Our Winter 2026 Seasonal Newsletter has landed. This season’s newsletter brings together recent work across CFF’s research programs including…
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Shoreline debris removal funding from MA DMF
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A collaborative satellite tag return
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Seasonal scallop and surfclam surveys
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Recent peer-reviewed publications on Leatherback tracking and AI Scallop ecology technology
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Upcoming regional conferences
2/24
Final Report Available: Scallop Enhancement Project
CFF has released the final report for its Evaluating the Key Factors that Influence the Efficacy of Transplanting to Supplement Recruitment project. This report was submitted to NOAA Fisheries earlier this month and was prepared under the 2022 Sea Scallop Research Set-Aside Program. continuing more than a decade of collaborative, industry-based research....
2/20
Turning Research into Action on Seabird Bycatch
CFF participated in a virtual workshop focused on reducing seabird bycatch in commercial gillnet, longline, and trawl fisheries. The virtual meeting, sponsored by the Trilateral Bycatch Working Group and the Atlantic Marine Bird Cooperative, took place on February 11-12, 2026. More than 120 scientists, managers, and fishermen attended...
2/18
Winter Signals from Eastern Georges Bank: January Cruise
The January 2026 cruise of CFF’s Seasonal Survey documented several notable winter observations across eastern Georges Bank, including continued increases in juvenile haddock abundance, a marked rise in northern sea robin, and the capture of a rarely observed torpedo ray. Scallop catches were lower relative to previous years...
2/17
Our feature film, Sustaining Sea Scallops, is now available online! Watch the full documentary to learn how the collaborative research model embraced by CFF helped a flagging scallop fishing industry rebound.
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