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The Marine Program R/V Gulf Challenger Returns to the Sea!Looking good in her new paint job, fresh out of a haul-out at Fairhaven Ship Yard, the Gulf Challenger is now back at her berth and ready to work! Captain Bryan Soares reports that some of the major work included removing and repainting the bottom paint and repainting the top side blue hull paint, shafts were examined by a local machine shop where the cutlass bearings were replaced then re-installed along with the reconditioned propellers, hull zincs replaced and a lot of other maintenance items taken care of. The shipyard fabricated a new stern gate, replaced nylon bearings for trim tabs, and did some plumbing work in the engine room. All this work puts the GC in position to be duty ready until the next haul-out which won't happen for another 2-3 years. Thank you all for your patience as this much needed maintenance was completed! |
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Do you like seafood?NHSG's Ken La Valley and several colleagues are preparing some educational materials for seafood consumers. As a first step, they’re surveying those consumers to ascertain what sort of materials they’d find most useful. You can take the survey at: http://freeonlinesurveys.com/rendersurvey.asp?sid=nnojb94iojn5agt502100 |
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NH Estuaries Project awards 2009 local grantsThe NHEP has awarded funding for seven projects proposed to the Local Grants program in 2008. Projects include an optical brightener study of Spruce Creek (Town of Kittery/Spruce Creek Association); a Maine shoreland mapping project (Southern Maine Regional Planning Commission); a State of the River newsletter (Exeter River Local Advisory Committee); implementation of the Great Works River NPS Pollution Watershed Management Plan (Wells National Estuarine Research Reserve); land protection around Stonehouse Pond in Barrington (Trust for Public Land); implementation of Strategic Conservation Plan (Bear-Paw Regional Greenways); conservation of Pawtuckaway River and Kennard Hill Focus Areas (Southeast Land Trust of New Hampshire). Total NHEP funding awarded was $46,964.00. For more on the NHEP, see Worthy of Note below and/or visit http://www.nhep.unh.edu/index.html |
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UNH Students and Technicians Work Together on International Marine Sediment Research - Part II [This is the second part of an article about Joel Johnson's gas hydrate research. To read the first article, please see the November issue of Saltwater News here.] |
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UNH Marine Laboratory & Pier Facility Update -A look at the pier and pier support buildings' progress. More Info... |
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A New Center at UNHUNH recently established a new center - The Center for Comparative and Molecular Endocrinology (CME). Directed by Stacia Sower, the mission of CME will focus on the molecular components shared by endocrine systems, especially in their dynamic interactions. More Info... |
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Colin Ware Puts Science on a Sphere in New Smithsonian Hall |
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NH Estuaries Project will become the Piscataqua Region Estuaries Partnership on Jan. 1In December 2007, the NHEP Management Committee voted unanimously to expand the NHEP's area of focus to the entire Great Bay Estuary watershed, including the 24 percent of the watershed in Maine. This shift is a critical step toward achieving the program's watershed-wide goals of improving water quality and protecting and restoring important habitats. |
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Congratulations to Nora Bean, who successfully defended her thesis on Nov.21. She is working toward her M.S. at JEL with Fred Short. The title of her thesis is: "Eelgrass in the Great Bay Estuary, New Hampshire and Maine: Monitoring Eelgrass Decline and Educating Local Students".
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Congratulations to Nancy Kinner, Co-Director of the Coastal Response Research Center, who is the 2008 recipient of the Faculty Excellence Award in Public Service. |
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Congratulations to:Brianna and Pete Sullivan on the birth of their second child and first son Trey Sullivan! Trey arrived on November 14, 2008 weighing in at 7 lbs, 14 oz. Brianna is a research scientist and outreach specialist in the Center for Coastal & Ocean Mapping (CCOM). |
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Congratulations to:Jennifer and Brad Hunter on the birth of their second son Max Henson Hunter. Max arrived on November 25, 2008 weighing in at 8 lbs., 6 oz. and was welcomed home big-brother Sam. Jenn is the Director of the NH Estuaries Project. |
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Weathering the Storm: Low Impact Development Conference and Vendor Fair - Dec. 3-4, Grappone Conference Center, Concord. More info... |
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Oceans Past II - May 26-28, 2009 - Deadline for Abstract Submission: December 1, 2008 |
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Ann Reid is retiring after serving as the coordinator of the Great Bay Coast Watch for 20 years. Please join us to send her off in style: Monday, Dec. 15, 3:30-6:30, New England Center Cafe. |
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The UNH Marine Docents will hold their annual Holiday Luncheon and Silent Auction Thursday, Dec. 11, at the Newington Town Hall. The festivities start at 11. |
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Habitat Protection and RestorationThe NHEP is one of 12 programs featured in the newly published Habitat Protection and Restoration from the U.S EPA National Estuary Program. The 100-page book highlights a variety of projects by estuary programs across the country that preserve fragile ecosystems and enhance degraded coastal watersheds. Featured projects include oyster gardening in Delaware, invasive plant control in North Carolina, anadromous fish passage projects around the Long Island Sound, seagrass recovery in Florida, tidal flow restoration in Oregon, and land protection in New Hampshire. Copies are free and can be ordered by emailing a request to NHEP.Assistance@unh.edu. |
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Post-Doc Fellowships (2): Marine Biomedicine and Environmental Sciences Center (MUSC)Deadline: Applications reviewed between November 1 and December 31, 2008 |
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Undergraduate Fellowship: 2009 Academic Year EPA Greater Research Opportunities (GRO) Fellowships for Undergraduate Environmental StudyDeadline: December 11, 2008 |
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Undergraduate Fellowship: NOAA's Ernest F. Hollings Undergraduate ScholarshipDeadline: January 30, 2009 |
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6th Annual P3 Awards: A National Student Design Competition for Sustainability Focusing on People, Prosperity and the PlanetDeadline: December 23, 2008 |
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UNH Marine Program Internal RFPThe Marine Program recently announced our annual RFP for marine research. This RFP is
is intended to stimulate marine research and is open to UNH Marine Program faculty, graduate students, and staff - with preference given to graduate students and junior faculty. A copy of the guidelines and application form is available HERE. |
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New Hampshire Sea GrantNH Sea Grant will release its 2010-2011 RFP in January 2009. For more information, keep on eye on the program's web site. (http://www.seagrant.unh.edu/fundinginfo.html) |
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 R/V Cocheco making the 7 hour passage back from Woods Hole November 20. With temps in the 20's and winds 20 knots gusting to 25, that's cold in any language according to Ben Smith, Captain. Mate was retired Captain Paul Pelletier. |
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 An ocean sunfish in the Gulf of Maine. |
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