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Teacher Workshop: October, 29 2019-Coastal Wetlands

Carbon Cycling in Coastal Wetlands   Presenters: Dr. Anne Giblin, Marine Biological Laboratory (MBL) Senior Scientist – Rising Seas and the Fate of Coastal Salt Marshes   Dr. Meagan Eagle Gonneea, U.S. Geological Survey Research Scientist – Blue Carbon in Our Backyard: Coastal Wetlands, Climate, Management, and Markets   Date: October 2019   Lesson Plans…

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May 3, 2019 Pollutants Workshop

Impacts of Human-derived Pollutants on the Coastal Environment   Presenter: Dr. Chris Reddy, WHOI Marine Chemistry and Geochemistry Department – Using Discarded Shotgun Shells to Study the Fate of Plastics in the Environment   Dr. John Stegeman, WHOI Biology Department  – How Animals Deal with the Sea of Chemicals   Date: May 2019   Lesson…

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Resilient Communities and Economies

Resilient Communities and Economies 2024-2025 Projects Di Jin and Michael Weir of Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution: To Insure or Not to Insure: How homeowners perceive flood risk 2022- 2024 Projects » Robert Chen, University of Massachusetts Boston; Lois Hetland, Massachusetts College of Design: Cedric Woods, Institute for New England Native American Studies: Traditional Ecological Art…

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Shrink Wrap Recycling Program

Boat Shrink Wrap Recycling Program KEEP CONTAMINATION OUT OF RECYCLING WHOI Sea Grant partners with Cape Cod Cooperative Extension and transfers stations at towns across the Cape to conduct an annual boat shrink wrap recycling program. Over the years the program has expanded from a single container  in a WHOI parking lot to collection sites…

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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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Study Provides Measurement of Nitrogen Removal by Local Shellfish

Towns along Cape Cod and the Islands are looking to shellfish not only as tasty culinary treats, but also for help cleaning up waters degraded by excess nitrogen in the region. While nitrogen is essential for all plants and animals, too much nitrogen in ponds and waterways—often caused by fertilizer runoff and septic tanks—can fuel…

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Bay State Aquaculture Projects Get Green Light from National Sea Grant Program

Two new grants to the Woods Hole Sea Grant program totaling more than $650,000 will support research aimed at expanding aquaculture production in Massachusetts. The projects won funding as part of a national strategic investment in aquaculture by the NOAA Sea Grant Program. “The United States is one of the world’s leading seafood consumers, yet…

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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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COVID-19 Resources

COVID 19 RESOURCES We are pleased to offer the following resources to assist our stakeholders, developed during the pandemic but still relevant to a great deal as we transition back to a “new normal.” Woods Hole Sea Grant staff are working a hybrid of remote and in-office schedules but as always are available to assist you…

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