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Meet the 2023 Knauss Finalists: Sea Grant Announces Finalists for the John A. Knauss Marine Policy Fellowship

July 27, 2022 (Hallee Meltzer & Amara Davis, NOAA Sea Grant) — Continuing the tradition of placing early career professionals in Washington, D.C. federal government offices, NOAA and Sea Grant are pleased to announce the finalists…
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NOAA’s Sea Grant and Disaster Preparedness Programs help address disaster impacts and recovery with three new projects

Dale Oakley Jr., Assistant Director of Natural Resources, Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe, is a key personnel on MIT Sea Grant’s disaster preparedness project. Oakley stands next to a camera system installed as part of a river herring monitoring project…
A blue shark approaches the camera of underwater photographer Keith Ellenbogen.
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June 22 – Nov 1 on NEAQ’s Central Wharf – Space to Sea: A Photographic Journey into Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary

BOSTON, MA (June 2022) – Acclaimed underwater photographer Keith Ellenbogen brings the rich and surprising biodiversity of marine life off the Massachusetts coast—including great white sharks, humpback whales, sea turtles, and North…
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Ethan Lietch (MechE ’22) wins Dean A. Horn Award for Undergraduate Study in Marine Research

MIT Sea Grant announces the winner of the 2022 Dean A. Horn Award for Undergraduate Study in Marine Research. This year’s award goes to Ethan Lietch, a graduating senior in the MIT Mechanical Engineering Department, for his work developing…
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Sea Grant, DOE, NOAA Fisheries fund six projects for the coexistence of offshore energy with Northeast fishing and coastal communities

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J-WAFS Seed Funding Supporting Shellfisheries

The Abdul Latif Jameel Water and Food Systems Lab (J-WAFS) announced eight funded projects totaling over $1M in support of advancements in water and food systems, including MIT Sea Grant’s “Cloud-based data applications for streamlining…
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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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MIT News: Progress Toward a Sustainable Campus Food System

Nicole Morell | MIT Office of Sustainability (Photo credit: Doreen Leggett/Cape Cod Commercial Fishermen's Alliance) As part of MIT’s updated climate action plan, known as “Fast Forward,” Institute leadership committed…