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The Point Visits Provincetown Center for Coastal Studies

This program on The Point is broadcast live from the Center for Coastal Studies in Provincetown. Host Mindy Todd talks with the team there about the latest research on North Atlantic Right Whales, and efforts to save the species from extinction. We also hear about disentanglement efforts, the develpoment of pregnancy tests for whales, and the impacts of climate change in American Samoa on Humpback Whale habitat. 

Guests on the program are: Dr. Charles "Stormy" Mayo, director of the Right Whale Ecology program; Dr. Jooke Robbins, director of the Humpback Whale studies program; Scott Landry, director of the Marine Animal Entanglement Response Team; and Rich Delaney, C.E.O. of the Center for Coastal Studies.

Check out this video of a Response Team crew at work.

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Mindy Todd is the host and producer of <i>The Point</i> on WCAI which examines critical issues for Cape Cod and the Islands. She brings more than 40 years of experience in radio and television to WCAI.