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Oyster farmer Jim Markow, right, looks out from his boat as it approaches the docks at the Noank Aquaculture Cooperative on May 16.
Students in the “Global One Health: U.S. and Irish Perspective” class at UConn see kelp harvested from J.P. Vellotti’s beds in Groton as part of a visit to the Noank Aquaculture Cooperative on May 16 organized by CT Sea Grant.
Volunteers from the Avalonia Land Conservancy move a shad bush into place for planting at the Dodge Paddock Beal Preserve in Stonington on May 3 as part of a restoration and living shoreline project with Connecticut Sea Grant. Juliana Barrett / Connecticut Sea Grant
Artist Kristian Brevik and biologist Dr. Andrea Bogomolni drew about 60 people for their April 17 talk, "Art, Science and Conservation: Saving the World's Great Whales and Other Marine Mammals." Photo courtesy of Milton Levin
CT Mosquito Management Coordinator Roger Wolfe talks about mosquito-borne diseases and effective prevention and control during a ( Climate Adaptation Academy/Rockfall Symposium. )
Dozens of people enjoyed the first day of spring March 20 at Hammonasset Beach State Park as the first ( Long Island Sound Blue Plan was announced.)
Don Murphy, chairman of the Stonington Shellfish Commission, lifts a water sample from one of the town's recreational shellfishing areas in the Mystic River at low tide on March 13. The ( contributions citizen scientists like him are being highlighted in a NOAA Sea Grant campaign.)
Karen Wynn of Guilford, left, looks at "They Came By Water," one of the pieces in the ("Crosscurrents" exhibit ) with Kam Ghaffari of East Lyme. Behind them is "Sea Form" another of the works in the show.
The team from the Science and Technology Magnet High School of Southeastern Connecticut won the (22nd Annual Quahog bowl. )
(The 15th annual gathering of the state's 18 municipal shellfish commissions) took place on Jan. 26 at The Sound School in New Haven.
Attorney Jane Stahl answers a question during the Jan. 25 (Climate Adaptation Academy workshop on road flooding,) attended by more than 80 municipal officials.
UConn student Annalisa Mudahy, left, talks with Prof. Thomas Dabrah about one of the works during the opening of the ("Crosscurrents" exhibit ) on Jan. 24.
Christopher Platts, left, curator of the Alexey von Schlippe Gallery at Avery Point, works with Kerry Smith, preparator for The Benton Museum at the Storrs campus, to adjust a sculpture for (the "Crosscurrents" exhibit opening on Jan. 24. )
Heading home for the holidays: a submarine passes by Ledge Light on its way to the Naval Submarine Base in Groton on Dec. 20.
Juliet Wong, center, and Jude Mascarenhas, right, sample dishes using kelp prepared by chef Jeff Trombetta. left, during (an event) at the Sheraton Hartford South on Dec. 13. Wong is the hotel's convertion services manager and Mascarenhas is its director of operations.
Nissrine Essafi, a student in the (Climate Corps class) taught by CT Sea Grant's Juliana Barrett and Bruce Hyde, shows a map of Charleston, S.C., during a presentation on Dec. 6 of a project about sea level rise impacts.
A submarine travels out of the mouth of the Thames River past Ledge Light, right and the UConn Avery Point lighthouse on a late November day.
Zoe Kendall, left, searches the rocky tidal area at UConn Avery Point with Claudia Koerting, academic assistant in marine sciences, in search of invasive algae that is part of a CT Sea Grant-funded research project. Kendel is part of the Marine Scholar program, which offers high school students the chance to learn about marine science at the campus .
Workers at Briarpatch Enterprises unload clams harvested from beds in Milford.(Creation of a plan ) to open the way for restoration of addtitional shellfish beds has been announced.
Juliet Wong, center, and Jude Mascarenhas, right, sample dishes using kelp prepared by chef Jeff Trombetta. left, during (an event) at the Sheraton Hartford South on Dec. 13. Wong is the hotel's convertion services manager and Mascarenhas is its director of operations.
Crew members Liz Sistare, center, and Rodrigo Pinto walk out the lines to unfurl the mainsail on the Onrust during CT Sea Grant's 30th anniversary (on-the-water workshop ) on Oct. 5.
Kelp farmer J.P. Vellotti, left, hands packages of frozen kelp to Connecticut chefs during a (workshop ) for chefs.
CT Sea Grant's Anoushka Concepcion gives an overview of the seaweed industry during a (workshop) for kelp growers and chefs.
Judy Preston, Long Island Sound outreach coordinator for Sea Grant, talks about the Long Island Sound estuary during a (habitat walk ) with members of the Connecticut Plein Air Painters Society on Sept. 9.
Kate Masury, program director for the nonprofit group Eating with the Ecosystem, holds a porgy (also called scup) during a (demonstration and food tasting ) at the Lyme Farmers Market on Sept. 8.
Tom Savoy of the Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection talks about his research on sturgeon during CTSG's (30th Anniversary Research Forum. )
UConn student Mia Dupuis, left, hands a sediment core sample from Little Narragansett Bay to graduate student Quinne Murphy for a (Sea Grant-funded research project. )
CT Sea Grant staff show reusable water bottles and mugs with "Break the single-use plastic habit" stickers that are part of the (Please #DontTrashLISound campaign )
Mystic Aquarium summer campers look for trash on the shoreline at Bluff Point State Park on Aug. 1 to help launch the (#DontTrashLISound campaign. ) Judy Preston / Connecticut Sea Grant
Mystic Aquarium summer camper Alex Mynuk shows a plastic spoon he collected during a clean-up at Bluff Point State Park to launch the (#DontTrashLISound campaign. )
Joe Gilbert, second from right, tells a group of visitors about his scallop fishing vessel during an ( open house ) at Stonington Town Dock on July 28.
Long Island Soundkeeper Bill Lucey releases a manta trawl net in Fairfield harbor as part of a pilot project to find the extent of microplastics in the Sound. Learn about (the campaign ) to quit the single-use plastic habit.
Joseph Sarnelli of Marrakech Inc. holds a rack of dehydrated seaweed for a (Sea Grant testing project. )
A school of bunker, also known as menhaden, swim in Bridgeport harbor near Captain's Cove Marina on July 24.
Sun sets over Hatchetts Point in Old Lyme as fishermen head in for the night. Send your photos of scenes of the Sound to our photo contest starting Aug. 20. (more info )
Lighthouse Point Park in New Haven is a favorite spot to cool off and enjoy scenic Long Island Sound. Send your photos of scenes of the Sound to our photo contest starting Aug. 20. (more info )
Danielle Buttermore, hatchery manager at Noank Aquaculture Co-op, places a tray of seed oysters into the growing tank on June 27. Creation of the hatchery is one of results of the Connecticut Shellfish Initiative's work since 2014. (more info)
Anoushka Concepcion gets a line strung with gracilaria ready to deploy in Norwalk harbor for a testing project for the edible seaweed.
Gaboury Benoit, professor of environmental chemistry at Yale University, frees a log stuck in the self-regulating tide gates in the West River in New Haven. With a CT Sea Grant research grant, Benoit is studying whether heavy metal contaminants are being captured in sediments north of the self-regulating tide gates installed in 2003. The research could demonstrate the ecosystem services being performed when more natural tidal flows are restored.
J.P. Vellotti harvests kelp grown near Pine Island in Groton on June 22. This is the first crop from the site as he and other growers work to develop processing and marketing networks for this sea vegetable. (more info )
A fishermen reels in a porgy off the rocks at UConn Avery Point on June 20. Porgy have become more abundant in Long Island Sound in recent years due to warming waters. Read about porgy and other local seafood in the new issue of (Wrack Lines).
Clearing the channel: Nancy Balcom of CT Sea Grant, right, shovels out a tidal channel at Dodge Paddock in Stonington on June 18 as UConn student Adelaine McCloe, center, and recent UConn graduate Helena Ives, left, remove rocks. The Avalonia Land Conservancy preserve was becoming blocked, cutting off tidal flows into a recently restored marsh.
Juliana Barrett of CT Sea Grant anchors a plastic sheet placed over a former garden area at Dodge Paddock in Stonington on June 18. The plastic will remain through the summer to prepare the site for native grasses.
Essex Rotary Club volunteers prepare fillets during the annual Shad Bake at the Connecticut River Museum on June 2.
Shad fisherman John Smoloski shines a beam as he prepares to set his gill net on the Connecticut River in May.
The Thames River Heritage Park water taxi brought boatloads of passengers between Fort Trumbull, Fort Griswold and the downtown New London waterfront park for the Thames River Quest on June 2. (more info )
Thames River Quest participants look for clues at the ferry landing at Fort Griswold Battlefield State Park. (more info )
Thames River Quest participants look for clues at Fort Trumbull State Park. (more info )
Commercial fishermen practice getting into a life raft during safety and survival training sponsored by CT Sea Grant and Fishing Partnership Support Services. (more info)
Commercial fishermen take part in training to become certified drill conductors who run on-board safety drills. The fishing vessel Emma & Maria was used for the training. (more info)
Students from Ella T. Grasso Southeastern Technical High School worked with CT Sea Grant to plant beach grass as Esker Point Beach in Groton on April. 23. Photo: Juliana Barrett
Juliana Barrett of CT Sea Grant leads an exercise to develop an outreach project at a conference on coastal ocean acidification in the North Atlantic April 10-12. Forty academic, goverment and industry scientists attended. (more info)
Scientists at a coastal ocean acidification conference participate in an exercise to develop outreach projects.(more info)
J.P. Vellotti, left, pulls a kelp seed line out of the water during a tour of his kelp farm off Pine Island in Groton for the Connecticut Aquaculture Permitting Workgroup on March 28
Panelists answer questions about using low-impact development practices to control stormwater in a March 22 UConn Climate Adaptation Academy symposium. (more info)
Dunes like these at Waterford Town Beach have helped protect against erosion from the four nor'easters this March.
Rockweed, a common brown algae on the Connecticut coast, covers rocks along the shore at UConn Avery Point.
Jake Madden collects a water sample from the Mystic Waterwater Treatment Plant for a testing project that could open new areas to shellfish farming. (more info)
Ed Stilwagen, owner of Atlantic Clam Farms, shows some of the clams harvested from beds he leases in Greenwich harbor.
The shell of a hard clam, a native species that is a main aquaculture crop in Connecticut, lies on a beach amid slipper shells.
Brant swim off the rocky shore at UConn Avery Point in late February.
J.P. Vellotti unwinds seaweed seed string from a spool onto a long line anchored in an area he's leasing off Pine Island in Groton. He expects to harvest the kelp, planted on Feb. 9, in May.
The first-place Quahog Bowl team from Ledyard High School, left, and the second-place team from Glastonbury High both applaud Ledyard's win in the Feb. 3 contest at UConn Avery Point. (more info)
Early results of research on sand lance larva show they are particularly sensitive to higher levels of carbon dioxide. (more info)
About 40 members of shellfish commissions from Greenwich to Stonington attended the 14th annual meeting of shellfish commissions hosted by CT Sea Grant Jan. 13 at The Sound School in New Haven. (more info)
Roger Bowgen of the Greenwich Shellfish Commission, far left, asks a question to Tessa Getchis, aquaculture extension specialist, during CT Sea Grant's annual meeting of shellfish commissions on Jan. 13 in New Haven. (more info)
Winter marsh: Salt marshes like those at the Barn Island Wildlife Management Area in Stonington were among coastal habitats assessed in new research on resiliency. (more info)
A pair of hooded mergansers swims in the Thames River in New London harbor on a late December day.
Solstice sailing: A sailboat passes Ledge Light on Dec. 21 offshore from the UConn Avery Point campus.
Attorney Edward Cassella talks about the legal challenges facing towns with roads flooded by sea level rise during the "Legal Issues in the Age of Climate Adaptation II" workshop on Dec. 15. (more info)
Attorney Jane Stahl, center, leads a group discussion about legal issues of flood and erosion control structures during a "Legal Issues in the Age of Climate Adaptation II" workshop on Dec. 15.(more info)
The R/V Lowell Weicker, used by CT Sea Grant researchers, is docked at the UConn Avery Point campus on a snowy December day.
Anoushka Concepcion, top left, CTSG assistant aquaculture extension educator, leads a meeting of federal and state regulators with Long Island Sound kelp farmers on Dec. 14 to streamline gear permitting issues. (more info)
A nuclear-powered submarine accompanied by a tug boat enters the Thames River, just offshore from CT Sea Grant offices, on Dec. 11, heading for the Naval base in Groton.
November sunset at UConn Avery Point, where CT Sea Grant is based.
A key resource available to Sea Grant researchers at UConn’s Avery Point campus, the R/V Connecticut is readied for a 24-hour Long Island Sound mapping cruise Nov.28, the first research trip since the vessel was expanded 14.5 feet.
Oysters harvested from Long Island Sound are brought to the docks Norm Bloom & Son in Norwalk on Nov. 15.
Juliana Barrett of CT Sea Grant, left, talks with Beth Sullivan of the Avalonia Land Conservancy about the living shoreline at the Dodge Paddock preserve in Stonington.
UConn marine sciences students search for invasive Asian shore crabs for a research project. Guides and fact sheets about Long Island Sound's invasive species are available from Sea Grant.
Kelp grows in a tidal area near the Sea Grant offices at UConn Avery Point. Sea Grant's work has helped with the establishment of four commercial kelp farms in Long Island Sound.
Royal measure: a royal gramma being raised in an CT Sea Grant-funded aquaculture project is sized.
Riley Mazula and Alex Picardi visited Sea Grant's booth at Avery Point's 50th anniversary celebration Oct. 15.
Cheryl Cappioli, left, is one of 37 students completing Coastal Certificate training by Long Island Sound Sea Grant's Judy Preston.
Teachers at a Long Island Sound Mentor Teacher workshop at Hammonasset Beach State Park on Sept. 26 drag in a seine net as Diana Payne, Sea Grant educator coordinator, looks on.
Kristin DeRosia-Banick of the state Bureau of Aquaculture checks a cage of oysters before lowering it into the Mystic River on Sept. 14 for a testing project.
Recently retired CT Sea Grant Communications Director Margaret "Peg" Van Patten, right , receives Communications Service Award at national extension and communications leaders meeting in Astoria, OR, Oct. 4-6. Next to her is Associate Director Nancy Balcom.
Juliana Barrett, associate extension educator at Sea Grant, teaches a new class at the UConn Storrs campus called, "Climate Resilience and Adaptation: Municipal Policy and Planning."
Research Coordinator Syma Ebbin, center, works with students in the EcoHusky Club planting a rain garden at UConn Avery Point on Sept. 15.
Extension Educator Tessa Getchis examines seed oysters with Jill Plant of Connecticut Cultured Oysters.
Associate Director Nancy Balcom teaches a Hazard Analysis & Critical Control Points class to 20 seafood handlers Sept. 12-14.
Prof. Penny Vlahos, left, works with marine sciences graduate students Allison Byrd, center, and Allie Staniec on samples of water collected from Long Island Sound during a Sea Grant-funded research cruise on Aug. 24.
UConn Prof. Zofia Baumann shows one of the silversides from Mumford Cove that will be dissected and studied in her lab at the Avery Point campus as part of a Sea Grant-funded research project into how mercury levels affect the growth of fish and bivalves.
Gunnar Hansen, a UConn marine sciences graduate student, holds one of the clams he dug from Mumford Cove in Groton in August for a Sea Grant-funded research project on how mercury levels affect the growth of fish and bivalves.
Anoushka Concepcion, left, assistant aquaculture extension educator at CT Sea Grant, package seaweed samples grown at a site in Branford before they are sent to a state testing lab. The work is part of a project to establish water quality and other parameters for commercial seaweed farms.
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)
UCONN researchers work with teachers and students in Connecticut to improve coastal literacy (m ore info)
Kate Masury, program director for the nonprofit group Eating with the Ecosystem, holds a porgy (also called scup) during a (demonstration and food tasting ) at the Lyme Farmers Market on Sept. 8.
The team from the Science and Technology Magnet High School of Southeastern Connecticut won the (22nd Annual Quahog bowl. )

Sea Grant, heritage park host Thames River Quest June 1

May 22, 2019

The Thames River Quest, a free, treasure-hunt style educational hike at historic sites on the New London and Groton sides of the river, will be offered for a second year as part of Connecticut Trails Day on June 1.

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NOAA’s Milford lab provides key ingredient for shellfish farms

May 20, 2019

“The Milford lab,” as it is known in the shellfish industry, is a main supplier of algae to shellfish farmers along the Atlantic, Pacific and Gulf coasts – and even worldwide. NOAA’s Northeast Fisheries Science Center has supplied algae free of charge to shellfish farms for more than five decades, drawing from collection of 230 strains, among them those that are most important for young oysters and clams.

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Public hears of LIS Blue Plan impacts on new, current users

May 16, 2019

Commercial clammer Rosemary Louden asked how the Long Island Sound Blue Plan would impact the business that’s been in her husband Jay’s family for the past 100 years. At the May 14 public meeting on the plan, she learned that the historic Louden commercial shellfish beds in Greenwich are considered “significant human use areas” that would gain protection from any proposals that would impact them.

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New research asks: is wind risk rising along with homes?

May 7, 2019

As National Hurricane Preparedness Week May 5 – 11 calls on everyone to be more aware of how to protect themselves from natural disasters, researchers in Connecticut are exploring an area of vulnerability that shouldn’t be overlooked.

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Public radio podcast features CT Sea Grant’s Concepcion

May 6, 2019

Anoushka Concepcion, aquaculture extension specialist with Connecticut Sea Grant, is interviewed about kelp farming by WHYY public radio station Reporter Alan Yu for an episode of the podcast, “The Ocean and Us.”

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New guide for direct marketing of shellfish available

April 29, 2019

“Regulatory Guidance for the Direct Marketing of Molluscan Shellfish in Connecticut,” a 13-page booklet, is now available for free download. It covers the shellfish distribution chain, marketing avenues, who can market directly to consumers, insurance, regulatory requirements and other topics.

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Students savored opportunity of ocean sciences contest

April 24, 2019

Learning marine biology, physics, chemistry and other sciences may have started in the classroom for these teenagers, but their recent opportunities to showcase what they know in a regional then a national competition gave them a whole new level of enthusiasm for the world of oceanography.

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Climate change challenges: mosquitoes, runoff & septic

April 15, 2019

For anyone who assumes mosquitoes are just a nuisance, Michael Pacucilla has a sobering message.The director of health for the East Shore District Health Department, he shared a personal story about the serious consequences that can result from a bite by one of these ubiquitous insects.

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7 public events planned on Long Island Sound Blue Plan

April 15, 2019

The public is invited to six regional meetings and a film premier event over the next eight weeks to learn about and comment on the Long Island Sound Blue Plan.

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Art, science & conservation is subject of upcoming talk

April 10, 2019

A discussion titled, “Art, Science and Conservation: Saving the World’s Great Whales and Other Marine Mammals,” will take place at 6:30 p.m. April 17 at the Branford House at UConn Avery Point.

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Sep 12 Segment Two HACCP Course12:00am

Segment Two HACCP Course

Thursday, September 12th, 2019

12:00 AM - 11:59 PM

Avery Point Campus
Groton, CT

Advanced training course for seafood industry members so they can meet training requirements for FDA regulations.

Contact Information: Nancy Balcom: nancy.balcom@uconn.edu; (860) 405-9107
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Sep 17 Basic Seafood HACCP12:00am

Basic Seafood HACCP

Tuesday, September 17th, 2019

12:00 AM - 11:59 PM

Avery Point Campus
Groton, CT

Three-day training course Sept. 17-19 for seafood industry members so they can meet training requirements for FDA regulations.

Contact Information: Nancy Balcom: nancy.balcom@uconn.edu; (860) 405-9107
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Sea Grant, heritage park host Thames River Quest June 1

NOAA’s Milford lab provides key ingredient for shellfish farms

Public hears of LIS Blue Plan impacts on new, current users

New research asks: is wind risk rising along with homes?

Public radio podcast features CT Sea Grant’s Concepcion

New guide for direct marketing of shellfish available

Students savored opportunity of ocean sciences contest

Climate change challenges: mosquitoes, runoff & septic

7 public events planned on Long Island Sound Blue Plan

Art, science & conservation is subject of upcoming talk

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