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July 9: Join the Charles River Conservancy and MIT Sea Grant for a Floating Wetland LEAP Lab

LEAP Lab: Floating Wetlands Saturday, July 9, 2022 11:00 AM 12:30 PM Kendall/MIT Open Space 292 Main Street, Cambridge, MA, 02142 (map) Registration recommended! Click here to register Celebrating the Charles River and Mother Nature Join…
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Announcing: STREAM Grants — Solutions Through Research, Education, and Art in Massachusetts

MIT Sea Grant is excited to announce a new grants program open to a diversity of Massachusetts applicants. STREAM Grants — Solutions Through Research, Education, and Art in Massachusetts — will support 1-year projects <$10,000. STREAM…
River herring migrating up a river (Photo: Tim Briggs)
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Downriver and Out to Sea: Sea Grant Stories of Sea-Run Fish

Photo by Tim Briggs, NHSG Each spring, hundreds of thousands of river herring rush through Massachusetts coastal waters to spawn. Explore stories of sea-run fish and the Sea Grant researchers working to understand and protect these ecologically…
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March 17: MIT Sea Grant Symposium with Funded Researchers and Knauss Fellow

Join MIT Sea Grant for a symposium on Thursday, March 17th from 1-4:30 PM with our FY2020 and FY2021 funded researchers and Knauss Fellow. Please register to receive the symposium agenda and link. Thursday, March 17th 2022 1 - 4:30 PM Virtual…
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Community Effort Provides $79,950 in COVID-19 Related Rapid Response Grants to Support Massachusetts Municipal Shellfish Initiatives

Woods Hole, MIT Sea Grant Programs lead effort with assistance from Barnstable County Cape Cod Cooperative Extension, Cape Cod 5, and Massachusetts Oyster Project to benefit both recreational and commercial fisheries across region.   December…
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Visualizing a Resilient Coast: A Photographic Presentation with Visiting Artist Keith Ellenbogen

On Thursday, November 18, MIT Sea Grant hosted a coastal resilience presentation with our Visiting Artist Keith Ellenbogen in Hockfield Court, open to the MIT Community. >>View on the MIT Events Calendar Kickoff was at 5:30pm with an…
A deckhand on a lobster fishing vessel preparing equipment at sea.
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Sea Grant announces $2 million in support of 2021 American Lobster Initiative efforts

A deckhand for the FV Sugar Daddy prepares a line of lobster traps to be set off shore of Portsmouth, New Hampshire (Photo by Tim Briggs | New Hampshire Sea Grant).   Hallee Meltzer, NOAA Sea Grant  (>> Continue to full article) Sea…
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Now Open: Knauss, NMFS-Sea Grant Joint Fellowship, and other Student Opportunities

MIT Sea Grant administers and promotes a number of fellowships and opportunities to support students pursuing studies in marine research. The application period is currently open for several programs: NOAA Office for Coastal Management’s…
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Protecting Our Seagrass Habitat – Participatory Public Art & Talk

October 16 & 17, 2021 (View event page for schedule) 5 Necco Street, Boston, MA Nedret Andre, Protecting Our Seagrass Habitat Boston, Fort Point Channel Arts Community is pleased to announce “Protecting our Seagrass Habitat” a…
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MIT Sea Grant UROP Student Publishes Piece on Climate Change and the Lobster Industry

“I’ll have the lobster”: How Climate Change Affects the American Lobster and its Industry By Maggie Erwin, 2021 MIT Sea Grant UROP student intern under supervision of Research Scientist Dr. Carolina Bastidas Published in SEVENSEAS…