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Bulletin: New Shoreline Change Data Reveal Massachusetts is Eroding
Bulletin: New Shoreline Change Data Reveal Massachusetts is Eroding Approximately 75 percent of the U.S. ocean shoreline is eroding. Massachusetts’ ocean-facing shore is no exception. A recent study of shoreline change in Massachusetts by the U.S. Geological Survey, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Sea Grant Program, and Cape Cod Cooperative Extension reveals that approximately 68 percent,…
Read MoreBulletin: Beach and Dune Profiles: An Educational Tool for Observing and Comparing Dynamic Coastal Environments
Bulletin: Beach and Dune Profiles: An Educational Tool for Observing and Comparing Dynamic Coastal Environments Beaches and dunes are in constant motion, continually changing shape and shifting position in response to winds, waves, tides, relative sea level, and human activities. The most significant changes occur seasonally and following storms.
Read MoreBulletin: Clam Tents: A New Approach to Soft-Shell Clam Culture and Management
Bulletin: Clam Tents: A New Approach to Soft-Shell Clam Culture and Management Soft-shell clams, Mya arenaria, are an enigma to scientists, managers, and shellfish harvesters in southeastern Massachusetts and throughout the bivalve’s range. One year, clams may settle in very dense concentrations, while, the following year, there may be no soft-shell clam recruitment at the…
Read MoreKnauss Fellow Profile: Katie Sperry
Hometown: Northampton, Massachusetts Area of research focus/interest: Restoration ecology of coastal habitats What are you doing during your Knauss Fellowship? I’m placed in NOAA Fisheries’ Office of Habitat Conservation’s Restoration Center (RC) for my Knauss Fellowship. Here, I get to see how ecosystem restoration is coordinated and funded at a federal level. Critically, the RC’s…
Read MoreDGGE-based Detection Method for Quahog Parasite Unknown (QPX)
DGGE-based Detection Method for Quahog Parasite Unknown (QPX) Gast, R.J., E. Cushman, D.M. Moran, K.R. Uhlinger, D. Leavitt, and R. Smolowitz Diseases of Aquatic Organisms, Vol. 70, pp. 115-122, 2006 WHOI-R-06-003
Read MoreRiver Herring Network Gathers
Woods Hole Sea Grant’s Abigail Archer is the River Herring Network coordinator and helped organize this year’s annual meeting, which included participants from 16 towns, 12 watershed organizations and nonprofits, three federal agencies, three state agencies, and two academic institutions. After two years of meeting virtually, river herring wardens and others from along the Massachusetts…
Read MoreConflict Resolution in the Assignment of Area Entitlements for Seabed Mining
Conflict Resolution in the Assignment of Area Entitlements for Seabed Mining Broadus, J.M. and P. Hoagland San Diego Law Review, Vol. 21, No. 3, pp. 541-576, 1984 WHOI-R-84-013
Read MoreThe Ocean Enterprise Concept: A National Strategy for Resource Development
The Ocean Enterprise Concept: A National Strategy for Resource Development Ross, D.A., C.E. McLain, and J.E. Dailey Sea Technology, pp. 15-20, 1989 WHOI-R-89-019 In the late 1980’s less than 1% of the annual resources consumed in the United States comes from the sea. Yet the March 1983 Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) Proclamation by President Ronald…
Read MoreBeach and Dune Profiles: An Educational Tool for Observing and Comparing Dynamic Coastal Environments
Beach and Dune Profiles: An Educational Tool for Observing and Comparing Dynamic Coastal Environments Helpful to educators and students. WHOI Sea Grant Marine Extension Bulletin, 6 pp., 2001 WHOI-G-01-001
Read MoreFirst Coastal Acidification Monitoring Blitz in the Northeast
Join the first coastal acidification monitoring blitz in the Northeast – Aug 22 and 23, 2019 Shell Day aims to engage water quality monitoring organizations by focusing on coastal acidification measurements during a “blitz” throughout the New England coast on August 22 & 23, 2019. This citizen science collaboration will raise awareness of the opportunities…
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