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June 2018 Newsletter
Coastal Impacts Woods Hole Sea Grant Newsletter June 2018 From the Director With the summer upon us, many locals and frequent visitors to the Cape will be returning to their favorite beaches to find them quite different than last year. Perhaps there are fewer parking spaces or the beach access has been relocated. The past…
Read MoreIslands 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 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 MoreIncreasing Northeast U.S. Aquaculture Production by Pre-Permitting Federal Ocean Space
Increasing Northeast U.S. Aquaculture Production by Pre-Permitting Federal Ocean Space Principal Investigator Hauke Kite-Powell, Marine Policy Center, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Co-Principal Investigators Porter Hoagland, Marine Policy Center at WHOI Di Jin, Marine Policy Center at WHOI Brooke Hodge, New England Aquarium Matthew Thompson, New England Aquarium Scott Kraus, New England Aquarium Michael Tlusty, UMass Boston…
Read MoreSea 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…
Read MoreMarket Development to Diversify Shellfish Aquaculture Products in Massachusetts
Market Development to Diversify Shellfish Aquaculture Products in Massachusetts Principal Investigators Abigail Archer, Woods Hole Sea Grant/Cape Cod Cooperative Extension Diane Murphy, Woods Hole Sea Grant/Cape Cod Cooperative Extension Co-Principal Investigators Melissa Sanderson, Cape Cod Commercial Fishermen’s Alliance Michele Insley, Wellfleet SPAT (Shellfish Promotion and Tasting ) Summary The project explores the potential to broaden…
Read MoreFunded Projects by Year
Funded Projects 2010 – Present 2026-2027 Collapse Jennifer Bowen of Northeastern University, and Wayne Castonguay of MA Division of Marine Fisheries Keeping Clams Clean: Tracking microbial contamination of clam flats Sarah Donelan of University of Massachusetts Dartmouth Winter is Changing: Enhancing oyster overwintering practices Brian Cheng and Lisa Komoroske of University of Massachusetts Amherst Just…
Read MoreBeyond 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…
Read MoreStorms, Erosion, Flooding
Storms, Erosion, Flooding Seventy-five percent of the population of Massachusetts lives in coastal counties and our coasts provide an even greater number of people a wide range of economic, social, and recreational opportunities. Competing uses of our coastline can result in conflicts between the protection of waterfront upland property and the preservation of the beneficial…
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