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August 2020 Coastal Impacts Newsletter

  Coastal Impacts Woods Hole Sea Grant Newsletter AUGUST 2020 CONTENTS WHSG Supports Seven Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Projects 12 Weeks, Thousands of Kids: How NOAA Live! Connected Students to Science at Home Woods Hole Sea Grant Sponsors Three for Knauss Fellowship Is There a Market for Shucked Oysters? Eat an Oyster, Support a Local…

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Increasing Northeast U.S. Aquaculture Production by Pre-Permitting Federal Ocean Space

Increasing Northeast U.S. Aquaculture Production by Pre-Permitting Federal Ocean Space Principal Investigator Hauke Kite-Powell, Marine Policy Center, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Co-Principal Investigators Porter Hoagland, Marine Policy Center at WHOI Di Jin, Marine Policy Center at WHOI Brooke Hodge, New England Aquarium Matthew Thompson, New England Aquarium Scott Kraus, New England Aquarium Michael Tlusty, UMass Boston…

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Questions and Answers on Purchasing Coastal Real Estate In Massachusetts

Questions and Answers on Purchasing Coastal Real Estate In Massachusetts Are you considering buying property near the water? This brochure focuses on questions you should ask (and where to find the answers) as a potential purchaser of coastal real estate. This resource provides information about permitting, erosion and erosion control structures, flood insurance, and much…

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Source-Sink Dynamics and Habitat Modeling of Northern Sand Lance on Stellwagen Bank and Nantucket Shoals

Source-Sink Dynamics and Habitat Modeling of Northern Sand Lance on Stellwagen Bank and Nantucket Shoals Principal Investigator Joel Llopiz, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Co-Principal Investigators Rubao Ji,  Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Martha Hauff, Stonehill College Hannes Baumann, University of Connecticut Summary This team of biologists seeks to address the lack of knowledge on the ecological…

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Market Development to Diversify Shellfish Aquaculture Products in Massachusetts

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

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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Hurricanes

Hurricanes Though it has been 30 years since the last major hurricane struck the Massachusetts coast, hurricanes can be devastating and they can happen here! Be smart and prepare yourself, your family and your home to minimize losses from a hurricane. https://seagrant.whoi.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Hurricanes_in_New_England.mp4 Preparing for a Hurricane in New England *From Homeowner’s Handbook to Prepare for…

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

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

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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