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CTSG-supported artists inspired by flyway, LIS shellfish
A visual storyteller of natural history and an artist who paints Long Island Sound shellfish are recipients of the 2024 Connecticut Sea Grant Arts Support Award.
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CT’s Sandy Shores book wins APEX Award for Excellence
Connecticut’s Sandy Shores: An Introduction to the Geology, Ecology, Plants and Animals has received an Award for Excellence in the APEX 2024 Awards for Publication Excellence competition for communications professionals.
[Read More]![Anoushka Concepcion, left, associate extension educator/seaweed aquaculture, and Clayton McGoldrick, lab technician, show the new mobile seaweed lab that arrived at the UConn Avery Point campus on April 29.](https://seagrant.media.uconn.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/1985/2024/04/IMG_7570-1200x800.jpg)
Aquaculture newsletter features CTSG mobile seaweed lab
The Connecticut Sea Grant mobile seaweed lab, a project led by Associate Extension Educator Anoushka Concepcion, is featured in the July issue of Aquaculture North America.
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Wrack Lines articles recognized in statewide competition
Wrack Lines magazine articles by CTSG Associate Director Nancy Balcom and Research Coordinator Syma Ebbin have been selected by the Connecticut Society of Professional Journalists for honors in its 2023 awards contest.
[Read More]![Sen. Richard Blumenthal, center, joined NOAA and USDA officials at the ribbon cutting for the Northeast Oyster Breeding Center.](https://seagrant.media.uconn.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/1985/2024/07/IMG_7998-1200x977.jpg)
Northeast Oyster Breeding Center opens at Milford lab
NOAA Fisheries and the U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service cut the ribbon on the new Northeast Oyster Breeding Center on June 24. 2024, at the NOAA Milford lab.
[Read More]![Flanders Elementary school students use an iPad to photograph items found during a beach treasure hunt at Rocky Neck State Park in East Lyme, CT.](https://seagrant.media.uconn.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/1985/2024/06/IMG_7807-1200x800.jpg)
Long Island Sound takes center stage in N.Y., CT classrooms
From the Bronx, Long Island and Westchester County in New York, to Connecticut’s hilly northwest corner and southeastern shoreline, elementary, middle and high schools students have been immersed in learning about Long Island Sound, the estuary that connects the two states.
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Barrett featured on radio show on 2024 hurricane season
WNPR’s “Where We Live” program on June 11 featured CT Sea Grant Coastal Habitat Specialist and Extension Educator Emerita Juliana Barrett talking about the 2024 hurricane season and preparedness.
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Issue features oyster videos, black sea bass, marshes & more
“Natural Effects: Tales of Our Dynamic Environment” is the theme for the Spring-Summer 2024 issue of Wrack Lines. Read about the project using GoPro cameras on oyster cages, research into the explosion of black sea bass in the Sound, three scientists studying CT salt marshes, and more.
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CT Oyster Trail, Stonington shellfish farm film unveiled
Gov. Ned Lamont announced the launch of Connecticut’s first-ever oyster trail, accompanied by the premiere of the new short-form documentary, Rising Tide to Table, which celebrates the state’s thriving oyster industry, from farm to fork.
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CTSG research coordinator among Sea Grant award recipients
CT Sea Grant Research Coordinator Syma Ebbin was among a team from Northeast Sea Grant programs chosen for a 2023-2024 Northeast Superior Programming Award for their work on building offshore wind energy capacity within the Northeast Sea Grant Consortium.
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