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UNH Researchers Studying Spiny Dogfish, Gulf of Maine’s Mini Shark
(Photo Credit: Rebecca Zeiber, UNH) |
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Oiled Wildlife Volunteer Training Hosted by the UNH Coastal Response Research Center |
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Students and professors in UNH's chemical engineering lab are at work trying to transform algae into biodiesel fuel. |
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Fisheries Expert Notes Success Stories at AAAS Meeting |
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Video-Based Mapping of Oyster Bottom in the Upper Piscataqua River, Sturgeon Creek, and Spruce Creek |
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Seagrass decline may be a sign of pollution
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The Coast Conservation Association of New Hampshire recently hosted its annual Bluefin Tuna Seminar, Tuna Mania IV, at the Red Hook Brewery in Portsmouth. The event attracted over 150 local anglers and captains who heard from local fishing guides and members of the Large Pelagics Research Center. The event raised over $5,000, which was donated to the Large Pelagics Research Center in support of its bluefin tuna research. The Center would like to thank Jeff Barnum (CCA-NH President), the organizing committee and all those who attended the event and gave so generously. See you on the water and don’t forget to Tag A Tiny™. |
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MeetingsThe Piscataqua Region Estuaries Partnership (formerly the N.H. Estuaries Project) is hosting a series of stakeholder meetings to update its Comprehensive Conservation and Management Plan (CCMP) for the Great Bay Estuary and Hampton-Seabrook Estuary watersheds. This is an opportunity to help revise the goals and objectives of the plan that will guide the Partnership’s actions in the next 10 years and determine future Partnership support for projects.The process to update the CCMP is divided into three theme areas: Water Resources, Land Use and Habitat Protection, and Living Resources and Habitat Restoration. Each theme has three meetings: The first is intended to establish goals and objectives, the second will establish action plans, and the third will prioritize the actions in the plan. Even though this is a sequential design, we encourage participation from interested stakeholders at any of the meetings. |
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Maine Maritime Museum Symposium - Fisheries: Past, Present and FutureAn invitation to the 37th Marine Maritime Museum Annual Symposium; a multi-disciplinary presentation on New England fisheries. |
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The UNH Marine Communicators will meet on March 26 at 3 PM at Kingman Farm.Anyone who works with university communication aspects involving the Marine Program is welcome to attend. Questions? Contact steve.adams@unh.edu. |
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Habitat Protection and RestorationThe Piscataqua Region Estuaries Project (Formerly 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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"A Decade of Discovery: Collaborative Research in the Gulf of Maine" by Rachel Feeney and Ken LaValleyA report on the 2008 Collaborative Research Visioning Project, a study of the merits of funding collaborations between fishermen and scientists. Available from the Northeast Consortium at http://www.northeastconsortium.org/ and N. H. Sea Grant. |
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Read the latest updates from "The Rip Tide", NH Coastal Program's quarterly newsletter. |
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Shellfish SpotlightA large-format, three-page brochure containing information about New Hampshire shellfish resources. Copies are available from the Piscataqua Region Estuaries Partnership at NHEP.Assistance@unh.edu |
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FellowshipNOAA Dr. Nancy Foster Scholarship |
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New Hampshire Sea GrantNH Sea Grant released its 2010-2011 RFP. Funding information is located at http://www.seagrant.unh.edu/fundinginfo.html. The deadline for pre-proposal submission is March 2, 2009. Information on the electronic submission process is included in the link above. |
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 Bob Campbell, manager of the Yankee Fishermen’s Co-Op in Seabrook, N.H., holds lobsters for sale at the winter farmer’s market in Exeter on Feb. 7. Live lobsters and fresh shrimp caught off the coast of N.H. were sold directly to consumers for the first time, thanks in part to the efforts of Ken La Valley, commercial fisheries specialist with N.H. Sea Grant and UNH Cooperative Extension. The initiative was highly successful — 500 lbs. of shrimp were sold in the first 35 minutes, and 90 lobsters were sold during the day. |
 Laughlin Siceloff attaching a data storage tag to an anesthetized Atlantic cod. |
A small steelhead trout from one of the aquaculture cages |
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