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Sept 29: Catch MIT Sea Grant + SeaPerch II at the Cambridge Science Festival

Underwater Robots and Ocean Science with MIT Sea Grant Meet SeaPerch II, a DIY underwater robot that can also take data on water quality! Stop by for interactive demonstrations of the sensors and grippers. Explore how climate change is affecting…
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Public Comments Sought for MIT Sea Grant Review

Deadline: October 11, 2024 MIT Sea Grant will be reviewed on October 22-24, 2024 by a team convened by the National Sea Grant College Program. The review will be conducted on campus at MIT Sea Grant and will consider all aspects of MIT…
AIM intern flipping an oyster bag on an aquaculture farm
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Three Interns Placed through Aquaculture Internships for Massachusetts Program

Aquaculture Internships for Massachusetts (AIM), a collaborative partnership with MIT Sea Grant, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Sea Grant, and Barnstable County Cooperative Extension, provided two weeks of training and three weeks of hands-on…
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…
A map from the new marine debris visualization interface
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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
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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…
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Four MIT Sea Grant Students Place in MIT MechE De Florez Award Competition

The MIT Mechanical Engineering De Florez Award Competition honors students demonstrating "Outstanding Ingenuity and Creative Judgment" in areas that utilize mechanical engineering knowledge or practice. Four MIT Sea Grant UROP (Undergraduate…
MIT Sea Grant students Santiago Borrego and Unyime Usua hold oyster shells.
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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…
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…