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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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Seabed Materials

Seabed Materials Broadus, J.M. Science, Vol. 235, pp. 853-860, 1987 WHOI-R-87-004 A large catalog of materials has been proposed as potential seabed resources, and some seabed materials such as hydrocarbons and tin already contribute to the world’s economy. Scientific advances have increased our knowledge of other seabed prospects, but realization of their potential will be…

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Aquaculture & Fisheries

Aquaculture and Fisheries Featured Video Water Quality and Shellfish on Cape Cod https://seagrant.whoi.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/3-Bays-Aquaculture-SM-Video-1-FINAL.mp4 Featured Topics Oysters Surf Clams River Herring American Lobsters Kelp Research Among the important fisheries and aquaculture research projects supported by WHSG are: PhytO-ARM, An Open-source Platform for Real-time Phytoplankton Monitoring, Data Sharing, and Automated Aquaculture Management Market Development to Diversify Shellfish…

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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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Oysters

Oyster Aquaculture Overview Oysters provide benefits to the ecosystem, human health, the Blue Economy. Shellfish act as natural water purifiers by filtering and removing pollutants from the sea. They contain high-quality protein and other essential nutrients and are an important part of a healthful diet. In 2021, a total of 398 aquaculture growers cultivated 1352.3…

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