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Register Now for Shellfish Farming Course

Woods Hole Sea Grant and the Cape Cod Cooperative Extension Marine Program are offering a Fundamentals of Shellfish Farming class starting on Thursday, March 22, 2018. The class will meet every Thursday night from 6:00-8:00 p.m. through May 10, 2018, and will be held at the Barnstable County Complex – Harborview Conference Room on Route…

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Video

The following videos are available in DVD by emailing seagrant@whoi.edu and via YouTube as we upload them. Oceans Alive 2008 “Whale Detection System Help Prevent Ship Strikes” featuring John Kemp, Mooring Operation & Engineering group, WHOI Oceans Alive 2007 DVD, 2007 WHOI-V-07-002 This DVD includes the presentations from the 2007 “Oceans Alive” lecture series. Presentations…

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Hydrodynamical Modeling of a Multiple-inlet Estuary/Barrier System: Insight into Tidal Inlet Formation and Stability

Hydrodynamical Modeling of a Multiple-inlet Estuary/Barrier System: Insight into Tidal Inlet Formation and Stability Friedrichs, C.T., D.G. Aubrey, G.S. Giese, and P.E. Speer In: Aubrey, D.G. and G.S. Giese (eds.), Formation and Evolution of Multiple Tidal Inlets, Coastal and Estuarine Studies, American Geophysical Union, Washington, D.C., Vol. 44, pp. 95-112, 1993 WHOI-R-93-010

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Slideshow: Exploring the Fundamentals of Shellfish Farming in Wellfleet

The Fundamentals of Shellfish Farming class, led by Cape Cod Cooperative Extension agents Diane Murphy, Josh Reitsma, and Abigail Archer, spent a beautiful Sunday in April wading in the water in Wellfleet, learning about oyster propagation from grower Irving Puffer.  Irving, who owns Puffer Petites, has worked this oyster grant on the flats of Wellfleet…

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Shucked Oyster Rapid Response Program

RAPID RESPONSE: Assisting Shellfish Growers Impacted by COVID-19 Making In-roads Toward a Shucked Oyster Market in Massachusetts Overview With the arrival of COVID-19 and the social distancing measures to mitigate its spread including the closure of restaurants, sales of oysters have plummeted. With little access to their traditional markets, shellfish aquaculture businesses and the related…

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