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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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Workforce Development & Training

Workforce Development & Training Contact Woods Hole Sea Grant 508-289-2665 seagrant@whoi.edu   Woods Hole Sea Grant conducts a range of outreach activities to help build a competent workforce that is literate in science, technology, engineering and mathematics in order to meet the global challenges of the 21st century. Our work is directed at not only…

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Surprising Genetic Links Found Among Clinging Jellyfish Communities

The first genetic study of the diversity of clinging jellyfish populations around the globe discovered some surprising links among distant communities of jellies and also revealed there may be more than one species of the infamous stinger. The paper published April 18, 2017 in the journal Peer J by Sea Grant-funded researchers at WHOI. Read…

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The Swimming Behavior of Larval Oysters

March 2018 — Oysters are a species of profound economic and ecological importance, as they represent a hundred million dollar per year aquaculture and fishing industry in the U.S. and are a foundational reef-building species providing refuge to other marine plants and animals, in addition to stabilizing shorelines against storm surges and filtering pollution out…

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Register Now for Shellfish Farming Course

Woods Hole Sea Grant and the Cape Cod Cooperative Extension Marine Program are offering a Fundamentals of Shellfish Farming class starting on Thursday, March 22, 2018. The class will meet every Thursday night from 6:00-8:00 p.m. through May 10, 2018, and will be held at the Barnstable County Complex – Harborview Conference Room on Route…

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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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Beyond Oysters: Expanding the shellfish market for alternative species

Expanding shellfish markets for alternative species Oysters on the half shell represent 94 percent of Massachusetts’s $28 million shellfish aquaculture industry. For an industry that has grown over 300 percent in value over the last ten years, some worry about the reliance on a monocrop: one bad year for oysters could be devastating to aquaculture…

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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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