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Funded Projects by Year

Funded Projects  2010 – Present 2024-2025 Collapse Jill Carr of the University of Massachusetts Boston, Forest Schenck of the Massachusetts Division of Marine Fisheries, and Alison Frye of Salem Sound Coastwatch Restoring Eelgrass: Identifying best practices for a seed-based approach   Ken Foreman and Ketil Koop-Jackobson of Marine Biological Laboratory, and Matt Long of the…

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Water Quality

Water Quality Good water quality is necessary for swimming, boating, fishing, shellfishing, aquaculture, and most of the other activities that bring people to the coast, as well as for healthy coastal habitats.  Major water quality concerns are often related to climate-oriented changes in biophysical processes and land-based human activities including septic discharge and runoff from…

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Teacher Workshop: December, 3 2021-Invasive Species

Marine Invaders: Green crabs and other local invasive species Presenters: Dr. Carolyn Tepolt, WHOI Biology Department – Invasive Species on Our Shores, Presentation Slides   Dan Martino, co-owner, Cottage City Oysters – Invasive Species in Aquaculture, Presentation Slides   Date:  December 2021   Lesson Plans and Classroom Activities NOAA Live! 4 Kids recorded webinars:  These…

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Sustainable Fisheries and Aquaculture

Sustainable Fisheries and Aquaculture 2024-2025 Projects » Caroline Ummenhofer, Svenja Ryan, and Glen Gawarkiewicz of Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution: Changing Currents: Collecting data with fishermen to build more sustainable fisheries 2022-2023 Projects » Andy Danylchuk and Lucas Griffin, University of Massachusetts Amherst: Stripers on the Line: Quantifying short-term post-release activity, behavior and mortality of striped…

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Healthy Coastal Ecosystems

Healthy Coastal Ecosystems 2024-2025 Projects Jill Carr of the University of Massachusetts Boston, Forest Schenck of the Massachusetts Division of Marine Fisheries, and Alison Frye of Salem Sound Coastwatch: Restoring Eelgrass: Identifying best practices for a seed-based approach Ken Foreman and Ketil Koop-Jackobson of Marine Biological Laboratory, and Matt Long of the Woods Hole Oceanographic…

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Human Dimension of Rebounding Population of Seals and White Sharks on Cape Cod, Massachusetts

Human Dimension of Rebounding Populations of Seals and White Sharks on Cape Cod, Massachusetts Principal Investigator Jennifer Jackman, Salem State University Co-Principal Investigators Owen Nichols, Center for Coastal Studies Lisa Sette, Center for Coastal Studies Stephanie Wood, Univ. of Massachusetts-Boston Melissa Sanderson, Cape Cod Commercial Fisherman’s Alliance Stephanie Sykes, Cape Cod Commercial Fisherman’s Alliance Cynthia…

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Carbon’s Journey and Our Warming Planet

Frank Niepold and Tom Di Liberto, NOAA’s Climate Program Office in Silver Spring, MD The carbon cycle is a process where carbon dioxide travels from the atmosphere into living organisms and the Earth, then back into the atmosphere. Learn how changes in carbon dioxide levels, such as burning fossil fuels (oil, gas, etc.), affect the…

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Lesson Plans and Classroom Visits

Lesson Plans and Classroom Visits Coasts, Oceans, and Stewardship Program (COAST) This program is a collaboration between the NOAA Northeast Fisheries Science Center and WHOI Sea Grant.   WHOI Sea Grant (WHOI SG) and the Northeast Fisheries Science Center (NEFSC) in Woods Hole, MA developed a program to create educational materials relating to key marine and…

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NOAA Live! Lesson Units

NOAA Live! Lesson Units (Teacher-in-Residence Program) This program is a collaboration between the Cape Cod Regional STEM Network (CCRSN) and Woods Hole Sea Grant (WHSG).   The lessons utilize NOAA Live! Webinars which is a collaboration between  the NOAA Regional Collaboration Network and Woods Hole Sea Grant. Third grade North Falmouth Elementary School teacher, Michael Irving,…

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