MIT Sea Grant’s Sea Perch Program Travels to Cyprus
In September 2008, MIT Sea Grant partnered with The Cyprus Institute: Energy, Environment and Water Research Center [ https://eewrc.cyi.ac.cy/?q=node/1 ] to lead Sea Perch workshops for 15 teachers and almost 100 Cypriot student. During two…
2008 MIT Sea Grant Lecture, October 15
20-Ton Canaries: The Great Whales of the North Atlantic
Cambridge, MA -- What can North Atlantic Whales tell us about our oceans and climate? How can science, law, government and policy help protect these endangered mammals?A two-day symposium co-hosted by the MIT Sea Grant College Program and the…
20-Ton Canaries: The Great Whales of the North Atlantic
MIT Sea Grant Takes Sea Perch Program to Cyprus
This September, The MIT Sea Grant College Program is taking its innovative underwater robotics program known as Sea Perch on the road¤and across the sea¤to Cyprus. The educational program, initiated with the U.S. Office of Naval Research,…
Self-propelled Aquaculture Cage Debuts in Culebra
A boat towing a fish cage is business as usual on fish farms. But a cage towing a boat? That novel role reversal was on display recently in Culebra, Puerto Rico, as part of a project led by Cliff Goudey, director of MIT Sea Grant's Offshore…
Hover and Alm Chosen for Doherty Professorship
The MIT Sea Grant College Program has selected two recipients of the 2008 Doherty Professorship in Ocean Utilization. Franz Hover, assistant professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, and Eric Alm, assistant professor in the Department…
Lincoln-Sudbury Wins 2008 Blue Lobster Bowl
Students from Lincoln-Sudbury Regional High School took home the first-place prize at the 2008 Blue Lobster Bowl held at MIT on February 9, 2008. That team will head to Seward, Alaska in late April for the final competition in The National Ocean…
Request for Proposals: Wildlife Habitat Policy Research Program
The Wildlife Habitat Policy Research Program (WHPRP) is soliciting Letters of Intent (Due December 3, 2007) for our competitive awards program. Application for the awards is open to everyone. The WHPRP will fund six specific projects in 2008…
Seeking Non-native Species in New England Waters
A team of researchers led by MIT Sea Grant recently scoured docks and piers from Cape Cod to Maine, searching for non-native species of animals and plants. By collecting, identifying, and cataloguing introduced plants and animals, researchers…
Robots on the River
What can robots do for you? How can technology respond to real-world issues? In this day-long program aimed at Cambridge Public School students, MIT Sea Grant will demonstrate its new Katrina boat and an Autonomous Underwater Vehicle on the…
PUBLIC INFORMATIONAL MEETINGS ON RED TIDE DISASTER RELIEF FUNDS
MarineFisheries AdvisoryIn response to the 2005 red tide disaster, Congress provided the Commonwealth of Massachusetts with $2 million to assist fishermen to recover from severe economic impacts due to fisheries disasters declared in 2005. In…
