[Classifieds] Spinnaker: An Entanglement Story with Center for Coastal Studies Marine Education Director, Jesse Mechling

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The Silver Science Speaker Series at

The Cape Cod Museum of Natural History

presents

Spinnaker: An Entanglement Story

with Center for Coastal Studies Marine Education Director, Jesse Mechling



BREWSTER, MA — As part of the Silver Science Speaker Series, The Cape Cod Museum of Natural History presents Spinnaker: An Entanglement Story, with Center for Coastal Studies Marine Education Director, Jesse Mechling, Thursday, October 9, 2025 at 1pm.



Spinnaker is the Center for Coastal Studies' thirty-six-foot preserved humpback whale skeleton installed in the Center’s Hiebert Marine Lab in 2017.  Spinnaker was an eleven-year-old humpback known to the Center since she was a calf who tragically died after suffering many fishing gear entanglements throughout her short life.  Join Jesse Mechling as he recounts the story of Spinnaker, which holds an important message of long-term scientific studies, conservation and disentanglement efforts, as well as the serious threats that marine animals still face today.



Jesse Mechling is the Director of Marine Education at the Center for Coastal Studies in Provincetown.  The ocean and ocean life are one of his great passions, and he relishes his role exciting a new generation to the wonders of the ocean.  A lifelong visitor to Cape Cod and permanent resident since 2008, he received a master’s from the University of Rhode Island in Marine Affairs and was a 2005 John Knauss Marine Policy Fellow in Washington DC working for the National Ocean Service.  He has over two decades of experience working in marine policy and education and has been with the Center since 2009.  He lives in Eastham with his family.



Tickets available online at ccmnh.org

Seniors (Ages 60+): $10 per person | Under 60: $12 per person | No Refunds

Museum Admission is an Additional Fee.

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Teresa Izzo

Naturescape Gallery

Cape Cod Museum of Natural History

869 Main St. / Rte. 6A

Brewster, MA 02631

508-896-3867, ext. 137

www.ccmnh.org
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