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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…
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 MoreStudy 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…
Read MoreThe 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…
Read MoreVoices from the Fisheries Project
NOAA’s Voices from the Fisheries Database is a central repository for consolidating, archiving, and disseminating oral history interviews related to commercial, recreational, and subsistence fishing in the United States and its territories. Oral history interviews are a powerful way to document the human experience with our marine, coastal, and Great Lakes environments and our living…
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 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 Photo by Ken Foreman Abstract We will investigate how small eutrophic embayments on Cape Cod with restricted tidal flow and impaired water quality due to nutrient pollution respond…
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…
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