Degradation of Coastal Waters

MIT Sea Grant funded researcher, Matt Charette, along with Henrieta Dulaiova, has developed a radon/nitrate mapping system for a large scale assessment of submarine groundwater discharge and non-point source pollution to coastal watersBy Nancy…

Volunteers needed for Charles River Clean-up, Sat. April 21, 9-12.

Come help MIT Sea Grant with the Annual Earth Day Charles River Cleanup! MIT Sea Grant is coordinating trash pick-up along the grassy areas and sidewalks on the Cambridge side of the Charles River between the Massachusetts Avenue and Longfellow…

Division of Marine Fisheries announces that the Nauset Estuary is closed to the harvest of all shellfishdue to Paralytic Shellfish Poison (PSP) toxin, known also as red tide.

March 7, 2012Commonwealth of Massachusetts Division of Marine FisheriesPaul J. Diodati, Director251 Causeway Street, Suite 400, Boston, Massachusetts 02114(617) 626-1520Due to Paralytic Shellfish Poison (PSP) toxin (also known as "Red Tide")…