COASTWATCH Center for Coastal Studies ■ Provincetown, Massachusetts ■ 2016 ■ Volume 39

plus 2015 Annual Financial Report LETTER FROM THE PRESIDENT & C.E.O.

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 others Our 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

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

115 Bradford Street/5 Holway Avenue CHAIR, BOARD OF DIRECTORS Provincetown, MA 02657 William A. Bonn Tel. (508) 487-3622 PRESIDENT AND CEO Fax: (508) 487-4495 Richard Delaney E-mail: [email protected] www.coastalstudies.org Member Campus Provincetown

©2016 Center for Coastal Studies INTRODUCING THE CAPE CCCCC Co-Founders Association to Preserve Cape COD CLIMATE CHANGE Cod Cape Cod COLLABORATIVE Chamber of In December 2015 our President and CEO Rich Delaney traveled to Paris for the Commerce 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 Cape Cod presentations to Cape community and environmental organizations and inspired a Commercial local movement - the Cape Cod Climate Change Collaborative (CCCCC). Fishermen’s The Collaborative is a Cape-wide campaign to unite the varied expertise and Alliance 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 Cape Cod impacts on fisheries resulting from climate change. The goal of the Collaborative Commission is to be a strong regional voice and a model for the rest of the state in stimulating Cape Cod National a comprehensive approach to climate change by promoting local and regional strategies for climate change planning, mitigation and adaptation. By linking available Seashore knowledge, talent and tools of people, organizations and businesses on Cape Cod, Cape Light we can address the impacts of climate change. Through voluntary agreements and Compact 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. Center for Coastal carbon footprint) that contribute to climate change. Studies The goals of the Collaborative are to: Friends of • Develop a set of Cape-wide benchmarks for reducing dependence on fossil fuels. Pleasant Bay • Assist local organizations in identifying and developing achievable objectives for Pleasant Bay reducing their carbon footprints. Alliance • Monitor progress toward reaching those objectives. Pleasant Bay • Educate youth about the causes of climate change and generate youth Community participation in these carbon reduction activities. Boating • Publicize progress made toward individual and Cape-wide bench-marks. Wellfleet Bay • Advocate for policies that will further efforts to improve energy efficiency and reduce carbon emissions. Wildlife Sanctuary 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 Collaborators CARE for the Cape and Islands Cape & Vineyard Electric Cooperative, Inc. Cape Air Cape Cool Ocean Protection Advocacy Kids

- 1 - EDUCATION The 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 Meeting the critters that live in Provincetown Harbor. 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 BY THE NUMBERS support from the Provincetown Tourism Fund, CARE for the Herring Cove Beach Cleanup Cape and Islands, the Massachusetts Cultural Council, and a number of individual donors, we plan to build on our success as Monday, May 23 one of the Cape’s leading environmental education organizations. 9,165 pieces of trash collected in two hours by 13 AmeriCorps volunteers.

Position Quantity 10 Balloon/ 252 balloon strings 9 Styrofoam 253 cups 8 Straws/stirrers 349 7 Nets/pieces of 457 netting 6 Food 515 Wrappers 5 Rope 521 4 Plastic 660 wrapping/ Families came from far and wide to participate in Whale Week 2016. containers 3 Stryofoam 928 pieces 2 Caps/lids 1231 1 Non-descript 1925 plastic pieces

- 2 - PROGRAM HIGHLIGHT – What is a sediment budget? COASTAL GEOLOGY Sediment budget refers to the In 2016 Dr. Graham Giese, director of the Center’s Land-Sea Interaction Program, led a balance between sediment study to develop a sediment budget for the Barnstable-Sandwich shoreline from the Cape added to and removed from Cod Canal to Barnstable Harbor. The study, which used a geomorphological model Graham the coastal system. When developed while at the Center, fundamentally changed the way we understand the impacts more material is added than of the Cape Cod Canalon our coastline. So is removed, there is a surplus much so that when the findings were reported of sediment and the shore Mapping the seafloor of the shallow waters of Wellfleet in a local newspaper, scientists from the US Harbor aboard the R/V/ Portnoy. Geological Survey at Woods Hole contacted builds seaward. On the other Graham to show him data that they had hand, when more material collected independently that corroborated his is removed than is added, findings. Until they saw the Center’s findings there is a deficit in sediment they weren’t sure how their data fit into the supply and the shore retreats established understanding of the impacts of landward. the canal. This is the gold standard of scientific research: data collected for a separate scientific Sediment budget also refers study (USGS) supports and corroborates to the sources that deliver another study (CCS) conducted elsewhere sediment to the coast and the using different methods, upending long held places where it is temporarily assumptions about a well-studied system. Congratulations to Graham and the Land-Sea Interaction Program! or permanently stored. The storage sites are known as 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 sediment sinks. To calculate in a ground-breaking study funded by the US National Park to develop methods to produce the sediment budget for a benthic habitat maps in very shallow waters in selected coastal parks demonstrated the coastal segment, one must Program’s step up into the elite seafloor mapping laboratories on the east coast. The three identify all the sediment other groups/parks were the University of Delaware at Assateague Island National Seashore, sources and sinks, and Rutgers University at Gateway National Recreation Area and The University of Rhode estimate how much sediment Island at Fire Island National Seashore. The profile and reputation of the seafloor mapping program continues to grow nationally and internationally. is being added to or taken from the beach each year. This 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, is an extremely difficult task named after Dr. John Portnoy, a coastal ecologist who worked for Cape Cod National and as a result, few sediment Seashore for almost four decades, can navigate in six inches of water and can map with gear budgets have been accurately and a two-person crew in less than one foot of water. Dr. Mark Borrelli chaired a session on determined. 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.’ Bathymetry (seafloor topography) Lastly, and perhaps most importantly for future work, a of Wellfleet Harbor. 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.

- 3 - 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 Capacity Entanglement is a global issue, and the Center is working with organizations all over the world to educate and equip response teams. This year Time is of the essence when trying to locate an entangled whale. 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 David Mattila, coordinator of the GWERN initiative, has continued to grow and instructs responders in southern Brazil. Image courtesy more than 750 people have of IWC. 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 David Mattila, coordinator of the GWERN initiative, of Catarina in southern Brazil, in Los Organos, Peru, and in Nuuk, Greenland. instructs responders in Nuuk, Greenland. Image courtesy of IWC.

- 4 - WATER QUALITY MONITORING PROGRAM The 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 Aimee Teaby is one of our volunteer Citizen as nutrients (nitrogen and phosphorus), chlorophyll and dissolved oxygen. Scientists who collect water samples from more In Spring 2016 the Center launched a new website to make the water quality than 20 inshore sites. 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 “Citizen Scientists” are a graphs and spreadsheets of all the data collected for critical component of the that location. The website also includes information water quality monitoring on the threats to our waters, sample parameters, and program. At least 20 inshore the effects of these on the health of the Bay. The site was designed to be easily accessible to all interested sites, from Provincetown to parties, from researchers, to town managers, to school Plymouth, are sampled each groups. week from May – October The continued success of the water quality during mid-ebb tide by Data from the monitoring stations is available for monitoring program is due in part to the hard work these dedicated volunteers. download on the new website. and dedication of our volunteers, and to the support For more information of our collaborators: Waquoit Bay National Estuarine about the Citizen Scientist Research Reserve, Buzzards Bay Coalition, Martha’s Vineyard Commission, program, please email Edgartown Shellfish Department, Three Bays Preservation, Town of Harwich, and Cape Cod Commercial Fishermen’s Alliance. [email protected].

SEAL STUDIES PROJECT Project manager Lisa Sette is investigating the seasonal diet of gray seal (Halichoerus grypus grypus) and harbor seal Seal project manager Lisa Sette works with Katherine McKenna (Phoca vitulina concolor) in Southeastern Massachusetts. from IFAW to collect seal scat from a haul out off Chatham, MA. 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.

- 5 - RIGHT WHALE ROUND-UP Last 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. Brigid McKenna, Jessica Smart and Ryan Among the right whale visitors to Cape Cod Bay this season were six mother-calf Schosberg documenting right whales aboard the pairs. This important segment of the R/V Shearwater in March 2016. 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 Right whale #1281, Punctuation, with her young calf. CCS Photo, days later, the victim of a collision with a large vessel. taken under NOAA permit #14603-1. 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 Right whale #3115, Harmony, subsurface feeding alongside programs, and to Joe Chronic and his co-pilots at New England her 2016 calf and right whale #4023, Wolverine. Specialized Aviation Services for keeping us safe and on track CCS Photo, taken under NOAA permit #14603-1. during our aerial surveys. Special thanks to Erin Burke, Protected Species Specialist at the Division of Marine Fisheries, for allowing V-shaped spout from right whale us to reprint sections of this article, first published in DMF NEWS 1st and 2nd Quarters 2016–Volume 37 #3191. CCS Photo, taken under NOAA permit #14603-1.

Got your whale tail plate yet? Did you know that the Massachusetts BY THE NUMBERS Environmental Trust uses funds 2016 Right Whale Season generated in part by the sale of Whale Tail license plates to Survey flights aboard Skymaster 36 support the Center’s right Sampling cruises aboard whale research and Marine R/V Shearwater 19 Animal Entanglement Right whales identified 178 Response programs? Visit Mom/calf pairs 6 Whaleplate.org to purchase your plate today – no visit to the RMV required!

- 6 - MARINE FISHERIES We 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 Pleasant Bay is an important spawning area kind of work that the award was meant to for horseshoe crabs. 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 Juvenile moonfish, one of the several species of Gulf ecosystem of Pleasant Bay. When complete, a team led by Pat Hughes (CCS Stream Orphans collected in Pleasant Bay. 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

Juvenile snowy grouper. 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.

Photos this page by Owen Nichols Juvenile spotfin butterflyfish.

- 7 - HUMPBACK WHALE STUDIES During 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 Satellite tag derived locations of humpback whales tagged in the Gulf of Maine, project, satellite tagging is better understood and safer for 2011-2015. Copyright The Center for Coastal Studies, The Marine Mammal whales than it was before. The results of this study will help to 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 guide the use of satellite tagging as well as the development Antarctic Division and the Marine Mammal Center. The presentation of data here does not constitute publication. All data remain copyright of the project partners. 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 TOUCH Listen 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 Green In 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.

- 8 - CCS–FROM LIVING ROOM TO LAB In 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 59 Commercial Street - home of the Center for Coastal Studies from 1978–2006. 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.

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

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.

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

The new water quality monitoring lab, ready for installation of analytical equipment. - 9 - 40th Anniversary Gala In 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!

CCS Board Chair Bill Bonn, State Senator Dan Wolf, Representative Sarah Peake, CCS President and CEO, Rich Delaney. (L-R) Elizabeth Bradfield, Pat Hughes, Hal Minis and Lisa Sette.

The crew from Provincetown Television.

Graham Giese.

Standing Ovation for Stormy and Graham. (L-R) Karen Steuer, Stormy Mayo, Marilyn Marx, Photos this page by Michael & Suz Karchmer Carole Carlson, Irene Seipt.

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! - 10 - FY2015 SOURCE AND USE OF FUNDS SUMMARY

REVENUE 2015 2014 FY2015 Revenues: $3,210,369 Contracts and Grants $2,348,928 $2,039,117 Contracts and Grants Contributions and Membership Contributions and Membership $648,168 $798,796 Earned Revenue Special Events

Earned Revenue $162,787 $119,473 5% 2% Special Events $50,486 $26,408 Total $3,210,369 $2,983,794 20%

73%

EXPENSES 2015 2014 FY2015 Expenses: $3,240,644 Programs $2,569,966 $2,124,360 Administration $577,442 $503,471 Programs Administration Development 3% Development $93,236 $161,732 Total $3,240,644 $2,789,563 18% % Program Expenses 79% 76%

79%

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.

- 11 - 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 Supporters Government Agencies In-Kind Support and Donations Action Donation Services Cape Cod Commission Agway of Cape Cod Grace W. Allsop Foundation Cape Cod National Seashore Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre Breckinridge Capital Advisors International Whaling Commission Jerry Anathan Bruce J. Anderson Foundation Marine Mammal Commission Angel Foods Buyer Brokers of Cape Cod Marine Biological Laboratory Art’s Dune Tours, Inc. Buzzards Bay Coalition Massachusetts Division of Marine Fisheries Atlantic Spice Company Cape Cod Five Cents Savings Bank Charitable Massachusetts Cultural Council Back Bay & Co. Foundation Trust Massachusetts Environmental Trust Baryshnikov Arts Center Cape Cod Salties Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management Bayberry Gardens DJ&T Foundation Massachusetts Water Resources Authority Bruce Berman Descendants of Whaling Masters National Marine Fisheries Service Bird Watchers’ General Store Mary P. Dolciani Halloran Foundation National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Black Eel Outfitters Eastward Ho National Park Service William Bonn The Stewart B. Eckers Charitable Trust Provincetown Visitor Services Board Elizabeth Brooke Friends of the Eldredge Public Library Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary Cape Bodyworkz Endow-Bio Town of Barnstable, Massachusetts Cape Cod Life Publications Farm Credit Northeast AgEnhancement Town of Brewster, Massachusetts Cape Cod Symphony Orchestra The Forsyth-Tse Family Charitable Gift Fund Town of Chatham, Massachusetts Cape Colony Inn Marshall Frankel Foundation Town of Eastham, Massachusetts Cape Tip Sports Friends of Pleasant Bay Town of Nantucket, Massachusetts Lisbeth Wiley Chapman From the Bow Seat Town of Orleans, Massachusetts Chatham Sign Shop Orly Genger/Everything Important LLC Town of Provincetown, Massachusetts Chequessett Chocolate Gifford Family Foundation Town of Truro, Massachusetts Matthias Christensen Google Matching Gifts Program Town of Wellfleet, Massachusetts Christina’s Jewelry Gulf of Maine Lobster Foundation U.S. Department of Energy Thomas Conlin Hermann Foundation U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Cottage Street Bakery Island Foundation U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service Crown and Anchor Nancy & Maurice Lazarus Fund CURIO Coffee Morton & Barbara Mandel Family Foundation Gifts Received in Honor of Jeremy D’Entremont Merrimack Valley Planning Commission Sarah Bender and Andrew Krupke Nat Doane Gordon & Betty Moore Foundation Charlotte & Teddy Butler-Conklin Dolphin Fleet Whalewatch of Provincetown National Fish and Wildlife Foundation Jane Chai East End Market Nauset Marine Toscana Gifford Bill Evaul Nauset Newcomers Mary Moore Fanizzi’s Restaurant Network for Good Michael Palmer Charles Fields New England Aquarium Laura and Ken Sanzel Dolores Filardi & Harriet Rubin Norcross Wildlife Foundation Don Savage Finely J.P.’s Restaurant Elizabeth & Frank Odell Family Fund Mary and Jim Sexton Flying Fish Cafe Osterville Anglers’ Club Rick Sokoler Kathleen Fowler Pegasus Foundation Christina Vos Global Gifts Pfizer Foundation Matching Gifts Program Harbor Stage Company Phillips-Green Foundation Gifts Received in Memory of Hindu Charters Phillips Philanthropic Fund Jewish Community Marie Bates Gene Hornsby Foundation Peter Best Hot Chocolate Sparrow Pitney Bowes Foundation Kevin Delaney Hot Stove Saloon Prospect Hill Foundation Dr. Herbert Hayes H. 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