TOOLS & RESOURCES
VALUE-BASED DESIGN
We develop new technologies and tools for partners, providing access to data and products that play an integral role in decision-making and public outreach. Our close collaboration with stakeholders acts as a framework for ensuring value-based design.
MIT Sea Grant has a rich history of technical innovation in coastal management, and we are eager to establish new relationships with partners through the development of tools for aquaculture, outreach, coastal adaption, risk assessment, and habitat restoration.
RIVER HERRING RESOURCES
Mapping, Simulations, and Outreach Materials
MIT Sea Grant, in partnership with multiple organizations, contributed research, education, and outreach opportunities in support of understanding the effects of coastal wetland restoration on climate impacts, fisheries, and ecosystem processes. The program, guided by the Living Observatory and Massachusetts Division of Ecological Restoration, led to the creation of the Cranberry Bog Restoration Program.
LEARNING FROM THE RESTORATION OF WETLANDS ON CRANBERRY FARMLAND
MIT CLIMATE PORTAL: COASTAL ECOSYSTEMS AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Researchers from Maine Sea Grant, MIT Sea Grant, and Woods Hole Sea Grant shine a spotlight on the American lobster. Researchers participating in the National Sea Grant American Lobster Initiative pulled together the latest science explaining how warming waters in the Gulf of Maine impact lobsters at all life stages. >> View the interactive StoryMap 
AMERICAN LOBSTER INITIATIVE STORYMAP
To help homeowners protect their family and their property from natural hazards, Woods Hole Sea Grant and the Cape Cod Cooperative Extension have produced the newly updated Massachusetts Homeowner’s Handbook to Prepare for Coastal Hazards. >> Press Release and Download
NEW HANDBOOK AVAILABLE
This guide identifies 19 species of the many marine non-native (introduced) species that may be found along the New England coast. Some species, such as the European green crab, have been here for a long time and are very common. Others, such as the Asian shore crab, are relatively new invaders. >> View and Download Created by Carolina Bastidas and Judith Pederson, MIT Sea Grant, with special thanks to Jim Straub at the MA DCR and Jim Carlton at Williams College.
HITCHHIKER’S GUIDE TO NON-NATIVE SPECIES
State, federal, and general resources for the seafood industry during the COVID-19 pandemic
SEAFOOD RESOURCES - COVID-19
In response to COVID-19 school closures, MIT Sea Grant is compiling and developing at-home educational resources. Explore webinars, fun activities, and distance learning experiences!
EDUCATION AT HOME
Explore bathymetric maps of the Charles River and river herring spawning ponds for use by state organizations, resource and recreation managers, boaters, and the general public.
BATHYMETRIC MAPS OF LOCAL WATER BODIES
Check out this web-based data collection protocol developed by MIT Sea Grant for citizen scientists and the National Park Service, for use in research and management planning.
CITY NATURE CHALLENGE BOSTON DELECTABLE OYSTERS QUEST
Shore-based ocean acidification monitoring station to support communications, transfer, monitoring, and modeling of data collected by offshore remote sensing technology. Full website coming soon!
OCEAN ACIDIFICATION MONITORING
We’re currently testing deployment of drifters with control computer, data storage, sensors measuring pH, temperature and conductivity, GPS navigation, and onboard communication, for use by ocean engineering, modeling, and water quality monitoring programs at the university and state level. Data is available real-time via the web for instant use in desktop and web-based applications.
LAGRANGIAN DRIFTING VEHICLE