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The Islands Conference on Martha’s Vineyard Deanna Moran, the chief coastal resilience officer, for the Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management, was the keynote speaker this fall at the resilience-themed Islands Conference. Held on October 1 on Martha’s Vineyard, the daylong event featured several panel discussions focused on issues such as resilience planning and storm…
Every two years, the Sea Grant Association announces its Research to Application Award, which honors a research project or body of research funded or implemented by one of the 34 programs in the Sea Grant network. The award recognizes work that increases citizen’s understanding and responsible use of the nation’s ocean, coastal or Great Lakes…
WHOI Sea Grant is proud to sponsor three successful Knauss Fellowship finalists. The finalists will begin their fellowship placements in 2025. James Elekwachi James Elekwachi is a student in the School for the Environment at the University of Massachusetts, Boston, working with Professor Georgia Mavrommati and Professor Michael Tlusty. His research focuses on consumer…
For immediate release Contact: Shelly McComb, shelly.mccomb@whoi.edu Martha’s Vineyard Coastal Conference Scheduled for Oct. 1; Will Focus on Resilience [Sept. 19, 2024] — Martha’s Vineyard is on the frontline of coastal change, seeing ever accelerating changes island-wide. In the coming decades, sea level rise will impact roads, buildings and property as well as the island’s…
Saturday, November 2, 2024 9 a.m. – 12 p.m. Wellfleet Harbor Actors Theater 2357 State Highway Route 6 Pre-register Download the conference flyer (PDF) The annual “State of Wellfleet Harbor” conference will be held on November 2 from 9 a.m. – 12 p.m. at the Wellfleet Harbor Actors Theater. The purpose of the conference is…
The WHOI Sea Grant Marine Extension team conducts a number of programs to monitor for diseases in shellfish and respond to disease events. Veterinary diseases of oysters and clams can cause direct economic losses to shellfisheries. Farmed shellfish alone are valued at $32.6 million, with wild harvest adding tens of millions more in value to…
CLICK HERE to subscribe to the SEMCO listserv ABOUT SEMCO The Southeastern Massachusetts Coastal Outreach listserv is an electronic means of enhancing the communication of coastal outreach organizations in southeastern Massachusetts. Moderated and maintained by WHOI Sea Grant, the SEMCO listserv welcomes notices of public events, opportunities, and general news. The listserv is not to…
In June, WHOI Sea Grant’s Coastal and Communications teams organized and/or sponsored a dozen events under the banner of Cape Cod Coastal Resilience Week 2024. With the aim of educating the public about the risks caused by storms and a changing climate, the teams sought to improve our resilience as individuals, communities…
This spring Oceanography magazine issued a special edition highlighting the work of the National Sea Grant network on topics ranging from coastal hazards, to aquatic invasive species, to marine debris. WHOI Sea Grant’s research coordinator Jennie Rheuban co-authored an article, Sea Grant Network Contributions to Ocean and Coastal Acidification Response, which draws attention to the…
Public Comments Sought for WHOI Sea Grant Review The deadline for submitting comments is Monday, January 27, 2025. WHOI Sea Grant will be reviewed on February 4-6, 2025 by a team convened by the National Sea Grant College Program. The review will be conducted at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution and will consider all aspects…