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New Hampshire Estuaries Project Receives Contribution from Seabrook Station More Info...[Pictured: Al Legendre, Principal Engineer at Seabrook Station, presents a check for $12,000 to NEP Director Jennifer Hunter.] |
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On Monday, October 13, 2008, President Bush signed the the National Sea Grant College Program Amendments Act of 2008 which reauthorizes the Sea Grant Program from 2009 through 2014. Signing of this Act promotes further integration among Sea Grant state programs, partners, and stakeholders; enhances regional and national collaboration; redefines the role of the National Sea Grant Review Panel and changes it into a National Sea Grant Advisory Board; and authorizes increased funding for the program over the next six years. |
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Atlantic bluefin tuna migration patterns and diets are the focus of a study conducted by researchers at the UNH Large Pelagics Research Lab. Stomach content and stable isotope analyses are helping scientists obtain more accurate data about this species. More info...[Photo by Gilad Heinisch, UNH Large Pelagics Research Lab] |
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Gary Shepherd from NOAA Fisheries NEFSC, shown here discussing his poster about seasonal distribution and movements of black sea bass in the northwest Atlantic, was one of the many attendees at the Oct. 17 Northeast Regional Tagging Symposium. More info... |
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UNH Team Participates in International Gas Hydrate Research Expedition. More info... |
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Apologies to MARGARET Boettcher, identified last month as Margorie Boettcher! We have several new faculty and research scientists at UNH this semester. Please join us in welcoming Linda Kalnejais, Earth Sciences; Diane Foster, Ocean and Mechanical Engineering; Tom Lippmann, Center for Coastal and Ocean Mapping; and Majorie Boettcher, Center for Coastal and Ocean Mapping. |
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Rollie Barnaby, a commercial fisheries extension educator for NH Sea Grant, is the recipient of the 2008 Northeast Sea Grant Outstanding Outreach Individual Award. Barnaby, who recently retired, received this award for his role in creating and fostering the Northeast Consortium. The Northeast Sea Grant Outstanding Outreach Achievement Award is given out every two years to provide peer recognition of outstanding outreach programs developed by individuals or with multiple collaborators. The Northeast Sea Grant network is composed of programs in the states of Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island and New York. |
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Congratulations to Ph.D. student Lina M. Saavedra Diaz of OPAL who was one of just 15 women worldwide to receive a two-year fellowship under the UNESCOL'OREAL International Fellowships for Women in Science program. Diaz is working on developing co-management approaches for artisanal or low-technology fisheries in small communities on both the Atlantic and Pacific coasts of Colombia. She will be working with several communities directly to find ways to meet local needs and reduce overexploitation of coastal resources. |
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The UNH OSR Internal Approval Form (Yellow Sheet) for applications to external sponsors has been updated for immediate use. It is located online at the Office of Sponsored Research web site. |
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One of the Large Pelagics Research Center's pop-up satellite archival tags (PTT 4233) was recently recovered in Ireland. Turns out it was originally put on a Nova Scotia bluefin tuna in 2005. It stayed on for 355 days (11 months as scheduled). It reported a tremendous amount of data that showed the tuna had traveled from Nova Scotia to the Eastern Atlantic (all the way to Spain) and back. The tag reported (in 2006) within 50 to 100 miles of where it was first deployed. Better yet, the bluefin tuna was recaptured and harvested by a Nova Scotia fisherman (Garth Nickerson) at the same anchor point it had been tagged and released almost one year earlier. We are doing a few final checks to verify all this information, but if you're interested in all the details, check in with Becca Toppin, ext. 2-2473. Some of the information is available on the tuna lab web site. |
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International Conference on Shellfish Restoration - ICSR/2008 - November 19-22, 2008 |
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Oceans Past II - May 26-28, 2009 - Deadline for Abstract Submission: December 1, 2008 |
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Dr. Erik Chapman of the Large Pelagics Research Center will give a seminar on Monday, Nov. 3, at 3 pm in Morse Hall 401. The seminar is titled: Factors Affecting Adult Foraging and Chick Growth for Adelie penguins (Pygoscelis adeliae) off the Western Antarctic Peninsula: a Modeling Study |
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The Great Bay Coast Watch will hold its annual potluck "Chili and Chowdah Fest" at the Urban Forestry Center, 45 Elwyn Avenue, Portsmouth, on Friday, Nov. 14, from 5:30 – 7:30 p.m. Anyone interested in celebrating the Watch's 19th season is invited to attend. Beverages, breads and desserts will be provided. Those attending are encouraged to bring other items to share, including chili, chowder, appetizers or salads. Recipes for these items are encouraged as well. For more information or to RSVP for the potluck, please contact Great Bay Coast Watch coordinator Ann Reid at 603.749.1565 or ann.reid@unh.edu by Wednesday, November 12. |
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The Rip Tide - Fall 2008The Fall Quarterly E-Newsletter of the New Hampshire Coastal Program |
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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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EPA Environmental Protection Agency 2009 Academic Year EPA Great Research Opportunities (GRO) Fellowships for Undergraduate Environmental Study Grants
Deadline: December 11, 2008, 4:00 pm Eastern Time |
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EPA 6th Annual P3 Awards: A National Student Design Competition for Sustainability Focusing on People, Prosperity and the Planet
Deadline: December 23, 2008 |
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Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad (DDRA) FellowshipDeadline: November 13, 2008 |
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FY09 Atlantic Salmon Conservation GrantsDeadline: November 14, 2008 |
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FY 2009 Saltonstall-Kennedy Grant Program CompetitionChange in Requirements and Deadline Extended to November 3, 2008. |
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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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 A stow-away on the R/V Gulf Challenger! Read how our courageous crew handled this situation! |
 GBCW volunteer Ron Morales and a Newmarket High School student check the air temperature at a water monitoring site on the Lamprey River recently. |
 Left to right, Peter Smith, Ray Konisky, marine conservation ecologist from the Nature Conservancy's Great Bay Office, and Krystin Ward, research technician at JEL, load up a rowboat with approximately 3,000 juvenile oysters. The oysters were raised by local volunteers under their boat docks until they reached the right size. Konisky and Ward collected the oysters for placement in the Oyster River in Durham to help reestablish their populations in the Great Bay Estuary. The placement occurred under Smith's dock near a well-established oyster bed. |
Bare trees and a chilly fog at Adams Point mean that you know what is coming. |
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