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“Marine Invaders” Educator Workshop Scheduled for December

Marine Invaders: Green crabs and other species are the featured subjects in the next WHSG Topics in Oceanography (TIO) workshop for informal and formal educators grades 6-12. The workshop is scheduled for Friday, December 3 from 9 a.m. – 4 p.m. at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. The Woods Hole Sea Grant Program, WHOI Information Office,…

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Marine Invaders: Green crabs and other local invasive species

Professional learning workshop for informal and formal educators Grades 6-12 December 3, 2021 9 a.m. – 4 p.m. Join us to learn the basics of invasive species, discover the marine invaders we find on Cape Cod, dive into green crab genetics (real life examples of some middle school genetics concepts), and explore how climate change…

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Webinar: Using Community Science for Decision Making

On Nov. 17, from 3-4pm (ET), join us for three case studies of community monitoring programs are providing data to local and state decision makers. There will be time for Q&A. Speakers: Kristen Grant, Maine Sea Grant & UMaine Cooperative Extension Shelley Whitmeyer, James Madison University Ian Conery, US Army Corps of Engineers When: November…

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Funding Opportunity: Supporting Seafood-related Businesses Impacted by COVID-19

Woods Hole Sea Grant Joins with Massachusetts Division of Marine Fisheries on Seafood Marketing Grant Program. Do you have an idea that will support the commercial seafood and fishing industries and communities? This year, the Massachusetts Division of Marine Fisheries (DMF) Seafood Marketing Grant Program is partially funded by Woods Hole Sea Grant (WHSG), enabling…

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Coastal Flooding Webinar: Using Community Science for Decision Making

How do decision makers use data from citizen science projects to chart a path forward? Join us on to hear three case studies of how community monitoring programs are providing shoreline flooding data to local and state decision makers. SPEAKERS: Bob Rulli, Planning Director, Warren, RI Rebecca Fischman, NYC Mayor’s Office of Climate Resiliency Julia…

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Hurricane Observations: On the ground and in the eye

Sean Waugh, NOAA’s National Severe Storms Laboratory in Norman, OK Hurricanes impact people all over the world, and not just along the coastlines! The NOAA National Severe Storms Laboratory takes you inside the research behind a landfalling hurricane to better understand these complex storms and all of the hazards it causes. NOAA NSSL’s mission is…

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Funding Opportunity: Community-Focused Ocean Renewable Energy Research

[March 2021] The Northeast Sea Grant Consortium, in partnership with the U.S. Department of Energy’s Wind Energy Technologies Office and Water Power Technologies Office, and NOAA’s Northeast Fisheries Science Center, announces a research funding opportunity to improve understanding of offshore renewable energy interactions with fishing and coastal communities to optimize ocean co-use. This unique funding…

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North to the Future: Alaskan sharks in a changing ocean

Tuesday, May 25, 3 pm ET/11 am AKT Cindy Tribuzio, NOAA Fisheries Alaska Fisheries Science Center in Juneau, AK, and Sabrina Garcia, Alaska Department of Fish and Game in Anchorage, AK Scientists at the Alaska Fisheries Science Center conduct research and assess the stocks of many species of sharks in Alaskan waters. Join us for…

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Free Recycling Program for Boat Shrink Wrap to Begin

March 10, 2021 – Boats on trailers wrapped in plastic is a common sight on Cape Cod in the off-season. But what happens to all that shrink wrapped plastic when it comes off the boats in the spring? Too often it ends up in the landfill. To reduce the amount of plastic waste entering our…

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