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Connecticut Sea Grant
University of Connecticut
1084 Shennecossett Rd.
Groton CT 06340-6097

Long Island Sound in a Jar
Heather M. Crawford
This publication is chock-full of fun learning experiences for youth (grades 4–8) relating to water, watersheds, pollution, and estuaries. Old favorites and activities with a new twist are combined in this lavishly illustrated activity guide. Originally intended for 4-H leaders and summer camp counselors, the activities are equally useful for formal classroom educators and families. By playing games such as "molecular tag" or "habitat circles," or creating a watershed puzzle, young people undertake hands-on discovery of basic scientific and ecological concepts and have fun, too. They discover the impact of humans on aquatic ecosystems, using Long Island Sound as the example. Creating "Long Island Sound in a Jar," polluting it, and then cleaning it up is only one of the challenges. Punched for 3-hole binder and shrink-wrapped. 90 pages. CTSG-99-01. $3.50 plus postage.

NEAS Keys to Benthic Marine Algae of the Northeastern Coast of North America
James R. Sears, ed.
This publication of the Northeast Algal Society, funded by the Northeast Sea Grant programs, contains taxonomic keys for identifying the green, red, and brown macroalgae from Long Island Sound to the Strait of Belle Isle. Written for the serious phycologist, it also contains essays on preparing slides of algae, preserving algae for DNA analysis, working with coralline and crustose algae, economically important seaweeds, nonindigenous algae in the Northeast, and the geographic distributions of marine algae in northeastern North America. Includes glossary, map, and watercolor "The Shallow Subtidal" by Mary Gordon. Softcover, spiral bound, 163 pages. $16.00 

Water Wise
Jerry Dzugan and Susan Clark Jensen
The U.S. boating public can play safer on the water with this new boating safety book from Alaska Sea Grant and the U.S. Marine Safety Association. The book is for skippers of recreational boats large and small, in all waterways nationwide. It is profusely illustrated, clearly written, and very informative—an indispensable resource for all boaters. Featured topics include:

• Safe boating practices
• What to do if someone falls overboard
• How to read the weather
• Selecting Coast Guard-approved survival equipment
• Seven steps to survival
• First aid
• Fire fighting
• Where to get safety training

Softcover. 200 pages. AKU-H-99-001. $19.95

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Sea Grant Communications
University of Maine
5715 Coburn Hall #21
Orono, ME 04469-5715

Did You Know? Maine Coast Fact Cards
Maine/New Hampshire Sea Grant and the Maine Coastal Program
This newly expanded set of colorful 4"x11" cards provides the inquisitive with succinct facts about Maine fish, maritime history, and coastal features. The three new cards focus on sea and shore plants, marine wildlife, and beachcomber information. A must for any day at the beach! MSG-E-97-8 Fish, 9 Maritime, 10 Coastal; MSG-E-99-4 Plants, 5 Wildlife, 6 Beachcomber. Free.

A Guide to Common Marine Organisms Along the Coast of Maine
Edited by Susan White
Designed for the layperson, the 54-page guide is divided into three sections: marine organisms, marine macroalgae, and phytoplankton. Each page includes a clear desciption of the organism and its habitat and fine pen-and-ink illustrations. A list of helpful literature and a complete index are also included. MSG-E-98-7. $10; discount on bulk orders.

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Communications Office
Sea Grant College Program
Kingman Farm
University of New Hampshire
Durham, N.H. 03824-3512

Dock Design with the Environment in Mind: Minimizing Dock Impacts to Eelgrass Habitats (CD)
David Burdick and Fred Short
Developed for a general audience and designed to run on both PCs and Macs, this CD provides background information about eelgrass habitat through a video presentation and includes an interactive program that lets the viewer "build" a dock while minimizing impacts to eelgrass. UNHMP-V-SG-98-18. $5.

Nutrition and Technical Development of Aquaculture: Proceedings of the 26th U.S.-Japan Aquaculture Symposium
W. Huntting Howell, B. Jane Keller, Paul Park, James McVey, Kazufumi Takayanagi, and Yukio Uekita
Held at the University of New Hampshire September 16-18, 1997, the symposium focused on general aquaculture, health management, nutrition, marine stock enhancement, and engineering. UNHMP-CP-SG-98-19. $20.

Boundary Flux Measurements in the Coastal Ocean
Wendell Brown
Chapter 15 of The Sea (K. Brink and A. Robinson, eds.), this article covers aspects of the use of regional data assimilation models for monitoring and predicting conditions in the coastal ocean. UNHMP-TR-SG-98-16. $1.

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Sea Grant Program
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
77 Massachusetts Ave.,
E38-300
Cambridge, MA 02139

Citizen’s Guide to Marine and Coastal Information in Massachusetts, 7th edition
Madeleine Hall-Arber (editor)
This publication, now in its seventh iteration, is an invaluable guide for reaching a wide range of organizations that deal with marine and coastal issues in Massachusetts. The guide lists 179 groups devoted to various aspects of ocean research and coastal concerns. Organizations are listed alphabetically and indexed by selected specialties. Entries include organization addresses, phone numbers, hours of operation, objectives, specialties, services, education materials, fees, newsletters, addresses, contact names and, when available, email or Web addresses. Also included are several organizations outside of Massachusetts that offer unique resources. 188 pages. MITSG 98-7. $7.50.

Formulation of a Model for Ship Transit Risk: Final Project Report
H.L. Kite-Powell, N. Patrikalakis, D. Jin, et al.
Groundings and collisions of commercial ships account for more than half of all commercial maritime accidents. A better understanding of factors associated with those events can lead to a decrease in risk. In this report, the investigators outline their investigation of the relationship between factors such as environmental conditions, vessel characteristics, operator’s information about the waterway, and the incidence of groundings and collisions, using historical data. 59 pages. MITSG 98-6. $7.

A Quick Guide to Marine Bioinvasions
Andrea Cohen
This handy guide offers an introduction to marine bioinvasions—how and why they occur and what the impacts can mean. Along with case studies, the guide includes information about what you can do to prevent the likelihood of more invasions. 8 pages. MITSG 98-12. Free.

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Rhode Island Sea Grant
University of Rhode Island
Bay Campus
Narragansett, RI 02882-1197

Aquidneck Island: Our Shared Vision
Jennifer McCann, Deirdra Storti, and Virginia Lee
The Coastal Resources Center/Rhode Island Sea Grant spoke with many individuals and groups on Aquidneck Island to find out what their hopes were for the future of the island, in terms of land use and economic, social, and transportation issues. The islanders’ visions have been incorporated into a full-color book that will be used to help plan managed growth on the island in accordance with the goals set forth by its residents. 80 pages. RIU-B-99-001. $3.

Pawcatuck Watershed Water Resources: A management issues profile
Alan Desbonnet
The Pawcatuck River watershed, located in southwestern Rhode Island and southeastern Connec-ticut, has an abundance of high-quality surface and groundwater for drinking and recreational uses. Development pressures, however, pose risks to water resources. Already, and without major new development occurring, public water suppliers are nearing their limits to provide water, conflicts between user groups are escalating, and contaminant threats to drinking water are increasing. This book defines the area’s water resources and the management issues pertaining to them, and describes current management regimes and the work necessary for effective water management. 64 pages. RIU-T-99-001. $3.

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Publications
WHOI Sea Grant Program
193 Oyster Pond Rd., MS #2
Woods Hole, MA 02543-1525

Marine Extension Bulletins
Introductory fact sheets for this series, designed for a technical audience, include "Clam Tents: A New Approach to Soft-Shell Clam Culture and Management" (WHOI-G-98-006), "Perigean Spring Tides: How Tidal Information May Save You From a Coastal Crisis" (WHOI-G-98-007), and "Federal Crop Insurance for Massachusetts Quahog Farmers" (WHOI-G-98-011). Free. Available on the WWW at http://www.whoi.edu/seagrant/FactSheets/index.html.

Focal Points
The latest additions to WHOI Sea Grant’s popular series of fact sheets include: "Educating the Next Generation: Sea Grant’s Role in Marine Science Education" (WHOI-G-98-009), and "Research Update: Contaminants in the Marine Environment and Their Effects on Marine Mammals" (WHOI-G-98-010). Free. Available on the WWW at http://www.whoi.edu/seagrant/FactSheets/index.html.

Oceans Alive Videos
Videos from WHOI Sea Grant’s popular lecture series "Oceans Alive: Plain Talk on Current Topics in Marine Science Presented for the General Public" are now available. Videos may be of interest to teachers seeking to broaden their own knowledge or for classroom use. The latest videos include "Young Scientists Present: Winning High School Projects," "An Overview of Massachusetts Coastal Landforms: A Slide Tour," and "Extinction of the Dinosaurs 65 Million Years Ago: Death and Destruction at the End of the Cretaceous Period." Videos: $10 each. On loan for one week $3 (postage and handling).

Making the Most of Sea Grant’s Investment in Massachusetts: Strategic Plan 1998–2004
This document represents WHOI Sea Grant’s plan to address local, regional, and national issues and opportunities in marine science and outreach. 32 pages. WHOI-Q-98-002. Free.

Mating Systems and Sexual Selection in the Squid Loligo: How Might Commercial Fishing on Spawning Squids Affect Them?
Roger Hanlon
The effect of targeted fishing on spawning grounds is central to the management of commercially valuable squids for reasons including their short life cycle, dense spawning aggregations, and existing fishing techniques. In this article, Hanlon outlines an approach to studying reproductive behavior in the context of fisheries management, and speculates on features of the mating system of Loligo opalescens that should be understood before high levels of exploitation are permitted. 9 pages. WHOI-R-98-008. Free.

Coastal Landform Management in Massachusetts: Proceedings of a Workshop Held at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Tracey I. Crago and Sheri D. DeRosa (eds.).

This October 1997 workshop was designed to benefit resource management decision-makers through interactive exercises and discussions of coastal problems ranging from those that arise every day to those of unusual complexity. The immediate objective of the workshop was to improve familiarity with existing management methodologies. The long-term objective was to improve the methodologies themselves. 119 pp. WHOI-W-97-001. $12.00

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New York Sea Grant Institute
121 Discovery Hall
SUNY at Stony Brook
Stony Brook, NY 11794-5001

Impact of Age-0 Bluefish (Pomatomus saltatrix) Predation on Age-0 Fishes in the Hudson River Estuary: Evidence for Density-dependent Loss of Juvenile Striped Bass (Morone saxatilis)
Jeffrey A. Buckel, David O. Conover, Nancy D. Steinberg, and Kim A. McKown
Reprinted from the Can. J. Fish Aquat. Sci. 56:275-287, 1999. The investigators measured bluefish weights, densities, prey sizes, and diets over several years to estimate the rate of bluefish predation on young-of-the-year (YOY) striped bass. In the early summer of 1993, bluefish predation accounted for 50 to 100 percent of the total estimated loss of YOY striped bass. The team concluded that bluefish are important predators of estuarine fish and can have a substantial impact on their recruitment. 12 pages. NYSGI-R-99-002. $1.

Directory of Educational Facilities, Programs and Resources of the South Shore Estuary Reserve
New York Sea Grant, in cooperation with the NYS Marine Education Association. June 1998 Edition
Prepared for the South Shore Estuary Reserve Council Citizens Advisory Committee and New York State Department of State, this booklet is a current listing of a variety of agencies and organizations working to increase public understanding of Long Island’s south shore estuary. The directory provides information about each organization’s educational facilities, programs and/or resources and an index of facilities open to the public in Nassau and Suffolk counties. 60 pages. NYSGI-D-98-001. Free.

Seafood HACCP Implementation Survey Evaluation Report
Ken Gall, New York Sea Grant Extension, in cooperation with the New York Seafood Council. 1999
This report compiles and evaluates the responses to a survey questionnaire distributed to 500 seafood companies throughout the Northeast whose employees attended a three-day HACCP training course. The survey’s intent was to document the time, effort, and resources the industry devoted to HACCP, identify changes or problems that occurred in the process, and plan for additional training that might be needed. Survey responses indicate that 83 percent of the firms felt they would not have been able to develop a HACCP plan without the training course. 42 pages. NYSGI-S-99-001. Free.