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Sea Grant Projects Provide $3.3M in Support of Seafood Industry Workforce Development

August 15, 2023 (Brooke Carney, NSGO) >>Read the full Sea Grant announcement NOAA Sea Grant is pleased to announce the selection of 10 projects through two competitions aimed at bolstering workforce development efforts in fisheries…

A lighthouse and sea birds on a Massachusetts coast. Photo by Sarah Guitart

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Now Accepting Applications: Massachusetts Sea Grant Graduate Research Fellowship

Woods Hole Sea Grant and MIT Sea Grant are pleased to jointly announce the Massachusetts Sea Grant Graduate Research Fellowship is open to new applicants. The purpose of this Fellowship is to support exceptional prospective graduate students…

Two people shellfishing on a sandy shore

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Seeking Input: Shellfishing Survey Open through July 28

It's shellfishing season! Share your input to help inform NEW shellfishing web tools: Take the Survey (5-7 min) *Survey open through July 28* MIT Sea Grant is working with the Massachusetts Division of Marine Fisheries and a pilot group…

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MIT Sea Grant Students Travel to Ireland for 2023 OCEANS Conference

Pictured: MIT at the OCEANS Conference! Top: Joice Himawan, Daniel Klahn, Sebastián-Monsalvo, Ansel Garcia-Langley, Adrienne Lai, Emma Rutherford, Arianna Ilvonen, Kevin Bennett, Drew Bennett; Bottom: Suparnamaaya Prasad, Fiona Gillespie,…

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Modeling Future Ocean Acidification for Coastal Industries

Mechanical Engineering PhD Candidate Bianca Champenois looks at geophysical systems of land, air, and water to help track ocean acidification. MIT SPECTRUM – Bianca Champenois SM '22 looks at a digital map of Massachusetts Bay speckled with…

A person holds a plastic bag on the shore of a beach.

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Addressing Marine Debris through Education and Community Engagement

NOAA Sea Grant announces $27M to further community-engaged marine debris removal and prevention NOAA Sea Grant has announced $27 million in projects that will address the prevention and removal of debris in marine and Great Lakes environments…

Four photographs showing students working at a table, pulling up a plankton tow, and holding a crab, and an image of the Charles River Floating Wetland

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MIT Sea Grant Announces 2023 STREAM Funded Projects

Six new STREAM Grant projects focus on coastal education, renewable energy, and sea level rise MIT Sea Grant launched a new grants program this past year, open to a diversity of applicants across Massachusetts. STREAM Grants — Solutions…

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