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World Fish Migration Day Lecture Series

By David Gaylord | January 16, 2020 | Comments Off on World Fish Migration Day Lecture Series

The World Migratory Fish Day Lecture Series is sponsored by the Town of Plymouth Department of Marine and Environmental Affairs in partnership with Woods Hole Sea Grant, NOAA and Wildlands Trust. As the Town of Plymouth will be celebrating its 400th anniversary in 2020, stream restoration will be a highlight of the celebrations.  In recognition…

2020 American Lobster Research Program Funding Opportunity Now Open

By David Gaylord | January 14, 2020 | Comments Off on 2020 American Lobster Research Program Funding Opportunity Now Open

This program will support research to address critical gaps in knowledge about how the American Lobster and its fishery is being impacted by environmental change. It is informed by listening sessions with regional fishing industry stakeholders, state and federal fisheries managers, and university, state and federal fisheries researchers. Research topics suitable for study on American…

Sharks, Seals, Microplastics among the New Research Topics Funded by Woods Hole Sea Grant

By David Gaylord | December 18, 2019 | Comments Off on Sharks, Seals, Microplastics among the New Research Topics Funded by Woods Hole Sea Grant

Seven new research projects sponsored by Woods Hole Sea Grant will focus on priority issues in the Massachusetts coastal environment, including shark-seal-human interactions, microplastics sources and fate in marine ecosystems, river herring population studies, and coastal resiliency. The two-year projects will be conducted by researchers at Massachusetts academic institutions and other non-profit organizations. The awards…

POSTGRADS: NOAA Coastal Management and Digital Coast Fellowship Program Opportunity

By David Gaylord | December 2, 2019 | Comments Off on POSTGRADS: NOAA Coastal Management and Digital Coast Fellowship Program Opportunity

The NOAA Office for Coastal Management is recruiting candidates for the 2020 Coastal Management and Digital Coast Fellowship Program.  This program’s mission is to provide on-the-job education and training opportunities in coastal resource management and policy for postgraduate students and to provide project assistance to state coastal zone management agencies and other key NOAA partners.…

2020 National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS)-Sea Grant Fellowships

By David Gaylord | November 15, 2019 | Comments Off on 2020 National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS)-Sea Grant Fellowships

The NMFS-Sea Grant Joint Fellowship Program in Population and Ecosystem Dynamics and Marine Resource Economics places PhD students studying in one of two priority areas in three year research-based fellowships. For more information, see https://seagrant.whoi.edu/funding-2/funding/.

Read our September newsletter!

By David Gaylord | October 1, 2019 | Comments Off on Read our September newsletter!

Check out the stories in our September  issue of the “Coastal Impacts” newsletter! »Go to newsletter

Funding Opportunity for Research on American Lobster

By David Gaylord | January 31, 2019 | Comments Off on Funding Opportunity for Research on American Lobster

The National Sea Grant American Lobster Research Program will continue to support research in FY21 to address critical gaps in knowledge about how the American Lobster and its fishery is being impacted by environmental change. It is informed by listening sessions with regional fishing industry stakeholders, state and federal fisheries managers, and university, state and…

Woods Hole Sea Grant Sponsors Finalists for Prestigious Knauss Fellowship

By David Gaylord | July 11, 2018 | Comments Off on Woods Hole Sea Grant Sponsors Finalists for Prestigious Knauss Fellowship

  [Woods Hole, Mass., July 11, 2018] — Three candidates sponsored by the Woods Hole Sea Grant program are among the finalists for the 2019 class of the of the John A. Knauss Marine Policy Fellowship program. The announcement was made on July 11 by NOAA and the National Sea Grant College Program. Approximately seventy individuals…

Outreach: Reporting from the Heart of the Storm

By Helen Gordon | August 27, 2018 | Comments Off on Outreach: Reporting from the Heart of the Storm

The winter storms of 2018 are experiences most of New Englanders would like to forget. However, the pounding the region took through the month of March left an indelible mark on many north and east facing towns and beaches, destroying homes, buildings, and other structures, and eroding swaths of shoreline. This week the White House…

Sediment Cores Hold Clues to Past Climate

By Helen Gordon | August 27, 2018 | Comments Off on Sediment Cores Hold Clues to Past Climate

June 1 marked the start of the Atlantic hurricane season. After last year’s extremely active and costly hurricane season, many are asking whether ocean warming, sea-level rise, and climate disruption are signaling a new, more intense hurricane regime. Should we in the Northeast do more to prepare for powerful hurricanes? To know what to expect,…