Affiliations Despite our small size, many institutions, policymakers and others turn to us for guidance and involvement on a number of issues. CCS staff sit on a number of advisory panels and committees charged with setting policy. One of our scientists is on the team writing new U.S. and Canadian recovery plans for the northern right whale in the coming year. Click here for related sites and more information. In education, our naturalists provide educational programs to over 160,000 whale-watchers a year.
Interns provide valuable help for, and learn from, our scientific staff during primary research.
A new program of teacher seminars and natural history classes provides an ecological view of the marine and coastal environments.