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The field season for our seabird research project is officially underway! This project aims to evaluate the effectiveness of baiting practices in reducing seabird bycatch in gillnets targeting spiny dogfish. Over the next few weeks, CFF scientists will head out on day trips aboard commercial gillnetting vessels to observe and document baiting methods, catch, and any incidental bycatch...

In celebration of Loggerhead Day during

Sea Turtle Week ,we’re sharing a look at the movements of the turtles we tagged in North Carolina this March. Using satellite telemetry, we are able to track the movement of these turtles as they migrate north to foraging grounds...

During the Seasonal Survey trips on Georges Bank, CFF scientists deployed a cover net to capture the smaller scallops, fish, and invertebrates that typically escape commercial dredges. This method provides a unique window into the early life stages of scallops and helps track broader ecosystem dynamics...

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Captured by our ROV a few years ago, this footage shows a glimpse into the dynamics of life and death in the ocean. A minke whale (Balaenoptera acutorostrata) carcass floats at the ocean surface, covered in bite marks from various sharks. A blue shark (Prionace glauca) hovers around the whale in the background, but the size of the bite marks on the whale show that something much larger had been predating here before this shark arrived...

In 2024, Coonamessett Farm Foundation (CFF) began exploring the marketability of heirloom and specialty grape tomatoes. These varieties have grown in popularity among consumers due to their distinct tastes, colors, textures, and shapes. Offering such unique tomatoes presents an opportunity for growers to increase sales and broaden their customer base...

At  the annual Sea Scallop Survey meeting on August 27-28th in Buzzards Bay, CFF Research Biologist Tasha O’Hara shared outcomes from the HabCam v3 stock assessment surveys in Georges Bank and the Mid-Atlantic...

For the first time since CFF started tagging turtles in 2009, we happened upon a turtle we tagged in a previous trip! In June 2024, we tagged this loggerhead turtle and exactly one year later we found her again, less than 11km from where we first met her last year. After taking measurements and collecting samples, we equipped her with a new satellite tag and radio tag before sending her back on her way...

After 15 days at sea, our HabCam crew is back on land with millions of images of the seafloor. Operating around the clock, the team worked tirelessly to collect this valuable imagery...