies.Sampling at these sites is a collaborative effort carried out by staff at the Center for Coastal Studies, volunteer Citizen Scientists, and several partnering organizations. The collected water samples are analyzed by scientists at the Center’s state-certified laboratory for key indicators of environmental health such as nutrients (nitrogen and phosphorus), chlorophyll and dissolved oxygen.In Spring 2016 the Center launched a new website to make the water quality monitoring data available to the public. The site features an interactive map

showing each of the individual monitoring stations; the user simply clicks on a station to download graphs and spreadsheets of all the data collected for that location. The website also includes information on the threats to our waters, sample parameters, and the effects of these on the health of the Bay. The site was designed to be easily accessible to all interested parties, from researchers, to town managers, to school groups. The continued success of the water quality monitoring program is due in part to the hard work and dedication of our volunteers, and to the support of our collaborators: Waquoit Bay National Estuarine

Research Reserve, Buzzards Bay Coalition, Martha’s Vineyard Commission, Edgartown Shellfish Department, Three Bays Preservation, Town of Harwich, and Cape Cod Commercial Fishermen’s Alliance.

“Citizen Scientists” are a critical component of the water quality monitoring program. At least 20 inshore sites, from Provincetown to Plymouth, are sampled each week from May – October during mid-ebb tide by these dedicated volunteers. For more information about the Citizen Scientist program, please email wqdata@coastalstudies.org.

Aimee Teaby is one of our volunteer Citizen Scientists who collect water samples from more than 20 inshore sites.

Data from the monitoring stations is available for download on the new website.

SEAL STUDIES PROJECTProject manager Lisa Sette is investigating the seasonal diet of gray seal (Halichoerus grypus grypus) and harbor seal (Phoca vitulina concolor) in Southeastern Massachusetts. Scat samples are collected monthly from seal haul outs. Once collected, the scats are processed and mined for hard parts such as otoliths (ear bones), squid beaks, and denticles; these hard parts are then analyzed to identify what prey items the seals consumed. With funding from the Island Foundation and the Friends of Pleasant Bay, CCS was able to sample and process over 100 scats through the research year.The hard parts recovered and analyzed so far indicate that seals appear to take advantage of seasonally available prey. Upcoming prey DNA analysis of scat sub-samples will help to identify other prey items missed in hard part analysis alone and provide a more complete picture of seal diet.

Seal project manager Lisa Sette works with Katherine McKenna from IFAW to collect seal scat from a haul out off Chatham, MA.

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RIGHT WHALE ROUND-UPLast winter and spring, Center researchers once more took to the air and the waves to collect information on the demographics, distribution and abundance of the rare and endangered North Atlantic right whales that visit our waters. This season saw exceptional numbers of right whales return to Cape Cod Bay, with a peak in sightings earlier than usual: A single-day season-high of 85 individuals was documented by the aerial survey team at the end of March, approximately one month earlier than the typical peak in sightings. Overall, approximately 35% of the known right whale population, currently estimated at 500 individuals, was observed in Cape Cod Bay and adjacent waters in 2016, though that number may rise as photo analysis of the season continues.

Among the right whale visitors to Cape Cod Bay this season were six mother-calf pairs. This important segment of the population stayed later than the rest of the right whales this season, feeding near the Plymouth shoreline through late April. The mom-calf pairs were closely monitored as the May 1 opening of the fixed gear fisheries approached, but the nursing mothers soon depleted the zooplankton food supply in the Bay and moved on to other habitats outside Massachusetts.

We were all devastated when one of the new calves, the 2016 offspring of right whale #1281, Punctuation, was found dead off Chatham only six days later, the victim of a collision with a large vessel.

The continued high abundance of right whales in Cape Cod Bay and the tragic loss of the calf illustrate how important this habitat is to the species and how crucial it is to remain vigilant in safe-guarding them from harmful impacts such as vessel collision and entanglement.

The Center is grateful to our colleagues at NOAA, the Division of Marine Fisheries and the Massachusetts Environmental Trust for their continued support of our right whale research and rescue programs, and to Joe Chronic and his co-pilots at New England Specialized Aviation Services for keeping us safe and on track during our aerial surveys.

Special thanks to Erin Burke, Protected Species Specialist at the Division of Marine Fisheries, for allowing us to reprint sections of this article, first published in DMF NEWS 1st and 2nd Quarters 2016–Volume 37

Got your whale tail plate yet?Did you know that the Massachusetts Environmental Trust uses funds generated in part by the sale of Whale

Tail license plates to support the Center’s right whale research and Marine Animal Entanglement Response programs? Visit Whaleplate.org to purchase your plate today – no visit to the RMV required!

Right whale #1281, Punctuation, with her young calf. CCS Photo, taken under NOAA permit #14603-1.

Brigid McKenna, Jessica Smart and Ryan Schosberg documenting right whales aboard the R/V Shearwater in March 2016.

BY THE NUMBERS 2016 Right Whale Season

Survey flights aboard Skymaster 36

Sampling cruises aboard R/V Shearwater 19

Right whales identified 178

Mom/calf pairs 6

V-shaped spout from right whale #3191. CCS Photo, taken under NOAA permit #14603-1.

Right whale #3115, Harmony, subsurface feeding alongside her 2016 calf and right whale #4023, Wolverine. CCS Photo, taken under NOAA permit #14603-1.

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MARINE FISHERIESWe are proud to announce that Owen Nichols, Director of the Center for Coastal Studies’ Marine Fisheries Research Program, has been selected as this year’s recipient of the John Annala Fishery Leadership Award by the Gulf of Maine Research Institute (GMRI). This award, which honors an early career scientist who is doing research that is relevant to fisheries in New England, was established in 2013 to recognize the contributions that John Annala, the GMRI’s first Chief Scientific Officer, made to the Institute, and to the fisheries science and management community in the northeast. Andrew Pershing, Chief Scientific Officer at GMRI, stated that “Owen’s research on the ecology of squid, an important emerging species, and his commitment to doing collaborative research with the fishing industry are a great example of the kind of work that the award was meant to recognize.” Congratulations, Owen!Some of Owen’s collaborations include:

Pleasant Bay Resource Assessment (PBRA): Funded by the Friends of Pleasant Bay, the PBRA incorporates seafloor mapping, benthic ecology, and seal and fisheries research–all conducted by CCS–to create a detailed study of the ecosystem of Pleasant Bay. When complete, a team led by Pat Hughes (CCS Director of Marine Policy) will use these data to make recommendations for a long-term monitoring and protection plan for the Bay.Gulf Stream Orphans (GSO) Project: GSOs are larval or juvenile tropical fish (such as the three pictured here) that arrive on

the north-flowing Gulf Stream current and take refuge in warm estuaries such as Pleasant Bay, presumably dying as the waters cool into the winter. The GSO project is an attempt to learn more about this phenomenon on a regional scale. Coordinated by UMass Boston MS student Michael O’Neill, the project will attempt to determine when these species first began to arrive in our waters, and in what numbers. This information will be incorporated into a database that will provide regional institutions, researchers, biologists and oceanographers with a better understanding of the coastal ecology of the Northeast U.S. For more information, please visit www.gsoproject.org.Other projects include field testing of subtidal aquaculture gear designed to reduce the potential incidence of sea

turtle entanglement; the research and development of a TickleDredge, a modified dredge designed to reduce flatfish bycatch in the sea scallop fishery; and monitoring oyster growth to determine the relative efficacy of surface (floating) culture vs. bottom culture. These efforts are all conducted in partnership with local commercial fishermen and shellfish farmers, as well as colleagues at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution and the Massachusetts Division of Marine Fisheries.

Juvenile spotfin butterflyfish.

Juvenile moonfish, one of the several species of Gulf Stream Orphans collected in Pleasant Bay.

Pleasant Bay is an important spawning area for horseshoe crabs.

Juvenile snowy grouper.

Photos this page by Owen Nichols

Satellite tag derived locations of humpback whales tagged in the Gulf of Maine, 2011-2015. Copyright The Center for Coastal Studies, The Marine Mammal Laboratory, The Australian Antarctic Division and The Marine Mammal Center. Note: These data belong to the Center for Coastal Studies, the Marine Mammal Laboratory, the Australian Antarctic Division and the Marine Mammal Center. The presentation of data here does not constitute publication. All data remain copyright of the project partners.

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HUMPBACK WHALE STUDIESDuring the 2016 field season, team members, directed by Jooke Robbins, Ph.D., spent over 60 days at sea in the Gulf of Maine and American Samoa. They identified over 400 individual whales in the Gulf of Maine, ranging from off Nantucket to Nova Scotia, and led a community whale naming event involving 53 new Gulf of Maine whales. One highlight of the season was five new calves documented in Salt’s lineage (born to her, three of her daughters and one of her granddaughters).

Research in 2016 focused on a range of topics, including: population dynamics, human impacts, and techniques to study humpback whale age and to assess pregnancy rates and stress. One achievement was the completion of a collaborative, multi-year satellite tagging study1. Satellite tagging is an important technique, but large whale tags are typically invasive and most do not achieve their expected transmission life. This was the first study to systematically monitor satellite tagged whales in order to better understand tag performance and effects.  One of the most significant outcomes was the detection and correction of multiple design flaws in tags that had been previously tested and used widely in the field.  One involved a feature that was common to a range of tagging projects conducted over the past 10 years, and it is possible that similar failures have occurred previously but were not documented.  At the end of this project, satellite tagging is better understood and safer for whales than it was before.  The results of this study will help to guide the use of satellite tagging as well as the development of future tag designs. It has also improved our understanding of humpback whale movements in the Gulf of Maine.

1. This project was a collaboration with the Marine Mammal Laboratory (WA), the Marine Mammal Center (CA), The Australian Antarctic Division and Cascadia Research Collective (WA). It was funded by NOAA and ExxonMobil through the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation and the National Oceanographic Partnership Program.

KEEPING IN TOUCHListen Up!Got internet? Then tune in to the Pelagic Report on WCAI, the local NPR news station for the Cape Coast and Islands. Each week Steve Junker speaks with a researcher from the Center for Coastal Studies about their work as it relates to the coastal and marine environment. Topics covered so far include water quality monitoring in our bays, whale and turtle disentanglement, sonar-mapping of the seafloor, right and humpback whale populations, the Slow Fish movement, seal scat studies, and much more. Podcasts of these short features are available online at www.capeandislands.org.

Going GreenIn an effort to reduce costs and minimize our impact on the environment, we are shifting many of our communications to direct email and social media. If you have not yet signed up to receive our e-newsletters, please visit our website – www.coastalstudies.org – and do it today. You’ll receive frequent program updates, event listings, and invitations to upcoming lectures, movies, activities and more. For up to the minute news from the Center, please LIKE our page on Facebook, too.

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CCS–FROM LIVING ROOM TO LABIn 1976 the Center for Coastal Studies was based in the front room of the Mayo household and in a small office above the Provincetown Chamber of Commerce. In 1978 they moved to slightly more spacious quarters at 59 Commercial Street, where controller Charlie Westcott’s office was literally a closet. In 2001, the Center purchased 115 Bradford Street from longtime board member and supporter Roslyn Garfield, and moved in the administrative staff. The science staff remained at 59 Commercial until 2006, when the long-awaited acquisition of a suitably sized marine lab was finally achieved with the purchase of the 13,000 square foot former high school annex at 5 Holway Avenue. In 2007 the Center formally dedicated its new lab in honor of the late Ruth Hiebert, a great supporter of the Center.Now, almost a decade later, we have begun a new round of renovations at the Lab. Not only will the reconfigured building house a brand new, state of the art analytical laboratory

(funded by a grant from the NSF) but it will also provide office space for the whole admin team, flexible work stations for visiting researchers and interns, and a high-tech conference room that will allow us to incorporate distance learning into our education programming. The centerpiece of the new facility will be the installation of the preserved and articulated skeleton of the beloved humpback whale Spinnaker, who died in May 2015.By January 2017, if all goes according to plan, the whole Center staff will be back under one roof for the first time in more than 15 years.

The Hiebert Marine Laboratory renovations are funded in part by the sale of 115 Bradford Street and grants from the Massachusetts Cultural Council and National Science Foundation, as well as generous pledges from our Board of Directors and several local businesses.

59 Commercial Street - home of the Center for Coastal Studies from 1978–2006.

By mid-September, the upper floor labs and library were packed and ready to go.

Four hours after the work crew arrived, the walls were down.

The new water quality monitoring lab, ready for installation of analytical equipment.

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40th Anniversary GalaIn June 2016, three hundred of the Center for Coastal Studies’ family, friends and alumni gathered together to honor our Founders, Dr. Charles “Stormy” Mayo, Dr. Barbara Shuler Mayo, and Dr. Graham Giese, and to celebrate 40 years of research, rescue and education at the Center. The event, coordinated by Laura Ludwig and a small army of dedicated volunteers, was a smashing success that ran the gamut from laughter, to tears, and back again. Hundreds of photographs were snapped throughout the night, but we only have room here for a select few. Enjoy!

We are so grateful to everyone who gave so freely of their time and talents to create such a special event. Thanks to them, the Gala generated more than $45,000 for our programs. What a community. What a night!

(L-R) Elizabeth Bradfield, Pat Hughes, Hal Minis and Lisa Sette.

Graham Giese.

(L-R) Karen Steuer, Stormy Mayo, Marilyn Marx, Carole Carlson, Irene Seipt.

CCS Board Chair Bill Bonn, State Senator Dan Wolf, Representative Sarah Peake, CCS President and CEO, Rich Delaney.

Standing Ovation for Stormy and Graham.

The crew from Provincetown Television.

Photos this page by Michael & Suz Karchmer

FY2015 Expenses: $3,240,644

Programs DevelopmentAdministration

18%

3%

79%

2%5%

20%

73%

FY2015 Revenues: $3,210,369Contracts and Grants

Earned Revenue Special Events

Contributions and Membership

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FY2015 SOURCE AND USE OF FUNDS SUMMARY

REVENUE 2015 2014

Contracts and Grants $2,348,928 $2,039,117

Contributions and Membership $648,168 $798,796

Earned Revenue $162,787 $119,473

Special Events $50,486 $26,408

Total $3,210,369 $2,983,794

EXPENSES 2015 2014

Programs $2,569,966 $2,124,360

Administration $577,442 $503,471

Development $93,236 $161,732

Total $3,240,644 $2,789,563

% Program Expenses 79% 76%

ASSETS AND LIABILITIES 2015 2014

Total Assets $4,112,148 $4,019,924

Current Assets $1,853,051 $1,058,655

Long-Term Liabilities $55,274 $443,159

Current Liabilities $45,516 $36,838

Total Net Assets $4,011,358 $3,539,927

NOTE: These statements do not include gain from sale of real estate ($501,706)

A copy of our 2015 Audited Financial Statements, prepared by Sanders, Walsh and Eaton, is available on our website and at Guidestar.org.

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CCS Donors

The Center wishes to thank the many individuals, businesses, organizations, academic institutions, foundations, corporations, and government agencies that provided gifts, grants and in-kind support during 2015.

Foundations & Institutional SupportersAction Donation ServicesGrace W.  Allsop FoundationBreckinridge Capital AdvisorsBruce J.  Anderson FoundationBuyer Brokers of Cape CodBuzzards Bay CoalitionCape Cod Five Cents Savings Bank Charitable

Foundation TrustCape Cod SaltiesDJ&T FoundationDescendants of Whaling MastersMary P. Dolciani Halloran FoundationEastward HoThe Stewart B.  Eckers Charitable TrustFriends of the Eldredge Public LibraryEndow-BioFarm Credit Northeast AgEnhancementThe Forsyth-Tse Family Charitable Gift FundMarshall  Frankel FoundationFriends of Pleasant BayFrom the Bow SeatOrly Genger/Everything Important LLCGifford Family FoundationGoogle Matching Gifts ProgramGulf of Maine Lobster FoundationHermann FoundationIsland FoundationNancy & Maurice  Lazarus FundMorton & Barbara  Mandel Family FoundationMerrimack Valley Planning CommissionGordon & Betty Moore FoundationNational Fish and Wildlife FoundationNauset MarineNauset NewcomersNetwork for GoodNew England AquariumNorcross Wildlife FoundationElizabeth & Frank  Odell Family FundOsterville Anglers’ ClubPegasus FoundationPfizer Foundation  Matching Gifts ProgramPhillips-Green FoundationPhillips Philanthropic Fund  Jewish Community

FoundationPitney Bowes FoundationProspect Hill FoundationQuebec-Labrador FoundationSalem Sound CoastwatchSeamen’s Bank Long Point Charitable FoundationSprocket FoundationTD Charitable FoundationTexas A&M UniversityTripAdvisorNancy Spofford  Yerkes Foundation, Inc.G. Unger  Vetlesen FoundationWalt Disney Company Foundation

Government AgenciesCape Cod CommissionCape Cod National SeashoreInternational Whaling CommissionMarine Mammal CommissionMarine Biological LaboratoryMassachusetts Division of Marine FisheriesMassachusetts Cultural CouncilMassachusetts Environmental TrustMassachusetts Office of Coastal Zone ManagementMassachusetts Water Resources AuthorityNational Marine Fisheries ServiceNational Oceanic and Atmospheric AdministrationNational Park ServiceProvincetown Visitor Services BoardStellwagen Bank National Marine SanctuaryTown of Barnstable, MassachusettsTown of Brewster, MassachusettsTown of Chatham, MassachusettsTown of Eastham, MassachusettsTown of Nantucket, MassachusettsTown of Orleans, MassachusettsTown of Provincetown, MassachusettsTown of Truro, MassachusettsTown of Wellfleet, MassachusettsU.S. Department of EnergyU.S. Environmental Protection AgencyU.S. Fish & Wildlife Service

Gifts Received in Honor ofSarah Bender and Andrew KrupkeCharlotte & Teddy Butler-ConklinJane ChaiToscana GiffordMary MooreMichael PalmerLaura and Ken SanzelDon SavageMary and Jim SextonRick SokolerChristina Vos

Gifts Received in Memory ofMarie BatesPeter BestKevin DelaneyDr. Herbert HayesMaureen JohnsonJack KearneyPhil KiblerPenny Ann LevinEric O’NeilJessica RekosStephen RosettieTina RubinoCharlotte UrkielMieke Vos

In-Kind Support and DonationsAgway of Cape CodAlvin Ailey American Dance TheatreJerry AnathanAngel FoodsArt’s Dune Tours, Inc.Atlantic Spice CompanyBack Bay & Co.Baryshnikov Arts CenterBayberry GardensBruce BermanBird Watchers’ General StoreBlack Eel OutfittersWilliam BonnElizabeth BrookeCape BodyworkzCape Cod Life PublicationsCape Cod Symphony OrchestraCape Colony InnCape Tip SportsLisbeth Wiley ChapmanChatham Sign ShopChequessett ChocolateMatthias ChristensenChristina’s JewelryThomas ConlinCottage Street BakeryCrown and AnchorCURIO CoffeeJeremy D’EntremontNat DoaneDolphin Fleet Whalewatch of ProvincetownEast End MarketBill EvaulFanizzi’s RestaurantCharles FieldsDolores Filardi & Harriet RubinFinely J.P.’s RestaurantFlying Fish CafeKathleen FowlerGlobal GiftsHarbor Stage CompanyHindu ChartersGene HornsbyHot Chocolate SparrowHot Stove SaloonH. Jean HynesIn Nature Hair StudioJ & E ProduceJacob Burns Film CenterTom Johnson Photo GalleryKaroo RestaurantJohn & Pam KingKlean KanteenLand Ho! RestaurantBrian & Jan LarkinSheri Lee/Off The Beam WoodworkingLewis Brothers Ice Cream

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Lobster Pot RestaurantLovely NailsMac’s SeafoodBruce MacGregor & Karen O’ConnorMarc by Marc JacobsMarcey Oil CoLesley MarchessaultMarine SpecialtiesAlbert & Joan MarshDr. Charles A. Mayo IIIPeter McMahonMews RestaurantMoby Dick’s RestaurantNauset MarineNewcomb Hollow ShopNorma Glamp’sThe Nut HouseOceana, Inc.Payomet Performing Arts CenterPotted GeraniamProvincetown Fudge FactoryProvincetown HarbormasterPuzzle Me ThisRace Point LighthouseRed Barn Pizza & MoreEdward Reilly & Susan WorthRock Harbor GrillSage InnSam’s DeliJulie Schecter & Will HapgoodLawrence SchusterGeoff Semonian WoodcarvingSean SheaShorStan and Eva SikorskiSandra SmalesKurt SmileySnow’s Home & GardenSolSquealing PigGin StoneDorothy StraussStreet EatsTina M. Trudel, Ph.D. & Dorothy PalanzaTruro Vineyards of Cape CodNapi & Helen Van DereckVenture Athletics Kayak ShopEva M. WadeTJ WaltonWellfleet Harbor Actors TheaterWinkler Crane

Benefactors ($5,000+)AnonymousDaniel  & Heather BernatchezWilliam  BonnDiane  ByrdCape AirRoy F.  Coppedge  IIINancy J.  Crown & Samuel K. WeismanStephen  S. &  Mary Beth DanielSharon  Fay & Maxine Schaffer

John Cragin & Marilyn FifeJohn & Ann GradyPatricia  Kearney & Sandy BromerJill Kearney & Stephen McDonnellJohn & Pamela KingVincent  KueffnerJeanne  Leszczynski & Diane DiCarloJohn  H. & Jean F. LippinottBruce  MacGregor & Karen O’ConnorLinda  B.  Miller,  Ph.D.Thomas  H  NilesNancy  B.  PoorThe  Red InnEdward  Reilly & Susan WorthRobert Paul PropertiesRobert J.  Samuelson & Kristin Campbell Nicholas  A.  SkinnerJohn & Deborah Todd

Leaders ($1,000-4,999)AnonymousRichard G.  Allgaier & Janice Coleman Margery  AvirettLee Banks & Connie HindsJudith M.  BuechnerDavid  BensonCharles  BerardescoJohn  Burman & Diana StinsonMichael  Caccavale & Theresa HarrimanJay  Cashman, Inc.Lisbeth Wiley  ChapmanJoseph & Rhonda ChronicMaria  CirinoChristopher  W.  Clark  Ph.D. & Jane Moon Clark Bayard H. & John CobbMichael & Sylvie CocoJeffrey  ConklinStephen W. & Naima CraigKaren & John CrottyRichard  F. &  Karin DelaneyCharles  Dewey-SmithDavid P.  DrakeShobha  EasonDolores  Filardi & Harriet RubinJoedee  FosterColin  & Robin FullerEdward P. & Brooke GardenM. Dozier & Sandra GardnerCarol  P.  GreenLynn  GrosslightMary & Steven GulrichSkip  HallMartin & Linda HaspelKathryn  S.  HeadDavid  A.  HoffenbergEdward & Nancy HolleranHoughton Chemical CorpIn the Wild ProductionsAnne  A.  Knowlton MD & Deborah LamoreauxChristine  Labaree & Nils NieuwejaarPeter & Connie LacailladeJames & Jacqueline LaneBrian & Jan Larkin

Steven & Frederick Latasa-NicksAlan  Levitt & Buffy LevittElizabeth & Milt LevyAlan & Fran McClennenJeanne  McNett & Nicholas AthanassiouDeborah & Fred MageePhyllis  MandelNeal  P. &  Lynne MillerRichard N. &  Charlotte MillerDavid & Michele  MittelmanJacquelyn Suzanne & Robert L. MooreBarbara  MurphyJohn & Tracy Murphy, Jr.Francis & Pat NemiaMargaret  M.  NewportNancy & Mark O’LearyColin & Tilly PattesonBrian  Payea and Tom SkinnerDiana  PerronFeodor  PitcairnRichard  Rambadt-UrkielAlix  L.L.  Ritchie & Marty DavisMichael & Carol RobbinsArthur J. & Carol Rocque, Jr.Rogers & Gray Insurance AgencyRobert  G.  Ross & John ArgosBill & Mia RossiterNancy  G.  ScottThomas  SerrellJames & Mary SextonRobert &  Ann SimondsJeffery  SliterRobert & Abby SummersgillDonna  SzekerTina  Trudel & Dorothy PalanzaCharlotte  Walker & Megan TaborPaul  C. &  Elizabeth TroyLinnet  Tse & John ForsythArend  VosAndrew  P. & Jean YoungWilliam  Zant

Partners ($500-999)Atlantic Bay Sotheby’s International RealtyDonald  Bachman & Karen BackAndus  Baker & Rowan MurphyWilliam S.  BeineckeFred  Blakeman & Nancy BlakemanMadeline  Brick & Donald RomeoPatrick & Tanya BuchananEunice  BurleyCape Cod Five Cents Savings BankLarry & Jan CapodilupoAnn & Steve CarlsonWilliam & Linda CiaburriDouglas &  Annemette Cliggott-PerltCheryl  CodairMichael & Marcia CorriganWilliam  W. & Anna Jean CushwaPeter & Susan DeeksWendy  DonigerHelen  Donovan

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Bill & Lesley DoyleMark  Dubois &  Leslie StarrValerie & Jacqueline Fein-ZacharyEmily  Flax  & Carol NealPamela  French  MD & Evelyn KratzDara  Noyes  GallLorraine  Giovinazzo &  Mary SullivanJerome & Marlene Kaplan GoldsteinGayle  GormanZoe Griffith & Sandy BallCorina  HickmanLois  Hirshberg & Janice HankLisa  Hirschhorn-Goldberg  & Bennett GoldbergDaniel P.  HughesThe  John Derian CompanyPhilip  JohnstonJerome & Joan D. KarterJohn  Keith & Cari KeithJoseph  Kerr &  Bret HaveyKaren  KonopaElise  M.  Kressley  MD & Andrew Kressley DMDJohn  D. &  Diana LambRichard & Harriet LarsenSheri  LeeSusan  LloydMelinda &  Michael LobergEugene  LuscheiJeff  MaceJames J. & Sarah Ann MahoneyAlbert & Joan C. MarshGenevieve  H.  MartinPatricia  Nelson & Charles MatkowskiDavid  A. & Veronica K. MetzlerJim  Miller & Annette Furst, MDEric  MooreJohn & Andrea MooreMargaret  MurphyRyan  Murphy & David MillerEmily  O’BrienOceanaSherri  PedaneNathaniel & Melissa PhilbrickRussell  Posthauer JrProvincetown InnJanis & Herbert RaffaeleHelen & Frank RischJennifer Roche &  John SvolosScott & Melissa RockmanT. James & Jane RuddJulie  Schecter & Will HapgoodTracy  SchleyerGerie  SchumannSeamen’s BankJohn  Silvia & Paul DiVitoVivienne  L.  SlearSandra  SmalesStacey  A.  SmithSidney  SnowChris &  Jean TemplinTim-ScapesGregory  Triandis & Sheila T. MurphyTruro Vineyards of Cape Cod

Judy  TysonJeanne  C.  Van VerreEva  M.  WadeMargot  L.  Waitz  & Gordon C. ManinPeter & Debra WaltherCharles  T.  WestcottJohn  L. & Nancy S. WhelanHarry  WilcoxBurton  WolfmanBobbin  Young & Eric Weber

Associates ($250-499)Aerie House & Beach ClubBarbara  AnthonyClaudia  AndersonKatharine  E.  BachmanDiana & Charles BainWilliam & Katherine BeattieJack  Beaucaire & Eileen C. WilliamsJohn  BeaulieuSara  BenderBenson, Young & Downs InsuranceBrenda  J.  Boleyn &  Susan KadarJeannette  BraggerSherry  Brec & Susan ConnollyBarbara  Brennessel & Nick PicarielloWilliam  Brighton & Andrea WolfmanElizabeth  BrookeWilliam P. & Nancy BrothertonChris  Brown & Jocelyn ChertoffMoira W.  BrownSusan & Bertram BruceDeborah  BuckleyMaureen  BuckleyGuy  BusaWilliam  ButlinLouis & Celeste CafieroMark  CaponigroSamuel  D.  Carocci DDSNorman  F.  CarlinLynne  Carter, Ph.D.Ellen  ChaseMark  A.  Cohen & Jerrold E. HymanCombined Jewish PhilanthropiesLisa  Comer,  Chris & Ayda CosbyJennifer  ConnollyKathy & Myles ConwayCovidienAlvin F. & Elaine M. CrowellDiane  CummingsCarolyn  Davis & Jay MarkellGeorge  Davis M.D.Sally  DeaneLinda  DegutisPhyllis  DennerAnne & Kerry DouglasEric  Lee  Engstrom & Richard P. Keeling MDRobin & Lauren FallsDouglas  Faulkner & Carolyn GrayJames N. & Rebecca FawcettMarcy  E.  Feller & Gabrielle HannaFrank & Eleanora Fisher

Brian  Fitzpatrick & Bill BerryElizabeth  FrankelBink  GarrisonRobert  S.  GebeleinBenjamin  GieseGraham  Giese  Ph.D. & Barbara BakerGlobal GiftsMary & Tim GrilloTheta  Grimaud & Paula SubockPriscilla  HalloranHarbor Stage CompanyKaren  Harper & Susan MarineKathleen  Henry & Kim MarrkandGeorge & Jeanne HoffmanBetsey  HoltzmannDonna  HoughRobert C. & Marion A. HowardPat  Hughes & Hal MinisDouglas  Ihde & Melissa MillsTimothy & Alice JohnsonLaura  KahkonenJames & Meghan KalbaughBarb & Richard KaufmannLynn & Alexander KayeLisa  KolibabekMary Ellen  KranzlinHerbert  Y.  & Shirley KresselJacqueline  I.  KroschwitzM. Leanne  LachmanSharron Lee  LaplanteMatthew &  Deborah LeeHila  LymanDeborah  McCutcheonIsabel  McDonaldLinda  A.  McDowellMeg  McGuireEllen  McNeillySteve  Mague & Dirkje LegersteeKaren  A.  MendesElizabeth  ManganNoreen  Marcus & Jay SushelskyJudy  MinotCharles & Laura MonroeMary  L.  MooreIrv  Morgan & Donald VafidesHilary  MunroDaniel  S.  Newton & Christopher L. FlynnHeidi  NitzeMary  O’NeilDiane & Michael PalmerRichard  Panati & Edward SciamannaJane  Paradise & Frank DigirolamoDelbert  E. & Martha L. PattonPeter  PatzigBertram & Marla PerkelPatrick M., Jeanne A. & Kenny PetersonDamon  R.  PhillipsTracy & Swede PlautElizabeth  Preston & Cindy L. WhiteSally  B. & Charles ProctorRichard P  QuincyAC  Reagan

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Joseph  RealmutoJeffrey  RiedlerDaniel L.  Romanow & B. Andrew ZelermyerEdward  A. & Earline RubelKenneth  RussoNathan  SchaeferFrederick  SearsCarolyn & Chip SeeferMarilyn  SefchovichGeoff  SemonianEmily  SgarlatEunice O.  Shatz & Katherine GabelMegan  SheaSue  Shoemaker & Shelley KirkpatrickStan & Eva SikorskiRandi & Josh SimonsSylvia  SkinnerSam  SlicerElizabeth  SniffenIngrid  StatzHoward & Beth SteinKimberly  StevensRichard & Ann StoyleRosemary  StubbsMike  R.  SyersAtilla & Deborah TerziogluRachel  ThurlowFred & Susan  ToddBlaine & Rita WagnerMichael & Marlena WaldJohn & Hilary WardMike  WassermanNancy  WattersBarbara  Wohlgemuth & Carrie StapletonPeter  WrightScott  Wight

Friends ($100-249)AnonymousBen  AchtenbergSarah  J. & Edgar D. AckermanGeorge  AllanPeter G.  AllenRebecca  AlmondChuck  Anastas & Sharon BrittonDean  AndersonKaren & Tucker AndersonSandra L.  Anderson & Alice TillmanJonathan  E. & Rosemary AnsbacherElissa  B.  AronsMelinda  Asman-KrastingWalter  AsmuthStar  AuerSharon  AvRutick & Shana WallaceJohn B. & Victoria BabcockChristine  BahrJohn & Mary BainJill  L.  BakerRobert & Helen BaldwinAnne  BaltzellRebecca  C.  BarberKimberly  Barboe  & Susan Callahan

Shannon  BarboneDicran  B.  BarianSteven  Barkan & Barbara TennenAlexandra  BartschDon  Baur & Phebe JenschColin  BaxterAllison  Bayer & Nancy J. YoungJoseph & Sandra  BayneMark & Ginny  BazarGordon & Barbara BeetonDr.  Carolyn  V.  BellM. L.  Bell & Jane WeissmanSusan  BennettCatherine  BentGeorge  T.  BernardSuzanne  Besaw & Steve DoylePaul  BertozziPaul  Bijkersma & Judith ScanlanKimber Billow & Charles GriffethRobert & Sharon BlakeMark & Barbara BlaschPatricia  Bligh & Michael HagleyGail  Bliss & Mallory WhiteThomas F.  BlissRebecca  BloomAmy  BoardCraig  BomgaarsJoseph & Linda BonannoRobert  E. & Ann M. BorahMarilyn & Steve BornemeierPeter & Jane BorrelliChristine A.  BowersDeborah E.  BowlesJerry  BoxmanDavid  BoyleBarbara  Bradley & Sharon BlairCharles & Loretta BrahmNancy & Russ BraunLarry  BravermanRobin  W.  BrayPaul  Breen & Bo HarrisJohn W.  BrewerPatricia  BrodyFran & Stuart BrooksDonald  E.  BrownJen  Brown & Natalie BrennanJennifer  Brown & Susan GoransonRachel  Brown & Daniel DejeanJudith  W.  BruceRebecca  Bruyn & Cindy RosenbaumMarjorie  Bullock & Nina HarrisonMichael  Burke & Richard P. WrigleyRichard & Jean BurkeLoretta  Butehorn & Susan DowneyDaniel & Shirley ButlerBetsy  CabotEugene  J.  CallahanJean  B. & Charlie CareyElaine  CarmenJosephine  Carroll-Wiltshire & James RiccioMary  G.  ChadwickJessica  Chapin &  Helen Chapin-Eiserloh

David  Chard & Richard LenaJohn & Jan CharltonNancy  ChenowethMichael  ChristopherAnne  ChuRobert R. Churchill, Jr.Chubb and Son, Inc.Judith  CiceroDavid  P. & Virginia ClarendonBill  Clendaniel & Ron BarbagalloChris  Coakley & Michelle O’ConnellJonathan  Cole & Sarah StricklerRoslyn  B. & Bill ColemanSally  CollinsonBrian & Joan CondonEllen  ConklinKaren  ConradMary  ConnellRay & Laura CooleyStephen  Cooney & ChristiAne MasonPeter  CorriganMelville P.  Cote  Jr.Robert & Sylvia CotterBecky  Cotton & Mark BunnellJames  CoulombeSuzanne  Courcier & Robert W. WilkinsEdward  R.  CrockerDenise  Cromley & Cindy LocklinGail & Stephen CuffLisa  CulhaneJennings  CulverTom  Cytron-HysomMarcia  Dalbey & Joanne VerlindenChristine  DaunerBeth  DavisLance  DavisMargaret  P.  DavisGeorge & Brenda DelaneyMax  DelaneyStanley  T.  DenekKaren  R.  DePalmaChris  DeSistoIleen  DeVault & Diane FeldmanJames & Sally DewingDennis  A  DinanDavid  DodsonDogwood, Inc.Larry  DooleyJohn & Carole DowdSophie  DuckettDiane  DunkmanBob  Durand & Nancy DemersEdward  Dusek & Paul KellyKaren  EdlundRichard  C.  Elson & Pauline MichaudMartius  ElmoreJeff  EngermanSusan  Erickson & Bruce A. PhillipsDonald  Eunson & Douglas EvansRobin  Q.  EvansTimothy  Everett & Lucy PotterDawson  L.  Farber  III

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Nancy Farrell  HippCarol  E.  FarthingRay  Faulkner & Carlos TerraJulie  Fay & William O’BrienMargo  Fenn & Dan HamiltonLaurie  FerrariCarol  L.  FessendenPeter  A.  FinkPatricia  FiskFitness RevolutionEd & Anne FitzgeraldTerri & Patrick FitzgeraldJoyce  FlahertyRobert  FlanaganRichard & Lorraine FlemingGeorge  FowlerKaren  P.  Fox-MartinoRobert  B.  FraserMargery  FroschFryklund FamilyPauline  GabbettBill & Rose GadboisTeresa  A.  GarlandRuth  GilbertCarol  GilliganLinda  Glenn & Christina CroweFred & Holly GlockToby  E.  GoldschneiderRichard  B.  Golembeski & Peter F. DeveneyLisa  GranquistJames  GreenMike & Ellen GreerHarriet & John GrifoSherry  GroskyLiz & Mindy GrossmannBrian  GuarnottaJay  Gurewitsch & Ian EdwardsGwynne  GuzzeauTheodore  HaapalaShirley  HaddadScott  HaflingJames  B.  HalcumsJames & Janis HallLaura  Hall  AllenJane  HallowellDorothy  G.  HalmstadKathy  HaltomAmy & Jim HamiltonSarah  HamlinThomas M.  HammR. Bruce & Alicia HammattStarr  HandelRosemary & John HarbisonLeslie  HarrisKeith  W. & Marilyn M. HarrisonHarwich Port Boat YardJo  Hay & Carolyn KramerBrad & Heidi HeilmanFrederick  Heinrichs & David HeckertRobert A. & Laura K. HendersonCaroline  HerronGeoffrey & M. Joan Heywood

James & Robin HicksJohn & Sandy HigginsJohn & Ann HillMerilyn  C.  HillerDavid C. & Dianne J. HoaglinCurtis  HoekzemaGary  Hoffman & Dara JohnsonGregory M. & Bernice A. HoweDeborah  Hubbell & Linda WennerDonald & Therese HudakDiana  HurlburtAshley & Chris HustedJanis  Ian & Patricia SnyderLynn  R.  JacksonChristine  A.  JacobSara  Lee  JacobsJ. Christian  JansonLinda  M.  JezuitRichard & Marcia JohannesenWilliam N.  JonesJudith & Martin KaliskiLorraine  KaluckiMartha & Bertram KantorEvelyn  KauppBryan  G.  KeaneyNancy  A.  Kee & William J. MotzkoMary & Ann KeenanCatherine & Alan KeenerKim  Kendall & Murray LiebmanPeter A.  KenneyBrian  KerrGregory & Jennifer KerwoodDavid  KetchumPhyllis  KilleenJoanna  L.  KinseyJames  T.  KirkRichard  KlingenbergerPhilip & Susan KochSteven  F. & Cynthia KochevarKathryn  KoganJudith  KressCathy  KristoffersonAllison Lenk & Sebastian J. KossakLabSpaceElaine  LaChapelleDr  Michael  LamontagneAlban & Carole LandryJane  E.  Larsson & Annette FiondaTed & Joanne LeafMary Beth & William LeanJane  Leavy & Fred SperounisSarah  LeClaireStephen & Judith LeffJohn  R. & Antoinette I. LevinAdam  LevinsonJanice  LevettLewis Brothers Ice CreamJennifer  L.  Lewis-DavidJames  M.  LiebAline &  Tim LindemannCarl & Janet LinkinhokerAnne Marie & William G. Litchfield

Jim & Allie LoehlinMaria  LopezJohn & Elisabeth LoudFi  Lowry & Lee Lee MaclayPeter  W. & Janice LudwigCarolyn  LumbardSheila R.  LyonsJoan  McComasCaleb  McGrath-SheldrichVanessa  McGuireRobert  W.  McIntoshJohn  McKayPage  McMahanThomas  McNabbSarah  McNealyMary  McRaeKeith  MacDonaldDon  C.  Macaulay & Elaine M. YamadaLeslie  MacaulayNancy  Macht Maine Coast Sea Vegetables, IncSharon  Malin-Quinn & Col. Rodney T. Quinn, Ret.Eileen  ManleySally Mapp  Walker & Francis LynchMarcey Oil CoDon & Janet MarchandDarin  Mardock & Jeffrey TarczaliKathleen  MarshChristie  MarshallMary  J  MartinChristine A.  MassaroDavid  L.  MayoJohn  C. & Deborah L. MayoTimothy F. & Debra MeehanJoerg & Helga MeixnerJaime  Meredith & Jennifer DavisLindy & Tim MichaelThomas & Marjorie MichalskiMark  MillerRobert  Miller & Kate JuddBeth  MinearChristopher & Liz MirabileJames  B.  MoirPeggy  Moore & Betsy BradshawNancy & Joe MoranoDiane  MorgeraRobert & Celia MorrisRobert  MoyJacob  Murray  DMDJoan & Ernest MyerVictoria  NadelGeoffrey  NaderPaul & Kay NeelonJames & Marion NelsonNancy  NevinskasKaren  NicholsonJoan  Y.  NickersonDavid  NicolauCatalina  NormanCynthia  J.  NowakTom & Sally O’BrienKerry  O’Donnell

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Kenneth  OkinSteven  H.  OlanoffLeonard  Oppenheimer & Lydia SchultzWilliam  N.  OsborneMaureen  OsolnikJames & Kelly OuelletteNancy  I.  OxfeldSusan M.  Packard & Barbara J. BennettDawn  PainterLois  PaleckFrank  PantanoSue & Vince ParadaErica  ParraPartner Reinsurance Co of NAAnne  PearsonScott  R.  PeczeSusan M.  PellegrinoPaula  PerlmutterAlfonso  PerriJulia L.  PerryMark A.  Phillips & Richard F. SalmonFrank & Cecile PlattnerBeverly  PoggioNaomi & Bill PomperMelanie & Norman PontbriandJames & Doree PriceDonald  C.  ProcterMark  Protosevich & Robena MalicoatJanice  PruchSusan  QuigleyBurgess  RabyGayle & Harry RaeJoann  S.  RamosRichard  M.  RangerAmanda  Reed & Rachael SokolowskiRick  & Jennifer ReedSuzanne  ReidJanet  ReinhartGary  ReynoldsMartin  F. & Florence R. RichmanChristine  RichterJohn & Linda RiehlDr  Robert & Kate RileyKathleen  R.  RobertsRobin  Robinson & Gary SorkinSandra  RocheAbby  RoderickMarian  Rosenberg & Barbara MinakakisJames  Rosenfield  & Deborah C. Sanders-ZilbermanRobert & Carla RosenkransPaul  A.  Ross & Lisa MorrowIrma  RuckstuhlKen & Kathy RuggAmanda & Jason RulloSheila E.  RyanDiana  SabellaGeorge  Salem & Gary BoatmanKatherine  SalleRita  Seplowitz  SaltzDavid  Samuel  & Maura SircusChristine  SandersMarylou E.  Sandry

Rita  E.  SantosMichael  SarverJudy & Carmen ScherzoJane  Schley & Lisa HerrmannJim & Sheila M. SchnellHenry  SchroederJoni K.  SeagerJessica  Sears-ThompsonLinda  SerafiniMarsha  L.  SerreMargaret & G. Crossan  Seybolt, Jr.Evan  R.  ShapiroChip  ShultzJoAnn  Share & Rochelle WelchmanDavid & Erika SheldonKathy  Shorr & Bob FinchJanet & Wayne SiaCharles & Penny SilvaKaren  A.  SimonAlice  A.  SlaterEdward  SmileyBetsy  SmithCornelia  SmithDeborah  SmithRyan  Smith & Cil BloomfieldWilliam  H.  SmithDaniel  T. & Rosamond P. SmytheJulie  SmytheSebastian J. & Dawn SnowBarbara  SnyderScott & Alla SobelCarol  SohnsDeborah & Richard SokolerJames  Somers & Melissa MerickelJames & Nancy  Snow  WestNancy  B.  SouletteDavid & Gwen SpangPatti  SpawnPenelope  SpeierJean  M.  StandardAnne  Sterling & Paula VogelJudy  StetsonSigourney  Street & Derryl IrionBarbara  SutherlandAl & Lois SymondsHalcyone  TashaAnna  TateLisa  TateConnie  Tavanis & Mary DecremerKaty  TavaresBrooks  S.  ThayerJohn & Donna Thayer The Penny PatchJesselyn  Tobin &  Audrey StoddardMindy  ToddMichael  TroyElizabeth & L. Craig TruscottJack & Mary TurcoLisa  VandermarkHoward & Lisa Van VleckJohn  VasconcellosNicola  Vichert & Sonia Vallianos

Beth  F.  VolkerAlain  VullietStuart  Walker & Thomas GeratyCharlene  WallaceKaren & William WallaceSusan  Walsh & David Ritchie Jeanne M. & Walter  J.  Ciecko  Ph.D.Peter & Mary T. WardScott  M.  WartelGerald  WassermanDick & Bernadine WestLeslie  WeyhrauchLoretta  WhalenSarah  T.  Wheeler & Paul F. KingNancy C.  WhitesideSusan  WhitingThomas I.  Whitman & Mira RabinJoan & Ron WidemanWilliams McCall GalleryGail  WilliamsWired PuppySandra & Dwight WoodsonNancy & Larry WyattToni  YagodaJanet E.  YoungJane  ZabeydaMichael & Renee ZarinLeda  ZimmermanMarc & Sandra ZimmermanLinda & Jerry ZindlerJohn  Zinkowski

Profound thanks also to the hundreds of other CCS supporters who donate to our mission with smaller gifts. We greatly appreciate your loyalty and commitment to the Center’s work and the marine environment.CCS has made every effort to ensure the accuracy of these lists. If you discover an error, please contact us at 508-487-3622 x 103 and we will rectify it at the earliest opportunity.

LEADERSHIP and STAFF2016 BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Executive CommitteeWilliam A. Bonn ChairJeanne Leszczynski Vice ChairElizabeth Frankel ClerkRobert Samuelson TreasurerChristopher W. Clark, Ph.D. Chair, Education Committee Roy F. Coppedge, III Chair, Development CommitteeJohn J. King Chair, Nominating CommitteeAndrew Young, Past ChairLinda B. Miller, Ph.D. Ex-Officio

DirectorsStephen DanielShawn DeLudeEmily FlaxCarol GreenFred LatasaJohn H. LippincottBruce MacGregorJeanne McNettLori MeadsJohn Murphy, Jr.Nancy B. PoorEdward ReillyStacey SmithTina Trudel, Ph.D.Rear Adm. (ret) Dick West

Advisory CouncilRichard Miller Chair Barbara BirdseyJoseph ChronicMarcy FellerJohn GradyKimberly KittsMatt LeeCarole LevinSandra MacFarlaneNathaniel PhilbrickAlix RitchieNapi Van Dereck

2016 STAFF

President & CEORichard F. Delaney

AdministrationCathrine Macort Executive AssistantDeborah Magee Director of DevelopmentMary Moore Membership CoordinatorStephanie Richardson HR ManagerJohn Shea ControllerKathy Shorr Development OfficerDan Towler Facilities ManagerJanet Young Business Office Coordinator

Humpback Whale Studies ProgramJooke Robbins, Ph.D. DirectorTheresa KirchnerJenn Tackaberry

Right Whale Research ProgramCharles “Stormy” Mayo, Ph.D. DirectorCorey AccardoChristy HudakAmy JamesBeth LarsonBrigid McKennaRyan SchlosbergJessica Smart

Water Quality Monitoring ProgramAmy Costa, Ph.D. DirectorJenny Burkhardt

Coastal GeologyMark Borrelli, Ph.D. DirectorGraham Giese, Ph.D. Scientist EmeritusPatrick BargerLev GerstleBryan LegareSamantha McFarlandAgnes MittermayrTerri Smith

Marine Animal Entanglement ResponseScott Landry DirectorDavid Mattila Coordinator, GWERNBob LynchEverett SacreyDoug SandilandsLisa Sette

Marine Education ProgramJesse Mechling Director

Marine Policy ProgramPat Hughes Director

Marine Fisheries ResearchOwen Nichols Director

Marine OperationsMarc Costa CaptainTed Lucas Captain

Marine Plastics and Debris ProjectLaura Ludwig

Adjunct ScientistsRobert Brock, Ph.D.Carole Carlson, Ph.D.Moncrieff Cochran, Ph.D.Stephen DeVincent, DVMBenjamin Giese, Ph.D.Alyssa Novak, Ph.D.Jeff Rogers, Ph.D.Mason Weinrich

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