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Sea Grant Awards Funds for Three New Research Projects for Long Island Sound. (more info)
UCONN scientists work to predict and prevent possible outbreaks of illness from Vibrio parahaemolyticus (Photo Credit: CDC, more info)
Connecticut Beaches and Dunes: A Hazard Guide for Coastal Property Owners (more info)
Long Island Sound Mentor Teachers (LISMT) assist their peers in incorporating Long Island Sound content into curricula within the scope of the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS, more info)
Sea Grant Week 2016: Celebrating Sea Grant's 50th anniversary of serving the nation with science-based solutions in the coastal and Great Lakes states (more info)
UCONN researchers work with teachers and students in Connecticut to improve coastal literacy (more info)

Senate action is good news for Sea Grant
On a bipartisan vote, the Senate Appropriations Committee on Thursday approved funding for the National Sea Grant program at $65 million for base programs and $11.5 million for Sea Grant aquaculture. Part of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Agency budget, the funding for National Sea Grant supports Sea Grant programs in 33 states, including Connecticut […]

Fall seafood handlers (HACCP) training
Registration information on basic HACCP training class Sept. 12 -14 at UConn Avery Point: http://seagrant.uconn.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/1985/2017/07/HACCP.training.doc

Clinging Jellyfish Increasing in Groton CT area
Clinging jellyfish, a small, potentially toxic, gelatinous species that tends to live in or near eelgrass beds, are increasing in Mumford Cove and have been sighted in other places in Groton, Connecticut, according to researcher Annette Govindarajan of Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. Supported by an award from Connecticut Sea Grant, Govindarajan is studying the local […]

Wrack Lines Spring/Summer 2017
Download entire issue in PDF (large file - 12 MB) or individual articles below. You will need the free Adobe Acrobat reader available at Adobe.com. Letter from the Editor (Page 2) As Connecticut's Landscape Goes, So Goes the Sound (Page 4)) Long Island Sound Fish Respond to Warming Water (Page 8) Marshes on the Move (Page […]

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