Wednesday, September 29, 2021 NOAA Sea Grant and Ocean Acidification Program projects to examine impacts of stressors on shellfish aquaculture NOAA Sea Grant and Ocean Acidification Program projects to examine impacts of stressors on shellfish aquaculture Wednesday, September 29, 2021 0 1118 NOAA Sea Grant and Ocean Acidification Program projects to examine impacts of stressors on shellfish aquaculture NOAA Sea Grant and the Ocean Acidification Program awarded more than $2.4 million to support projects that will address the impacts of multiple stressors on and increase resilience in shellfish aquaculture through research and industry partnerships. These projects will expand collaborations between researchers and the shellfish aquaculture industry throughout all aspects of the scientific process. Read more
Tuesday, September 28, 2021 Celebrate NOAA Aquaculture Week by learning about the AquaFort Celebrate NOAA Aquaculture Week by learning about the AquaFort Tuesday, September 28, 2021 0 288 Celebrate NOAA Aquaculture Week by learning about the AquaFort Just offshore of New Castle, New Hampshire, Sea Grant researchers are teaming up with local fishermen and farmers to create a new model for sustainable, small-scale finfish aquaculture: The AquaFort. Read more
Thursday, September 23, 2021 To Reef or Not Reef? Newly Funded Research Will Inform Decisions on the Fate of Gulf Oil Rigs To Reef or Not Reef? Newly Funded Research Will Inform Decisions on the Fate of Gulf Oil Rigs Thursday, September 23, 2021 0 329 To Reef or Not Reef? Newly Funded Research Will Inform Decisions on the Fate of Gulf Oil Rigs Sea Grant-supported researchers will produce data allowing decision makers to see the ecological and economic impacts of removing oil rigs or creating artificial reefs. The National Sea Grant College Program and the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement have awarded over $795 thousand to Texas Sea Grant and a team of researchers from Texas A&M University and LGL Ecological Research Services to produce information that could lead to the development of a decision-support tool modeling the ecological and economic effects of changing the composition of oil rigs in the gulf. Read more
Thursday, September 16, 2021 Multistate Sea Grant extension team awarded $2.4 million to share, inform reef fish science Multistate Sea Grant extension team awarded $2.4 million to share, inform reef fish science Thursday, September 16, 2021 0 455 Multistate Sea Grant extension team awarded $2.4 million to share, inform reef fish science The National Sea Grant College Program has announced that a regional collaborative of Sea Grant fisheries extension specialists, university scientists and fisheries managers will receive $2.4 million to develop and implement extension and outreach programming related to data and information from three large research projects focused on estimating the number of reef fish in the South Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico. Read more
Friday, September 10, 2021 Sea Grant Selects “Food from the Sea” Career Program Development Projects Sea Grant Selects “Food from the Sea” Career Program Development Projects Friday, September 10, 2021 0 1041 Sea Grant Selects “Food from the Sea” Career Program Development Projects NOAA’s National Sea Grant College Program and Office of Sustainable Fisheries awarded approximately $900,000 of FY21 federal funds to support projects that will initiate “Food from the Sea'' career development programs. With these funds, Sea Grant programs and partners will work collaboratively with members of the fishing industry to identify training needs and develop updated and/or new resources and programming to address those needs. Read more