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Surf Clams

Surf Clams In the marketplace, one-year-old surf clams are known as “New England Butter Clams” – a relatively new product on the market. Farming New England Butter Clams means they can be harvested at a size in which they are tender, buttery and sweet – as well as easy and versatile to prepare. This results…

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Sea Grant Research Highlighted at WBNERR

Two Sea Grant-funded researchers will be featured during the 2019 Coffee House Series at the Waquoit Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve, in Falmouth, Mass. All talks run from 6:30 – 8 p.m. April 9 – “Marshes, Mosquitos and Sea Level Rise” Sheron Luk, MIT/WHOI Joint Program What’s the effect of ditches that were dug decades…

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2020 Program Development Projects

Program Development Projects 2024 Projects John Logan, MA Division of Marine Fisheries: Using eDNA to assess the importance of eelgrass as juvenile winter flounder habitat 2023 Projects Donna Dimarchopoulou, Mohammed Hashim, Chloe Dean, Adam Subhas, WHOI: Elevator pitches for labs: Building hands-on tools to communicate lab-based research. Naomi Steckman, Beyond the Bounds: Beyond the Bounds…

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Teacher Workshop Oct. 2019

Carbon Cycling in Coastal Wetlands Presenters: Dr. Meagan Eagle Gonneea, Research Physical Scientist, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center, USGS Dr. Anne Giblin, Director, Ecosystems Center, Marine Biological Laboratory  Please note: This workshop will take place at the Waquoit Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve (WBNERR), 131 Waquoit Highway, East Falmouth, MA 02536 Description: The…

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Citizen Science: Improving Water Quality in Waquoit Bay

Citizen Science: Improving Water Quality in Waquoit Bay By Dr. Nicole Millette Nicole Millette in the lab March 2018 – Nutrient pollution, particularly nitrogen, is a widespread problem in coastal waters, and a vexing issue for environmental managers as well as those living near these waters. As a Sea Grant-funded Postdoctoral Fellow in Marine Policy,…

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