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Update: Beach Clean up for this Saturday is a go! Please check this blog for any changes due to weather. Hope to see you on the beach! SCUSSET BEACH – Join the New England Coastal Wildlife Alliance, Capt. John Boats and the Department of Conservation and Recreation from 9 to 11 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 29, working together to clean up Scusset Beach, located within the Scusset Beach State Reservation. The rain date is from 9 to 11 a.m. Sunday, Oct. 30. This cleanup effort is part of Coastsweep, the commonwealth’s annual coastal cleanup program that is organized by the Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management and the Urban Harbors Institute of UMass Boston. Last year, more than 2,900 Coastsweep volunteers collected in excess of 20,000 pounds of trash from beaches, marshes, rivers, ponds and the seafloor. NECWA and Coastsweep will provide all the necessary supplies, including protective gloves, garbage bags and data sheets for this cleanup effort. After the event, cleanup participants...

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The Sunfish Sisters! Ocean Sunfish Rescue in Wellfleet Harbor off Mayo Beach - Saturday, October 22, 2011 (Please read Nancy's story about an ocean sunfish rescue after Krill's message) Message from Krill: On Saturday, October 22, 2011, I was whale watching offshore when I received a call from CT, a good friend with IFAW's Marine Mammal Rescue Program. CT had just received a report about an ocean sunfish in dangerously shallow water just off Mayo Beach, Wellfleet Harbor. The caller was very concerned that this sunfish was in jeopardy of stranding and her concern was justified. Since I was offshore and would not be able to assist, I asked CT if the caller could push the ocean sunfish back into deeper water, but only if conditions were safe for the person. That was the last I heard about this situation until I got back to the dock late that afternoon and listened to a cell phone message from the Wellfleet Police Department. They had left a message about this same ocean sunfis...

New England Coastal Wildlife Alliance (NECWA) / Captain John Whale Watching and Fishing Tours announce … BEACH CLEANUP AT SCUSSET BEACH - Please join us! Date: Saturday, October 29th Time: 9 am to 11 am Location: Scusset Beach within the Scusset Beach State Reservation For the past six years, the New England Coastal Wildlife Alliance (NECWA), Captain John Whale Watching and Fishing Tours and the Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR) have teamed up to conduct a fall beach cleanup at Scusset Beach. This cleanup effort is part of COASTSWEEP, the Commonwealth’s annual coastal cleanup program that is organized by the Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management and the Urban Harbors Institute of the University of Massachusetts Boston. Last year, over 2,900 COASTSWEEP volunteers collected over 20,000 pounds of trash from beaches, marshes, rivers, ponds, and the seafloor. Join NECWA, Captain John Boats and DCR on Saturday, October 29th from 9 am to 11 am as we work ...

Strandings provide rare close-up glimpse of the odd ocean sunfish Zoom Photos Photo courtesy of "Krill" Carson Mass Audubon seasonal researcher Tempe Regan is about to do a post-mortem on this ocean sunfish in Truro on Oct. 5. By Rich Eldred Cape Codder Posted Oct 14, 2011 @ 07:29 PM TRURO — The inner arm of Cape Cod Bay is not only bad news for whales. Dolphins and sea turtles – it’s the end of the line for many an ocean sunfish as well. The ocean sunfish is a large (up to 5,000 pound) flattened orbicular shaped fish with large dorsal and anal fins but virtually no tail fin. The reduced tailfin serves merely as a rudder while the other two fins proved the power. They’re often taller (up to 14 feet) than they are long (up to 10 feet). They’ll float near the surface, perhaps sunning themselves, with their large dorsal fin breaking the surface. The Mola mola (its memorable scientific name) sports a beak-like mouth used for chewing up jellyfish and other similar gelatinous ...

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