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On July 27 around noon the “Margaret” drifter washed ashore along the Outer Cape! After exiting the bay, the drifter travelled south until it reached Wellfleet and was pushed towards the coast. The drifter landed along Lecount Hollow beach, where it was found by Janelle Krummel and her family who were on vacation.
It’s been just about a month since we released our last three drifters on 7/20! All of the drifters started heading north immediately and, within two days, had exited Cape Cod Bay. Once out of the bay, two of the drifters (the Sophia and the Annie/Autumn) continued traveling north and eventually southeast and are still…
In June, before 2026 Knauss Fellow Shari Rohret could settle into her new job responsibilities at NOAA’s Office of Ocean Exploration in Silver Spring, MD, she was given the chance to spend 25 days in the Pacific, mapping islands aboard the Okeanos Explorer. As an ocean exploration policy and operations fellow, Shari chronicled the expedition,…
In 2016, the Town of Falmouth installed a sewer system in the Little Pond watershed to reduce nitrogen entering the pond from residential septic systems. A team of WHOI Sea Grant-funded researchers are evaluating how the Little Pond estuary has responded to sewering over the past decade.
As sea level rise threatens Cape Cod’s shorelines, local communities are seeking proactive ways to protect properties and ecosystems. With the help of the Cape Cod Commission, WHOI Sea Grant and others, several towns have been exploring the adoption of a suite of …
Shellfish constables in coastal Massachusetts can say goodbye to “PowerPoint purgatory” and hello to an inspired, flexible way of learning! It took a team of people across multiple agencies and disciplines to change the way the training had been done for decades, but the Massachusetts Shellfish Officers Training Course has officially traded its intensive two-week…
Ever wonder how those dazzling fish end up in aquarium tanks? At seven U.S. aquariums, scientists and aquarists are pulling off something wild: raising marine fish from newly hatched babies the size of a pinhead into the showstoppers millions come to see. – VISIT THE STORYMAP – A new interactive StoryMap, developed by WHOI Sea…
Project Launches Interactive Site to Share Ocean Conservation Science July 28, 2026 – A nationwide collaboration among public aquariums and research institutions has developed new methods to breed more than 20 marine fish species in human care, reducing reliance on wild-caught animals while launching new public resources to help advance sustainable aquaculture. Through a multi-year…
Grace Simpkins with a drifter in advance of the July 2026 deployment. By Margaret Gregory, MIT-WHOI Joint Program Our fourth and final deployment of the 2025 O-STEAM drifters occurred on Monday (7/20/26)! A huge thank you to the crew of the RV Tioga for deploying the drifters for us this week and over the past…