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Barnstable County’s regional approach to the Community Rating System (CRS) received the 2017 James Lee Witt Local Award for Excellence in Floodplain Management from the national Association of State Floodplain Managers (ASFPM). The James Lee Witt Award is given out annually to programs demonstrating excellence in floodplain management at various levels of governance. The County’s…
March 18, 2017 – Dr. Matthew Charette, a senior scientist in the Marine Chemistry and Geochemistry department of the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, is the new director of the Woods Hole Sea Grant Institutional Program, WHOI recently announced. Charette replaces Dr. Judith McDowell, a scientist emeritus in the Biology department, who has led the program…
The term “Beach Raking” includes a variety of methods to remove material (e.g., litter, seaweed, rocks) from a beach. While most beach-goers appreciate a nice patch of sand devoid of cobbles and seaweed, these things come naturally to the beach and the entire coastal system requires these materials to function normally. Removal of these natural…
Woods Hole Sea Grant is pleased to release our program guide for the 2016-2018 omnibus cycle, highlighting the projects and people working during the time frame. It all adds up to some amazing numbers and reveal the daily impact the program has on the region.
As nitrogen entering coastal waters continues to be an issue, much attention has been generated to identify potential options that may help alleviate this stressor to estuaries, including the propagation of bivalves to remove excess nitrogen. Oysters (Crassostrea virginica) and quahogs (Mercenaria mercenaria) from numerous Cape Cod, MA, (USA) sources were analyzed for nitrogen content…
Woods Hole Sea Grant (WHSG) is pleased to announce the release of the Request for Proposals for the 2018-2020 Omnibus. Based at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, WHSG supports research, education, and extension projects that encourage environmental stewardship, long-term economic development, and responsible use of the nation’s coastal and ocean resources. It is part of…
Kevin Magowan, Joshua Reitsma and Diane Murphy A standard dual-frequency identification sonar (DIDSON) was deployed in the Herring River, Harwich, Massachusetts, for 3d in late April 2011 to capture video-like images of migrating adult river herring (alewife Alosa pseudoharengus and blueback herring Alosa aestivalis). Images recorded 24 h a day were used to manually count…
NOAA’s Ocean Acidification Program (OAP) and the Northeast Sea Grant Programs, which includes Woods Hole Sea Grant, joined together to prioritize and fund new research on how ocean acidification is affecting marine life including lobsters, clams, oysters, mussels and sand lance that are so important to the Northeast region. Funding includes $800,000 in federal funds…
WHOI recently released an interesting video on work funded by Woods Hole Sea Grant looking into ‘ear stones’ in river herring. The efforts of principal investigator Joel Llopiz will help with restoration of this critical species.
Sea Grant Fisheries and Aquaculture Extension Agents were active members of a working group convened in Wellfleet to address climate change and the potential impact on shellfishing. The work of the group can be found at www.wellfleet.seri-us.org/ with WHSG efforts also highlighted in PowerPoint slides found as additional resource materials.