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Aquaculture & Fisheries

Aquaculture and Fisheries Featured Video Water Quality and Shellfish on Cape Cod https://seagrant.whoi.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/3-Bays-Aquaculture-SM-Video-1-FINAL.mp4 Featured Topics Oysters Surf Clams River Herring American Lobsters Kelp Research Among the important fisheries and aquaculture research projects supported by WHSG are: PhytO-ARM, An Open-source Platform for Real-time Phytoplankton Monitoring, Data Sharing, and Automated Aquaculture Management Market Development to Diversify Shellfish…

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Marine Debris

Marine Debris Marine debris is a global problem that injures and kills marine animals, threatens to navigational safety, and poses a human health threat. WHOI Sea Grant is dedicated to the reduction of marine debris, regionally and globally. We are actively involved in the mitigation of marine debris in our environment by funding research into…

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Resilient Communities and Economies

Resilient Communities and Economies   2020-2022 Projects Steve Elgar and Britt Raubenheimer, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution: Shoreline Resilience and Inlet Management 2018-2020 Projects Steve Elgar and Britt Raubenheimer, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution: Shoreline resilience Joel Llopiz and Rubao Ji, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Martha Hauff, Stonehill College, and Hannes Baumann, University of Connecticut: Source-sink dynamics…

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Hurricanes vs. Nor’easter Marine Extension Bulletin

Shorelines are subject to erosion when wind, waves, and currents wear away the land along the water’s edge.  Occasional coastal storms can dramatically intensify the erosion process in the short term and have a significant impact on longterm erosion rates. In Massachusetts we hear about erosion caused by hurricanes and by “nor’easters”. While heavy winds, rain, large…

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Environmental Literacy and Workforce Development

Environmental Literacy and Workforce Development 2022-2023 Projects Content Coming Soon 2020-2022 Projects Megan Winton, Atlantic White Shark Conservancy, and Greg Skomal, Massachusetts Division of Marine Fisheries:  Development and testing of a near real-time white shark forecast system for Cape Cod, Massachusetts Marianne Long and Megan Winton, Atlantic White Shark Conservancy: Understanding the rewilding of Cape…

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Sustainable Fisheries and Aquaculture

Sustainable Fisheries and Aquaculture 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 bass (Moronesaxatilis) in the Massachusetts recreational fishery » Dr. Torrance Hanley of Northeastern University and collaborators: Determining How Aquaculture Grow-Out Methods Can Reduce the Negative Effects…

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Healthy Coastal Ecosystems

Healthy Coastal Ecosystems 2022-2023 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 & Science: Designing sustainable shorelines Malcom Scully, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, and Rocky Geyer, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution: Modeling Unprecedented Low Dissolved Oxygen (Hypoxia) in Southern…

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1990-2000 Environmental Technologies Summary

Snapshot WHOI Sea Grant’s investment in environmental technologies has resulted in the development of new tools for analyzing and interpreting the effects of toxic chemicals on the reproduction, development, and disease defenses in marine animals and for detecting the presence of harmful algal species before bloom conditions occur. Background Coastal ecosystems in southeastern Massachusetts are…

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1990-2000 – Estuarine & Coastal Processes

Snapshot WHOI Sea Grant’s investment in estuarine and coastal processes has resulted in better understanding of the physical, chemical, geological, and biological processes of coastal habitats. This information has been applied to critical management decisions in the coastal zone including water quality issues, shoreline erosion and storm damage, and food web dynamics. Background Estuarine and…

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