Tuesday, March 19, 2019 Sea Grant Report on Barriers to Shellfish Aquaculture in the U.S. Sea Grant Report on Barriers to Shellfish Aquaculture in the U.S. Tuesday, March 19, 2019 0 342 Sea Grant Report on Barriers to Shellfish Aquaculture in the U.S. A Sea Grant team of legal and aquaculture experts has released a report detailed eight case studies that identify challenges to the shellfish aquaculture industry in the United States. The project was funded through Sea Grant's 2017 national investment in aquaculture. Read more
Monday, March 11, 2019 Sea Grant Fellow Publishes Research on Impacts of Temperature Change on Global Fisheries Sea Grant Fellow Publishes Research on Impacts of Temperature Change on Global Fisheries Monday, March 11, 2019 0 363 Sea Grant Fellow Publishes Research on Impacts of Temperature Change on Global Fisheries NMFS-Sea Grant Population and Ecosystem Dynamics Fellow Chris Free and colleagues published a study in the March 2019 edition of Science that "used historical ocean temperature and fisheries data to determine how ocean warming affects the amount of fish that can be harvested sustainably from wild-populations." Free’s dissertation adviser, Olaf Jensen, says that the NMFS-Sea Grant Fellowship was instrumental in allowing Free to pursue this groundbreaking work. “This fellowship gave him the freedom to really devote himself to this research rather than [teaching] or applying for small grants,” said Jensen. Read more
Tuesday, February 26, 2019 Sea Grant Announces Funding Opportunities for Aquaculture Sea Grant Announces Funding Opportunities for Aquaculture Tuesday, February 26, 2019 0 2612 Sea Grant Announces Funding Opportunities for Aquaculture Sea Grant's 2019 national aquaculture program includes three federal funding opportunities to advance priority project types. Read more
Thursday, February 21, 2019 Woods Hole Sea Grant Facilitates Development of Aquaculture Siting Tool in Massachusetts Woods Hole Sea Grant Facilitates Development of Aquaculture Siting Tool in Massachusetts Thursday, February 21, 2019 0 469 Woods Hole Sea Grant Facilitates Development of Aquaculture Siting Tool in Massachusetts A new online aquaculture siting tool called MA-ShellfAST simplifies the process of selecting and establishing a shellfish farm for Massachusetts-based farmers using funding from the NOAA Sea Grant 2016 Aquaculture Extension and Technology Transfer program. Read more
Thursday, January 31, 2019 Sea Grant Highlights: January 2019 Sea Grant Highlights: January 2019 Thursday, January 31, 2019 0 632 Sea Grant Highlights: January 2019 Stories from around the Sea Grant network New year, same great Sea Grant work! Here’s a look back at some of Sea Grant highlights you may have missed from January. Read more