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Understanding the Rewilding of Cape Cod

Cape Cod’s white shark and gray seal populations have been growing, and with them, so has the desire to understand these changes and impacts on both the ecosystem and our coastline useage. With research funding from WHOI Sea Grant, the Atlantic White Shark Conservancy has developed a middle school level curriculum focused on exploring the…

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Bulletin: What is That Sticking Out of the Sand?

Bulletin: What is That Sticking Out of the Sand? A joint product of Woods Hole Sea Grant and Cape Cod Cooperative Extension, “What is that sticking out of the sand?” by Christopher Maio and Greg Berman describes “new” discoveries exposed thanks to coastal storms and erosion.

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Is There a Market for Shucked Oysters?

It’s no secret that we’ve got a lot of oysters on Cape Cod. With restaurants closing due to the COVID pandemic, oyster growers have lost their primary customers and many are left holding the bag on this year’s oyster harvest. In Massachusetts, more than 90 percent of oysters are eaten raw on the half-shell and…

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Natural Resource Managers

Natural Resource Managers Our program assists town shellfish constables, river herring wardens, and other natural resource officers with problems concerning the management of coastal resources. Our focused research and extension activities contribute to the technical information required to help local natural resource managers manage the fisheries resources for continued sustainable production. Shellfish Officers Research and…

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Research Measures Views on Seals and Sharks

Newly released research results highlight striking differences and some similarities in the way visitors, voters, and commercial fishermen view seals and white sharks on Cape Cod. The findings of the Woods Hole Sea Grant-funded project can help advance marine conservation, promote responsible stewardship, and foster co-existence. From June to September 2021, representative samples of Cape…

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Unraveling the Mystery of Lobster Die-offs in Cape Cod Bay

In the summers of 2019 and 2020, lobstermen working in Cape Cod Bay hauled up their lobster traps to find most of them dead. What caused these unprecedented deaths? With funding from Sea Grant, WHOI Associate Scientist Malcolm Scully and his team developed a model using numerous datasets to unravel this mystery. The culprit, they…

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