Connecticut Archives - NOAA Sea Grant

Official websites use .gov
A .gov website belongs to an official government organization in the United States.

Secure .gov websites use HTTPS
A lock ( ) or https:// means you’ve safely connected to the .gov website. Share sensitive information only on official, secure websites.

Post Archives
Category: Connecticut

Scroll down to view posts

Academia to Government

Sea Grant Announces the 2024 Class of the John A. Knauss Marine Policy Fellowship

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) National Sea Grant College Program (Sea Grant) is pleased to announce the finalists for the 2024 class of the John A. Knauss Marine Policy Fellowship program. The 85 early-career professionals selected will be placed in federal government offices throughout Washington, D.C., and join the over 1,600 individuals who have participated in the program since its inception in 1979.

September 15, 2023

Aquaculture

Connecticut Sea Grant expert, kelp farmer interviewed for NBC Today show

Adding farmed seafood to your plate is a great way to go green! This Earth Week, Al Roker and NBC’s Today show profiled aquaculture, or seafood farming, as part of their climate solution coverage.

April 17, 2023

Connecticut

Connecticut-Rhode Island Sea Grant training results in economic impact of over $1.97 million

A Connecticut and Rhode Island Sea Grant partnership offers annual US Food and Drug Association-mandated training in the application of Hazard Analysis and Critical Control

April 28, 2022

Connecticut

Safety Training Helps Fishermen Survive in a Dangerous Job

Thirty-six commercial fishermen and state agency personnel took part in a daylong safety and survival training course sponsored by Connecticut Sea Grant, Fishing Partnership Support Services, the U.S.

April 28, 2022

Connecticut

Episode 4: STEAMing Along

In this episode of On My Coast, we’re joined by Beth Lenz (Assistant Director for Diversity and Community Engagement at Hawai’i Sea Grant), Keith Ellenbogen (Associate Professor of Photography at SUNY the Fashion Institute of Technology & Visiting Artist at MIT Sea Grant), and Syma Ebbin (Research Coordinator at Connecticut Sea Grant & Associate Professor in Residence at the University of Connecticut) for a roundtable-style conversation about art and science.

Portions of this live conversation have been edited for clarity.

January 28, 2022

Connecticut

Sea Grant partnership seeks research proposals focused on the co-existence of ocean energy with Northeast fishing and coastal communities

The Northeast Sea Grant Consortium, in partnership with the U.S. Department of Energy’s Wind Energy Technologies Office and Water Power Technologies Office, and NOAA’s Northeast Fisheries Science Center, announces a research funding opportunity to improve understanding of offshore renewable energy interactions with fishing and coastal communities to optimize ocean co-use. Pre-proposals are due May 14, 2021.

March 29, 2021

Aquaculture

Gathering builds bridges between kelp farmers, federal and state regulators in Connecticut

Originally posted by Connecticut Sea Grant About 25 federal and state regulators met with current and aspiring kelp farmers at UConn’s Avery Point campus in

January 3, 2018

Aquaculture

Sea Grant Association Presents Research to Application Awards for seaweed aquaculture

NEWPORT, RI— Seaweed cultivation is a rapidly growing industry in New England, providing new economic opportunities for seaside communities and would-be sea vegetable farmers. The widespread

October 25, 2016

Anastasiia Palamarchuk making art from ship's rope with children

Connecticut

Graduate Education: Connecticut student uses art to discover womenâ€™s seafaring history

Yale graduate student’s project selected by Connecticut Sea Grant’s 2016 Arts Funding Program

August 17, 2016

Climate and Hazard Adaptation

Connecticut Sea Grant launches website to help coastal homeowners

The website serves as a decision support tool. Connecticut Sea Grant announces a new website intended to assist coastal Connecticut beach property owners and beach

August 4, 2016

Community Resilience: Documentary on NOAA Sea Grant Coastal Storm Awareness Program

New documentary short on Coastal Storm Awareness educates Emergency Managers, empowers Coastal Communities

May 18, 2016

Connecticut

Best Practices for Ocean Literacy Shared through Fulbright Program

Connecticut Sea Grant's Education Coordinator had the opportunity to assess strategic benefits for integrating Ocean Literacy into research and training strategies with experts from the US, Japan, Canada, and the European Union as a participant of the Fulbright Specialist Program.

November 5, 2015

Aquaculture

National Seafood Month: Spotlight on Connecticut Sea Grant Extension Agent Tessa Getchis

" Sea Grant is about the community we are connected to. We are a small staff, but we collaborate with a myriad of organizations to conduct research and get the word out about Connecticut’s coastal and maritime resources and challenges. Our strength is in our partnerships."

October 6, 2015

Climate

Connecticut Shoreline Change Analysis â€“ 100 Years of Erosion and Accretion

An important part of coastal resilience is understanding the dynamics of the shoreline, particularly, “How has the shoreline changed?” With funding from NOAA and National Sea Grant, a team from Connecticut Sea Grant, UConn CLEAR, UConn Extension and Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection took on an ambitious project designed to understand and quantify shoreline change in Connecticut over the last 100 years.

August 21, 2015

Hurricane Sandy

Connecticut

CT Residents Need Better Preparation and Response for Coastal Storms

A new Coastal Storm Awareness Program study finds that many residents of coastal Connecticut need to be better prepared for the significant safety and economic threats posed by severe coastal storms.

March 26, 2015

Tess Getchis

Aquaculture

Connecticut Sea Grant helps get loss protection for shellfish and seaweed farmers

Connecticut Sea Grant assists aquaculture industry, bringing policy makers and stakeholders together, netting new benefits for ocean crop loss.

February 2, 2015

Coastal Resilience Law Conferences

Connecticut

Coastal Resilience Law Conferences

Connecticut Sea Grant partnered with the University of Connecticut Law School and the National Sea Grant Law Center to hold two conferences on resilience

October 23, 2014

Riparian Buffer Analysis and Outreach Program for Coastal Connecticut

Coastal Economy

Riparian Buffer Analysis and Outreach Program for Coastal Connecticut

Connecticut Sea Grant and CLEAR partnered to conduct a GIS analysis of riparian buffers for Connecticut and to develop an outreach program on riparian areas.

October 23, 2014

Sentinel Monitoring for Climate Change in Long Island Sound

Climate

Sentinel Monitoring for Climate Change in Long Island Sound

The Sentinel Monitoring for Climate Change Program in Long Island Sound is a multi-disciplinary scientific approach to provide early warning of climate change impacts to Long Island Sound ecosystems and species to facilitate appropriate and timely management decisions and adaptation responses.

October 23, 2014

Connecticut Rain Garden App

Coastal Economy

Connecticut Rain Garden App

CLEAR and CTSG partnered to develop a Rain Garden App designed to help people properly install a rain garden, a critical tool in the face of changing precipitation patterns.

October 23, 2014

Coastal Riparian Landscaping Guide

Coastal Economy

Coastal Riparian Landscaping Guide

With EPA support, Connecticut Sea Grant partnered with CLEAR and University of Connecticut's Deptartment of Plant Science and Landscape Architecture to produce the web-based tool, Coastal Riparian Landscaping Guide for Long Island Sound.

October 23, 2014

Connecticut Climate Adaptation Academy

Climate

Connecticut Climate Adaptation Academy

Climate Adaptation Academy is a one-day session on topics relevant to municipal commission members (Planning and Zoning, Inland Wetlands, Conservation), municipal officials, coastal engineers and other interested professionals.

October 23, 2014

Coastal Economy

Connecticut Shoreline Trends Analyses

Connecticut Sea Grant partnered with CLEAR and the Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP) to conduct a Geographic Information System (GIS) time series analysis using maps of the Connecticut shoreline from time periods between 1880 and 2006

October 21, 2014

Announcements

Working with CT’s Coastal Communities in the Aftermath of Major Storms-Collaborations and Barriers

Please join us for the first Sea Grant Climate Network Webinar. Connecticut Sea Grant's Juliana Barrett will be discussing CT's work with coastal communities following major storms.

September 19, 2014

Housatonic River Estuary

Connecticut

Research Sleuths Track Down Elusive PFCs in Long Island Sound Watershed

Mike Whitney, PhD and Penny Vlahos, PhD, Associate Professors of Marine Sciences at the University of Connecticut, are a physical and chemical oceanographer team that are funded by Connecticut Sea Grant to research the source perfluorinated compounds or PFCs in Long Island Sound.

June 4, 2014

Connecticut

NOAA Sea Grant Announces Projects for $1.4M Coastal Storm Awareness Program

Connecticut Sea Grant, New Jersey Sea Grant, and New York Sea Grant have awarded funds totaling $1.4 million to support ten social science research projects to improve community understanding and response to coastal storm hazard information as part of NOAA Sea Grant’s Coastal Storm Awareness Program.

January 16, 2014

Climate

Sea Grant Funds Projects to Improve Public Hazard Response

Nine project were selected from New Jersey, New York and Connecticut Sea Grant Connecticut Sea Grant, New Jersey Sea Grant, and New York Sea Grant have funded

January 10, 2014

Climate

A Year After Sandy: Sea Grant and Coastal Storm Awareness

The Sea Grant network has been actively engaged in both the short term and long term recovery for those impacted by Sandy.

October 30, 2013

coastal erosion after Hurricane Sandy

Climate

Coastal Communities Sharing Ways to Adapt to Climate Change

Helping diverse coastal communities adapt to a wide array of impacts from climate change is a challenge. Learn how Connecticut Sea Grant is making things a little easier by compiling the best practices from 34 communities along the northeast coast, from Maine to Virginia, and displaying them in an interactive map.

September 23, 2013

Connecticut

Create a Rain Garden with new NOAA Sea Grant-funded app

Rain Garden, a new free iPhone app, guides users on how to create and install rain gardens that curtail runoff of pollutants, prevent erosion, and provide wildlife habitat. Development of the app was funded by the NOAA Sea Grant Climate Change Adaptation Capacity Building Initiative and developed by Connecticut Sea Grant and the University of Connecticut Center for Land Use Education and Research.

April 12, 2013