August 2025
Resource managers have taken a range of conservation measures to improve the southern New England’s winter flounder population, including reduced catch limits and restrictions on dredging in their spawning habitat. Despite these steps, winter flounder stocks remain low. Scientists from…
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In 2010, owners of a property on Chequessett Neck Road in Wellfleet were permitted to remove their home and replace it with a 5800 square foot home in the grand Cape Cod style: five bedrooms, five bathrooms, two stone chimneys,…
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On a rainy December morning, I sat inside a small trailer in a gravel lot in Fairhaven. The trailer belongs to Dale Leavitt, whose oyster farm extends for 47 acres just off shore of the lot. We are on a little spit of an island between Fairhaven proper and a road that extends onto West Island, more than half of which is a state reserve …
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How might we supplement the observations Indigenous communities have been making of the environment over generations with robotic tools? What value might sensor systems, which can sample frequently and at very fine scales, contribute to this rich historical record of…
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Middle schoolers soak up information like sponges. Introducing them to different subjects and activities feeds their curiosity, helps them discover their interests, and can influence their future career choices. That’s one reason a WHOI Sea Grant-funded research team spent a day in Chatham …
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Ten fellows arrived in Woods Hole, Massachusetts on August 10, curious about the world of ocean-centric careers. They would spend the next week exploring drifter science and bioacoustics and water quality and marine biology, while building friendships with peers who share their interests.
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WHOI Sea Grant recently caught up with 2025 Knauss Fellow James Elekwachi for a short interview. Dive into the Q&A to hear about his life in D.C. and his experience at BOEM.
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Did you know that coastal hazards pose risks to three million people in Massachusetts alone, and that the recovery could cost the state $1 billion by the 2050s-2070s? Mass. Office of Coastal Zone Management Director Alison Brizius shared these facts during her keynote at the 2025 Nantucket Coastal …
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With well-established CoastSnap stations in Sandwich, Oak Bluffs, and Nantucket, this spring WHOI Sea Grant added two more coastal monitoring stations to the CoastSnap family: Brewster and New Bedford. Brewster is known for its wide flats and sandy beaches. In…
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Visitors to some beaches and town landings around the Cape this fall might encounter a beautiful and informative new sign at their favorite spot. WHOI Sea Grant and Barnstable County’s Cape Cod Cooperative Extension have been working with towns across…
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WHOI Sea Grant's a Hit at the Science Stroll
An estimated 2500 people who came through the WHOI dock, many of whom stopped to try our interactive games and displays: the Lego Acidification Challenge helped all ages understand how shell-building animals will struggle to build shells in the future ocean. The wave tank urged players try to save the house before it toppled into the ocean. Strollers also tested their knowledge of local sea shells and learned how plastic trash can harm marine life.
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