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An ocean aquaculture site with circular fish pens in Norway. Image credit: Tapani Hellman

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MIT Sea Grant Awarded Two Aquaculture Grants from NOAA Sea Grant

NOAA Sea Grant to invest $8.8 million to enhance aquaculture production, capacity and knowledge sharing August 13, 2024 – Hallee Meltzer, National Sea Grant Office To further support sustainable U.S. aquaculture, NOAA Sea Grant selected…

MA Sea Grant Graduate Research Fellows Neida Villanueva Galarza and Bridgett Hunt

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Massachusetts Sea Grant Fellows Focus in on Blue Crabs and Coastal Jellyfish

MIT Sea Grant and WHOI Sea Grant jointly announce two new Massachusetts Sea Grant Graduate Research Fellows In 2021, MIT Sea Grant and Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) Sea Grant announced a new fellowship program to support…

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Interagency Working Group on Ocean and Coastal Mapping Visits MIT Sea Grant

By Avery Plachcinski (Abdul Latif Jameel Water and Food Systems Lab) >>See the story via J-WAFS On July 11, 2024, the Interagency Working Group on Ocean and Coastal Mapping visited MIT Sea Grant for an overview of the program’s…

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New Marine Debris Visualization Interface

MIT Sea Grant has developed a new marine debris visualization interface with interactive tools for exploring the flow of debris from land to ocean. This new interface is a product of the project, "Massachusetts Marine Debris From Source…

Unyime Usua and Santiago Borrego stand in front of MIT Sea Grant

Two Students Win 2024 Dean A. Horn Award

Unyime Usua and Santiago Borrego win 2024 Dean A. Horn Award for Undergraduate Study in Marine Research MIT Sea Grant is happy to announce the winners of the 2024 Dean A. Horn Award for Undergraduate Study in Marine Research. This year’s…

River herring migrating up a river (Photo: Tim Briggs)

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River Herring Machine Learning Monitoring Systems

MIT Sea Grant Assistant Director, Advisory Services Robert Vincent and a team from the Institute for Experiential Robotics at Northeastern University – Anuj Shrivatsav Srikanth, Saicharan Thirandas, Dhanush Adithya Balamuguran, Anurag…

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Special Sea Grant Issue of Oceanography

MIT Sea Grant students Santiago Borrego and Unyime Usua hold oyster shells.

Advancing technology for aquaculture: MIT Sea Grant students apply machine learning to support local aquaculture hatchery

According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, aquaculture in the United States represents a $1.5 billion industry annually. Like land-based farming, shellfish aquaculture requires healthy seed production in order to maintain…

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Welcoming MIT Assistant Professor Aristide Gumyusenge as 2024 Doherty Professor in Ocean Utilization

MIT Sea Grant welcomes MIT Assistant Professor Aristide Gumyusenge from the Department of Materials Science and Engineering (DMSE) as a 2024 Doherty Professor in Ocean Utilization. Assistant Professor Gumyusenge was nominated by MIT DMSE…

A drawing of the artificial reef structures just off of a coast with houses.

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Artificial Reef Designed by MIT Engineers to Protect Marine Life, Reduce Storm Damage

The sustainable and cost-saving structure could dissipate more than 95 percent of incoming wave energy using a small fraction of the material normally needed. Jennifer Chu (MIT News) | March 26, 2024 >>Read the full story via…