A high-resolution technique aimed at measuring the stress level of coral organisms is being employed for the first time in a major beach restoration project in Broward County, Fla. The approach is based on a coral stress level scale developed by researchers at the NOAA sponsored National Coral Reef Institute at Nova Southeastern University Oceanographic [...]
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration awarded $1,201,201 to the University of Southern Mississippi to study the combined effects of toxic chemicals and hypoxia on the nation’s coastal waters. This study will investigate how a specific carcinogenic environmental contaminant and hypoxia, or oxygen deprivation, affect embryonic and early larval development stages of fish. “The nation’s [...]
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration awarded a $1,201,200 grant to Texas State University to study the combined effects of toxic chemicals and hypoxia on the nation’s coastal waters. This study will investigate how a specific carcinogenic environmental contaminant and hypoxia, or oxygen deprivation, affect embryonic and early larval development stages of fish. “The nation’s [...]
Thoughts about distance learning conjure-up notions of miles and miles separating teachers from students. That’s all well and good. But the issues, and the challenges, really get interesting when it’s not just geographical distances that must be successfully spanned, but also different cultures. That’s the case in an ongoing initiative teaming scientists from the National [...]
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration announced today it is providing $540,000 to Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution to support continuing harmful algal bloom research. The grant comes as scientists and coastal managers aim to better understand the causes and impacts of harmful algal blooms in New England waters. New England is currently recovering from the [...]
U.S. Commerce Secretary Carlos Gutierrez today announced a formal determination that the Massachusetts shellfish fishery is in a commercial failure triggered by a massive red tide bloom in the New England region. The determination came in response to a June 10 letter from Governor Mitt Romney requesting disaster assistance for the hard hit Massachusetts shellfish [...]
NOAA Fisheries Service is taking emergency action today to close a portion of Federal waters off the coasts of New Hampshire and Massachusetts to the harvest of all species of shellfish (bivalves), with the exception of scallop meats, due to the spread of toxic algal blooms (red tide). This is the largest bloom on record [...]
WASHINGTON, DC. NOAA announced this afternoon that it is awarding an additional $12,000 to Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution to support emergency response efforts to the largest red tide in New England since 1972. Red tide blooms create potent neurotoxins that accumulate in filter-feeding shellfish and other parts of the marine food web. Shellfish contaminated with [...]