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Sammy Beynor finding a cold-stunned sea turtle at Scorton Creek, Sandwich, MA on December 30, 2015. |

NECWA News Blog - The New England Coastal Wildlife Alliance (NECWA) is an all volunteer non-profit organization based in southeastern MA. Our focus is to better understand and protect coastal marine wildlife, including whales, seabird, seals, basking sharks and ocean sunfish. Contact us at contact@necwa.org.
Thursday, December 31, 2015
Tuesday, December 29, 2015
Boston Globe Article about our GoFundMe Campaign to bring Salt to kids all over New England.
The Boston Globe recently posted in their online section a great article about NECWA's GoFundMe campaign to purchase a commercially-made inflatable model of Salt, the most famous humpback whales.
To read the entire article, click HERE.
Help NECWA reach their goal by contributing to this exciting and special fundraising campaign. Thank you for your kindness and generosity!
Best, Krill
President and Marine Biologist
NECWA
To read the entire article, click HERE.
Help NECWA reach their goal by contributing to this exciting and special fundraising campaign. Thank you for your kindness and generosity!
Best, Krill
President and Marine Biologist
NECWA
Tuesday, December 22, 2015
Happy Holidays from all of us at NECWA
We wish you and your loved ones a very happy and safe holiday season.
Thank you for your continued support over the years.
May 2016 bring you peace, happiness, and joy!
11th Ocean Sunfish carcass of the 2015 season.
Our 11th ocean sunfish carcass of the 2015 season stranded yesterday on First Encounter Beach in Eastham, MA. Thanks to Allie, her dad Ken, her mom and cute dog, who reported this carcass to NECWA yesterday morning.
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Meg, Allie (her dog), and Kayla. |
Allie was on break from college and was spending time on the Cape with her family. Little did she know that Krill would put her to work and give her a knife to help with the necropsy. There is no better way to get experience than by doing and how often do you get a chance to do something like this!
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Aluminum tripod donated by Dale and Annette Eldridge. |
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Kayla attaching the chain fall. |
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Tripod ready for action. |
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Krill and Kayla putting the straps under the carcass. |
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Lifting the carcass. |
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Final product! Getting an accurate weight for the carcass. |
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An average sized fish - 462 pounds. |
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Meg collecting data. |
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Kayla measuring the dorsal fin. |
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Kayla and Krill examining the pharyngeal gill slits. |
Friday, December 18, 2015
Support NECWA through AmazonSmile
Support NECWA this holiday season by choosing the New England Coastal Wildlife Alliance as the organization you support on your AmazonSmile account.
Amazon will donate 0.5% of the price of eligible AmazonSmile purchases to NECWA. This isn't a lot, but it does add up and we greatly appreciate any level of support.
Amazon will donate 0.5% of the price of eligible AmazonSmile purchases to NECWA. This isn't a lot, but it does add up and we greatly appreciate any level of support.
Thank you for your support.
Happy Holidays to one and all!
Click below for NECWA's AmazonSmile account.
Click below for NECWA's AmazonSmile account.
Sunday, December 6, 2015
Christmas Bazaar at St. Martha's and Mary's in Lakeville
On Saturday, December 6th, NECWA was part of the annual Christmas Bizaar at St. Martha's and Mary's in Lakeville. We had a great time chatting-up the work we do with coastal marine wildlife and NECWA offered a free activity for any of the kids who were interested.
Our Christmas holiday activity was "make your own whale ornament" where kids could choose a whale photo taken offshore and use it to make an ornament that they could hang on their tree. We love the creativity of these young folk.
A big "thank you" to our staff members Krill, Mary, and our intern Alex, for doing such a great job. We hope to return to this event next season for we all enjoyed the festivities. We met many old friends at the bazaar as well as many
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Alex helping out at our whale ornament activity. |
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Marine wildlife displays at the Christmas bazaar. |
Saturday, November 28, 2015
Thursday, November 26, 2015
Please watch and support if you can.
Please watch this amazing video by clicking on the link below.
This is why the staff and interns of NECWA do what we do on behalf of all life on Earth.
This is why the staff and interns of NECWA do what we do on behalf of all life on Earth.
Sunday, November 1, 2015
New NEBShark magnet truck signs.
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New magnetic sign for NEBShark stranding work. |
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Magnetic signs on Krill's truck. |
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Krill's truck parked near Loagy Bay at Lieutenant's Island in Wellfleet, MA. |
Monday, October 26, 2015
2015 Wellfleet Oyster Festival a huge success!
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NECWS's tent at the WOF |
NECWA was once again invited to the Wellfleet Oyster Festival (WOF) this fall. Once again, this event was fun and very productive for us. Lots of people stopped by our tent to pick-up information about the New England Basking Shark and Ocean Sunfish sighting network. By getting the word out, we hope to be able to learn more about these two large and not well understood fish that feed in our cold productive waters.
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Free Educational Material for NEBSHark. |
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Marianne manning the booth! |
Lots of people stopped by our booth to chat and to purchase some merchandise to support our efforts. NECWA is an all-volunteer group so all profits go back to the animals through the purchase of supplies and equipment.
Although we don't have kids sweatshirts, these lovely ladies decided to purchase a sweatshirt regardless. There is always time to grow into the sweatshirts!
One of the activities that we offer is NECWA's "Make your own fossil shark tooth necklace." This is a great activity for kids have to pick out their beads, the color of their necklace leather, and their fossil shark tooth. The creativity that goes on to make their individual necklace is wonderful to see. Even our interns love to make their own necklaces.
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Alyssa putting together her shark tooth necklace. |
Saturday night was beautiful in Provincetown as NECWA staff wound down from a long day at the festival. With a good nights sleep, we were back in our tent chatting with folks all day Sunday.
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Provincetown at night! |
Sunday, October 4, 2015
The 2015 Ocean Sunfish Stranding Season has begun!
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Alex and Carly setting up NECWA's portable weighing tripod. |
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Dead ocean sunfish in the marsh mud. |
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Close-up view of the dead ocean sunfish. |
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Alex paying out the line as Krill tries to reach the carcass. |
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Krill using a kayak to get close to the carcass deep in the marsh. |
As the tide continued to rise, Krill was able to float the ocean sunfish to the shoreline as NECWA staff member Carly and NECWA intern Alex pulled on their end of the line.
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Hook sunk into the eye of the ocean sunfish. |
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Krill measuring the pectoral fin. |
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Alex and Krill moving the carcass. |
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Alex and Krill putting straps under the carcass. |
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Alex and Krill pulling the carcass up onto the beach as the tide came in. |
Very sad to think that this fish died simply because it was at the wrong place at the wrong time. Samples taken back to BSU will be used for research, conservation, and education. NECWA shares samples with researchers not only in New England, but also in Europe.
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Measuring the width of the dorsal fin. |
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Missing section on the right side of the anal fin. |
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Alex measuring the cut int the anal fin. |
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Carly collecting data. |
We hope that you will support our efforts to save or examine ocean sunfish that strand on our local New England beaches. NECWA needs your support and all financial contributions will be used to purchase the necessary supplies and equipment. To donate today, go to our website at www.necwa.org and click on the Just Give button. Thank you.
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