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Islands Coastal Conference
The Islands Coastal Conference The Islands Coastal Conference alternates each year between Martha’s Vineyard and Nantucket islands. The free conference attracts coastal managers, environmental organizations, town officials and staff, conservation commissions, planning boards, consultants, researchers, experts and partners from across the region to discuss a range of critical issues such as sea level rise,…
Read MoreWorkforce 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…
Read MoreThe Swimming Behavior of Larval Oysters
Jeanette Wheeler (right) and WHOI Summer Student Fellow Elaine Luo used a turbulence tank to study the swimming behavior of oyster larvae. Photo by Tom Kleindinst, WHOI 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…
Read MoreRegister 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…
Read MoreBay 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…
Read MoreReduce, Restore, Recover: Little Pond ecosystem’s response to sewering
Reduce, Restore, Recover: Little Pond ecosystem’s response to sewering Principal Investigators Ken Foreman, Marine Biological Laboratory Ketil Koop-Jackobson, Marine Biological Laboratory Matt Long, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Abstract Over the last 70 years, Cape Cod has seen rapid population growth and minimal investment in wastewater infrastructure. This has added significant amounts of nitrogen to the…
Read MoreShucked Oyster Rapid Response Program
RAPID RESPONSE: Assisting Shellfish Growers Impacted by COVID-19 Making In-roads Toward a Shucked Oyster Market in Massachusetts Overview With the arrival of COVID-19 and the social distancing measures to mitigate its spread including the closure of restaurants, sales of oysters have plummeted. With little access to their traditional markets, shellfish aquaculture businesses and the related…
Read MoreSurf Clams
Surf Clams In the marketplace, one-year-old surf clams are known as “New England Butter Clams” – a relatively new product on the market. Farming New England Butter Clams means they can be harvested at a size in which they are tender, buttery and sweet – as well as easy and versatile to prepare. This results…
Read MoreTeacher 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…
Read MoreSeptember 2019 Newsletter
Coastal Impacts Woods Hole Sea Grant Newsletter September 2019 SEPTEMBER 2019 CONTENTS How Do Sharks Respond to Internal Waves in the Ocean? Inspiring Girls in Science Knauss Profile: Amalia Aruda Almada Coastal Conference Series Spotlights Nantucket Sea Grant Participates in First Northeast Water Quality Monitoring Blitz Upcoming Workshop for Educators Knauss Fellowship Opportunity Now Open!…
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