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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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Microplastics in the Marine Environment

In 2020, recognizing the growing problem of marine debris in the environment, Woods Hole Sea Grant funded two new research projects that aim to better understand the sources, transport and uptake of microplastics by certain wild and cultured sea food. “Microplastics have many sources, shapes and sizes in the marine environment yet we know very…

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Training: Intro to Floodplain Management – Mar. 16, 2022

Calling all professionals interested in learning more about floodplain management! On March 16, Woods Hole Sea Grant and the Cape Cod Cooperative Extension will host a one-day Zoom training that will introduce the basics of floodplain management. It will be co-taught by WHSG/CCCE’s Floodplain Specialist and staff from the state Department of Conservation and Recreation’s Flood…

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Shellfish Diseases: Current Concerns in the Northeast: Proceedings of a Sea Grant-supported Workshop Held at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution on February 26, 1987

Shellfish Diseases: Current Concerns in the Northeast: Proceedings of a Sea Grant-supported Workshop Held at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution on February 26, 1987 Helpful to educators and students Only available on loan from the National Sea Grant Library White, A.W. Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Technical Report No. WHOI-87-13, 38 pp., 1987 WHOI-W-87-001

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NOAA Live Webinars

NOAA Live! Webinars March 2020 –  April  2022 Features •  Different NOAA expert and topic with each webinar •  Moderated Q&A webinars with the scientists •  Geared toward Grades 2-8 •  Archive of past webinars with English captions and Spanish subtitles •  Why do we make an Indigenous Land Acknowledgment? •  FREE NOAA Live! iron-on…

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Sea Grant 2019 Aquaculture Funding Opportunities

The National Sea Grant College Program (NSGCP) has announced three federal funding opportunities (FFOs) to advance U.S. aquaculture for FY2019. Two of the three require a Sea Grant partner in order to submit the proposal for funding consideration from the NSGCP.  The third FFO does not require a Sea Grant partner, however, WHSG is willing to…

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Administrative Discretion in the Management of Outer Continental Shelf Minerals

Administrative Discretion in the Management of Outer Continental Shelf Minerals Hoagland, P. In: Farrow. R.S. (ed.), Managing the Outer Continental Shelf Lands: Oceans of Controversy. Ocean Policy Studies, 18 pp., 1991 WHOI-R-91-003 Mineral developers face varying kinds of risks and uncertainties associated with the exploration, development, and production of minerals from a marine deposit. These…

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