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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…
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 MoreWoods Hole Sea Grant Awards Funds to Six New Coastal Projects
The Woods Hole Sea Grant program has awarded researchers from Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) and other Massachusetts academic organizations funds for six new projects. The awards represent a total anticipated research investment of nearly $1.5 million over the next two years from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and other non-federal matching funds. “We are proud…
Read MoreThe Introduction of Limited Entry: The New Zealand Rock Lobster Fishery
The Introduction of Limited Entry: The New Zealand Rock Lobster Fishery Annala, J.H. Marine Policy, pp. 103-108, 1983 WHOI-R-83-022 The rock lobster fishery has traditionally been New Zealand’s single most important domestic fishery in terms of the number of vessels and fishermen employed and the value of landings and exports. This paper describes the implementation…
Read MoreSome Determinants of Maturation in Brook Trout, Salvelinus fontinalis
Some Determinants of Maturation in Brook Trout, Salvelinus fontinalis McCormick, S.D. and R.J. Naiman Aquaculture, Vol. 43, pp. 269-278, 1984 WHOI-R-84-019 Size, age, growth rate and photoperiod (the controlling effects of the length of the day on phenomena such as reproductive cycles in mammals, migration patterns in birds, flowering in plants) were examined for their…
Read MoreMicrosatellite DNA Markers Indicate a High Frequency of Multiple Paternity within Individual Field-collected Egg Capsules of the Squid Loligo pealed
Microsatellite DNA Markers Indicate a High Frequency of Multiple Paternity within Individual Field-collected Egg Capsules of the Squid Loligo pealed Buresch, K.M., R.T. Hanlon, M.R. Maxwell, and S. Ring Marine Ecology Progress Series, Vol. 210, pp. 161-165, 2001 WHOI-R-01-010
Read MoreRapid Shoreward Encroachment of Salt Marsh Cordgrass in Response to Accelerated Sea-Level Rise
Rapid Shoreward Encroachment of Salt Marsh Cordgrass in Response to Accelerated Sea-Level Rise Donnelly, J.P. and M.D. Bertness PNAS, Vol. 98, No. 25, pp. 14218-14223, 2001 WHOI-R-01-003
Read MoreFocal Points – Shellfish Aquaculture in Massachusetts
Focal Points – Shellfish Aquaculture in Massachusetts September 2000 – Shellfish aquaculture in Massachusetts is thriving! Though centuries old, the practice of farming shellfish is a fairly recent undertaking in the United States—within the last 150 years.
Read MoreControl of Predators on Cultured Shellfish: Exclusion Strategies
Control of Predators on Cultured Shellfish: Exclusion Strategies Leavitt, D.F. and W.P. Burt NRAC Publication No. 00-007, 4 pp., 2000 WHOI-G-00-008
Read MoreAccumulation of Red Tide Toxins in Larger Size Fractions of Zooplankton Assemblages from Massachusetts Bay, USA
Accumulation of Red Tide Toxins in Larger Size Fractions of Zooplankton Assemblages from Massachusetts Bay, USA Turner, J.T., G.J. Doucette, C.L. Powell, D.M. Kulis, B.A. Keafer, and D.M. Anderson Marine Ecology Progress Series, 13 pp., 2000 WHOI-R-00-01
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