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To help homeowners protect their family and their property from these hazards, Woods Hole Sea Grant and the Cape Cod Cooperative Extension have produced the newly updated Massachusetts Homeowner’s Handbook to Prepare for Coastal Hazards.
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…
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…
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…
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.…
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/.
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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, 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…
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…