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Market Development to Diversify Shellfish Aquaculture Products in Massachusetts

By | April 23, 2018

Market Development to Diversify Shellfish Aquaculture Products in Massachusetts Principal Investigators Abigail Archer, Woods Hole Sea Grant/Cape Cod Cooperative Extension Diane Murphy, Woods Hole Sea Grant/Cape Cod Cooperative Extension Co-Principal Investigators Melissa Sanderson, Cape Cod Commercial Fishermen’s Alliance Michele Insley, Wellfleet SPAT (Shellfish Promotion and Tasting ) Summary The project explores the potential to broaden…

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Valuation of Ecosystem Benefits of Living Shorelines

By | April 23, 2018

Valuation of Ecosystem Benefits of Living Shorelines Principal Investigator Di Jin, Marine Policy Center, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Co-Principal Investigators Porter Hoagland, Marine Policy Center, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Hauke Kite-Powell, Marine Policy Center, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Summary With environmental change and rising sea levels, coastal communities are developing strategies to protect and stabilize…

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Halogenated Marine Natural Products: A Potential Risk to Human Health?

By David Gaylord | April 23, 2018

Halogenated Marine Natural Products: A Potential Risk to Human Health? Principal Investigator Mark Hahn, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Co-Principal Investigator Chris Reddy, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Summary The team of biologists and marine chemists will examine the potential risk to human health posed by halogenated marine natural products (HNPs) in seafood. Some HNPs have been…

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Ocean Enterprises: The Ocean and the Economy in the 1990’s

By Helen Gordon | January 26, 2015

Ocean Enterprises: The Ocean and the Economy in the 1990’s Ross, D.A., J. Fenwick, M.A. Champ, and R. Knecht In: Halsey, S.D. and R.B. Abel (eds.), Coastal Ocean Space Utilization. Proceedings of the International Symposium on Coastal Ocean Space Utilization, Elsevier Press, pp. 369-371, 1990 WHOI-R-90-006 In the late 1980’s, less than 1% of the…

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2004-2006 Projects

By Helen Gordon | January 28, 2015

Fish Otoliths Contain Clues to Larval Distribution Mystery How do you track a moving target? It depends on the size of the target. WHOI fish ecologist Simon Thorrold and research associate Jennifer FitzGerald are taking aim at a very small target: larval Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua). Like most marine fish, cod have a pelagic larval phase,…

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