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Helping Communities Lower the Cost of Flood Insurance
Helping Communities Lower the Cost of Flood Insurance March 2018 — Three years ago, Woods Hole Sea Grant and its outreach partner the Cape Cod Cooperative Extension developed a first-of-its-kind program for coordinating regional flood insurance and promoting flood resilience in coastal communities. That program is now serving as a model for others across the…
Read MoreResearch into American Lobster Reproduction
A New Interactive StoryMap Highlights Projects from the Sea Grant American Lobster Initiative A new web-based StoryMap highlights research being conducted by scientists into the reproduction of the American lobster. The scientific studies and the work to communicate about them are part of the American Lobster Initiative of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s National…
Read MoreClearing the Way for River Herring in Plymouth
Just a stone’s throw from the Plymouth Rock where the Pilgrim’s first landed in 1620 is the mouth of Town Brook, a river that runs through the center of Plymouth and was once the source of fresh water and food for the Pilgrims. Chief among the fish from the river were herring, whose annual migration…
Read MoreUpdate on River Herring Network
Update on River Herring Network Dec. 2017 — Each spring river herring come from the ocean and swim, or “run” up rivers to spawn in ponds and slow sections of rivers. Each fall, Massachusetts river herring wardens gather together to talk about their favorite fish and discuss ways to preserve it. For centuries, people used…
Read MoreUnderstanding 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…
Read MoreStriped Bass Activity, Behavior and Mortality in Recreational Fishery
Stripers On The Line: Quantifying short-term post-release activity, behavior, and mortality of striped bass (Morone saxatilis) in the Massachusetts recreational fishery Principal Investigators Andy Danylchuk, University of Massachusetts Amherst Lucas Griffin, University of Massachusetts Amherst Photo by A. Burr Abstract Globally, recreational fishing is an incredibly popular leisure activity that provides a wide range…
Read MorePhytO-ARM, An Open-source Platform for Real-time Phytoplankton Monitoring, Data Sharing, and Automated Aquaculture Management
PhytO-ARM, An Open-source Platform for Real-time Phytoplankton Monitoring, Data Sharing, and Automated Aquaculture Management Principal Investigator Michael Brosnahan, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Co-Principal Investigators Donald Anderson, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, MA Katherine Hubbard, Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission-Fish and Wildlife Research Institute, Saint Petersburg, FL Maria Celia Villac, Florida Fish and Wildlife…
Read MoreHypoxia In Southern Cape Cod Bay
Modeling Unprecedented Low Dissolved Oxygen (Hypoxia) in Southern Cape Cod Bay Principal Investigators Malcolm Scully, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Rocky Geyer, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Abstract Unprecedented bottom hypoxia has developed in southern Cape Cod Bay in two consecutive summers. The causes of this low oxygen water are not well understood, and represent a significant economic and…
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