This week’s installment in the Connecticut Aquaculture Video Series focuses on Growing Oysters in Tidal Pond and features Jonathan Goldstein and the crew at Sherwood Island Oysters in Westport.
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2024 Coastal Perspectives Lecture Series begins Feb. 6
The 2024 Coastal Perspective Lecture Series begins at 7:30 p.m. Feb. 6 with a talk titled, “The Development, Construction and Fisheries Monitoring of Ørsted’s South Fork Wind Farm.”
Proposals sought for LIS Study 2025-2026 research funding
The CT and NY Sea Grant programs announce the Long Island Sound Study extra-mural research program. Preliminary proposals are invited for the funding period of January 1, 2025, to December 31, 2026.
Seeking a few good educators to be LIS Mentor Teachers
We’re looking for teams (of 2) K-12 teachers to promote the use of Long Island Sound educational resources and to promote the interdisciplinary use of the Sound’s watershed and its resources in classrooms. Stipends for each teacher, as well as funds for resources are available.
3rd series video features hybrid oyster aquaculture method
Connecticut Aquaculture Video Series continues with interview of Steve Plant, owner of Connecticut Cultured Oysters in Noank, explaining how he uses floating cages and bottom culture to grow shellfish.
Waterbury fish farm is focus of 2nd CT Aquaculture Video
Ideal Fish in Waterbury, where European seabass is grown for sale to restaurants and markets, is featured in the second installment in the Connecticut Aquaculture Video Series.
10 CT, NY schools chosen for launch of LIS Schools network
Elementary, middle and high school students, teachers and the communities of 10 public schools in urban and suburban areas will comprise the new Long Island Sound Schools network, committing to the protection of local watersheds, the Sound and our one global ocean.
CTSG among recipients nationwide of NOAA resilience funds
NOAA’s National Sea Grant College Program announced funding awards to Sea Grant programs across the country for new and ongoing projects enhancing community resilience, including support for two programs run by CT Sea Grant.
Funding supports research on fishing community, offshore wind
The Northeast Sea Grant Consortium, in partnership with NOAA’s Northeast Fisheries Science Center, announces a research funding opportunity to improve understanding of fishing community interactions with offshore wind development in the Northeast.
Oyster hatchery focus of CT Aquaculture Video Series launch
A new Connecticut Aquaculture Video Series has been launched, starting with “Shellfish Hatchery 101.” A new video will be posted every two weeks this winter showcasing the state’s aquaculture industry.