The generosity of our supporters has been the driving force behind our progress and success in protecting Nantucket Sound. Click below to review our 2024 end-of-year newsletter to see the progress we have made this past year.
Nantucket Sound Won’t Stay a National Treasure Without Your Support
The Alliance to Protect Nantucket Sound is a non-profit environmental organization dedicated to the permanent preservation of Nantucket Sound by designating it as a National Historic Landmark.
A National Treasure
Nantucket Sound is the body of water between Cape Cod and the islands of Martha’s Vineyard and Nantucket. The Sound includes 750 square miles of federal and state waters that possess significant marine habitat for a diversity of ecologically and economically important species.
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What’s New
Thursday, August 14
ACONS Webinar: Exploring Connections between Nantucket Sound & the Azores
6-7pm
Did you know that the waters around Cape Cod and the Azores—an island group in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean—are connected in more ways than one? Join us for a look at the shared marine life and history between southeastern Massachusetts and the Azores. Guest speaker Robert Rocha, Associate Curator of Science and Research at the New Bedford Whaling Museum, will guide us through old whaling logbooks to uncover what sailors saw on their journeys from New Bedford, through Nantucket Sound, and across the ocean to the Azores.
Thursday, October 9 Webinar
White Sharks in Our Waters: Awareness Inspires Conservation
This webinar will provide audiences with an understanding of the ongoing white shark research projects being conducted by the Atlantic White Shark Conservancy, how that research is impacting conservation and public safety efforts, and up to date information on what that research has taught us. Kristen Smith, Outreach & Social Media Manager at the AWSC will present on their work and share videos and photographs so you can develop a deeper knowledge of what a shark is and what it takes to conduct white shark research. Kristen will also discuss the history of white sharks in our waters, including Nantucket Sound—and what the future of white sharks here might hold.
2024 End-of-Year Newsletter
MVY Radio’s segment on the Alliance to Protect Nantucket Sound
MVYRADIO Reporter Joe Stickles interviews Audra Parker from the Alliance to Protect Nantucket Sound