CRRC Summer Research Fellow Joins OR&R

Zachary Magdol joins OR&R as a Coastal Response Research Center (CRRC) Research Fellow.  Zach just graduated from the University of New Hampshire (UNH) with a bachelor's degree in Environmental Engineering - Municipal Processes, and will begin the Master's Program in the Fall.  Zach is one of four students working through CRRC Fellowships.  One of his primary jobs will be to assist Doug Helton on the pollution threats from abandoned vessels, with a focus on the Puget Sound and Washington State waters.  The main goal of this project is to survey, accurately locate, and prioritize the risk associated with abandoned vessels in US waters.  He will revise the current database making it more accessible and usable for response decision-making.  Last summer he worked with the UNH Marine Debris Research Group with a grant from the NOAA Marine Debris Program concentrating on compiling existing data and collecting new data.  With the aid of his mentor, Dr. Jenna Jambeck, he developed a method to concisely express five years of marine debris collection data.  Zach is interested in the sources and transport of marine debris and other pollution sources.  Zach was part of the award-winning UNH team won first place in their task at the 2008 Environmental Design Contest held April 6-9, 2008, at New Mexico State University in Las Cruces, N.M. For more information on Zach and the other students working with ORR and CRRC, check out: www.crrc.unh.edu/students. For more information, contact  Amy.Merten@noaa.gov

Stacia Sower and UNH Undergraduates Attend 10th Annual Amoskeag Fishways Lamprey Appreciation Day. Read the story.

Doug Vandemark has assumed duties as the new director of COOA with Ru Morrison serving as associate director.

Tim Moore received his Ph.D. in Earth Science: Oceanography in May. He is currently doing a post-doc in Italy.

The North Shore Community Tuna Association is hosting a Bluefin Tuna Tagging Tournament to raise funds the UNH Large Pelagics Research Center on August 21-24, 2008.

NH Coastal Cleanup September 19-20, 2008

ICES Annual Science Conference, Halifax, Canada - September 22-26, 2008

4th National Conference on Coastal and Estuarine Habitat Restoration - October 11-15, 2008

Northeast Regional Fish Tagging Symposium - October 17, 2008

International Conference on Shellfish Restoration - ICSR/2008 - November 19-22, 2008

UNH Student Receives Prestigious Fellowship

Congratulations to Emily Klein, UNH Large Pelagics Research Center Fellow 2006-2008, on receiving the NOAA Dr. Nancy Foster Scholarship, funded through the National Marine Sanctuaries. Emily (faculty advisor, Andy Rosenberg) will receive funding for her doctoral research for four years to expand on her current work on understanding long-term ecosystem change and historical ecology in the Gulf of Maine. For more information on the NOAA Dr. Nancy Foster Scholarship...

Chemical oceanographer Karen VonDamm was elected a Geochemistry Fellow by the Geochemical Society and the European Association for Geochemistry in April. She was honored for her studies of the geochemistry of submarine hydrothermal systems.

New Hampshire Sea Grant Program Guide - 2008-2009

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Seafood - Balancing Benefits and Risks

(Available from NHSG)

New Hampshire Estuaries Project - Local Grants Program

NOAA Dept. of Commerce - FY09 Joint Hurricane Testbed - Modification 1

NOAA Dept. of Commerce - FY09 Ocean Exploration Omnibus - Education Grant

NOAA Dept. of Commerce - FY09 Ocean Exploration Omnibus - Marine Archaeology Grant

Anadromous Fish & Aquatic Invertebrate Research Lab Atlantic Marine Aquaculture Center Center for Coastal & Ocean Mapping Center for Marine Biology Center for Ocean Engineering Center for Ocean Science Coastal Marine Lab Coastal Ocean Observing Center Coastal Response Research Center Cooperative Institute for Coastal & Estuarine Environmental Technology Jackson Estuarine Lab Jere A. Chase Ocean Engineering Lab Joint Hydrographic Center Large Pelagics Research Center NH Sea Grant College Program Northeast Consortium Ocean Process Analysis Laboratory Piscataqua Region Estuaries PartnershipR/V Gulf Challenger Shoals Marine Lab UNH Diving Program