NY/NJ Baykeeper has been awarded a contract in the amount of $155,676.60 from the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation in support of the NY/NJ Baykeeper Oyster Restoration Program…Baykeeper and the Rutgers Center for Urban Environmental Sustainabili…
Fisheries/Aquaculture
French Aquatic Filmmaker Fabien Cousteau Speaks at Rutgers on Feb. 25
Fabien Cousteau, son of Jean-Michel Cousteau and grandson of explorer Jacques-Yves Cousteau, is deeply engaged in environmental and ocean advocacy in the U.S. and around the world. His lecture titled “Documenting the Underwater World,” is a free public lecture that will be presented at Cook Campus Center. Read more about the event.
Study Claims Potential Harvest of Most Fish Stocks Largely Unrelated to Abundance
Professor Olaf Jensen, specialist in fisheries management, co-authored study Fisheries managers should sharpen their ability to spot environmental conditions that hamper or help fish stocks, rather than assuming that having a certain abundance of fish assures how much can be sustainably harvested. That’s because the potential harvest of fish is only closely linked to abundance […]
Fred Grassle Awarded Japan Prize for Helping Unlock Ocean’s Mysteries
The 2013 Japan Prize, bestowed by the Japan Prize Foundation to honor work in scientific fields not usually recognized by the Nobel Prize, has been awarded to J. Frederick Grassle, professor emeritus of marine science and founding director of the Rutgers Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences. Grassle led a 10-year-effort to create a Census […]
Delaware Bay advocates draw attention to disparity in funding
Delaware Bay advocates are hoping damage from Hurricane Sandy will raise awareness to bring in more funds to protect the body of water that serves three states…Rutgers University’s Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences is developing commerci…
Girl Scouts Investigate the Deep Sea in Ship to Shore Series
It’s “all hands on deck” for Girl Scout Cadettes from Central and South Jersey; that is, hands on ocean sediments, microscopes and “Oobleck,” in the inaugural Ship to Shore series, hosted by Rutgers Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences (IMCS). The Ship to Shore program targets girls in 6–8 grades to introduce them to ocean […]
Planting Seeds for a Better Oyster Harvest
New Jersey was once home to a booming oyster industry, as evidenced by the Victorian mansions along Cape May erected by fishing barons and coastal communities such as Bivalve and Shell Pile that took their names from the plentiful natural resource lini…
Potential harvest of most fish stocks largely unrelated to abundance
Fisheries managers should sharpen their ability to spot environmental conditions that hamper or help fish stocks, rather than assuming that having a certain abundance of fish assures how much can be sustainably harvested…Study co-author Olaf Jensen o…
Rutgers Marine Institute and Filmmaking Center Team up on “Antarctic Quest”
There is an urgent need to improve science communication to the general public. Too often research narratives fail to illustrate the excitement, challenges and passion required to explore the planet. As such, the Rutgers University Film Bureau is partnering with the Rutgers Institute for Marine and Coast Sciences to create a multi-tiered documentary film project […]
CRSSA assists in Post-Sandy Rapid Assessment of MidAtlantic Coast
As we all experienced firsthand, Superstorm Sandy walloped the MidAtlantic shoreline and interior this past fall. The following week the Rutgers Center for Remote Sensing & Spatial Analysis (CRSSA) was asked by the American Littoral Society (ALS) to assist in a rapid assessment of impacts to coastal beach, dune, salt marsh and maritime forest habitats. […]
