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Connecticut Sea Grant
University of Connecticut
1084 Shennecossett Rd.
Groton, CT 06340-6097
The Role of Shipping in the Introduction of Nonindigenous Aquatic Organisms into the Coastal Waters of the United States and an Analysis of Control Options
James T. Carlton, Donald M. Reid, and Henry Van Leeuwn.
Every hour more than 2 million gallons of ballast water arrives in U.S. ports, and all of it contains plankton and other living organisms-a practice that the authors call "invasion roulette". This U.S. Coast Guard/Sea Grant study examines shipping and ballast water as transportation mechanisms for introduced species and suggests control measures. 213 pages. CONN-T-95-001. $20. CT-SG-95-04. $3.
Save Our Sound
Connecticut Sea Grant Marine Advisory ProgramThis video was originally a play written by middle school children in Groton, Conn. The middle school youths made life size papier-machŽ puppets to tell the story of Long Island Sound and its animals, wrote a script, then performed the play in school for primary children. Favorite characters include a giant sea turtle that eats plastic bags and Flushy the Talking Toilet. Useful as a project idea. Half-inch VHS cassette. $6. . $10.
Long Island Sound: Worth Fighting For!
CPTV, Connecticut Sea Grant, and UCONN Cooperative Extension System
Long Island Sound means many things to many people. In this 30-minute documentary video, you'll discover its colorful past and its threatened future. You'll see its beauty and mystery, the science behind it, and what people are doing to help conserve and protect it. Suitable for junior high to adult audiences. Format: half-inch VHS cassette. Limited copies available to educators,* while supplies last. $15. CT-SG-95-12.
*Secondary teachers: Request free Teachers' Guide for Issues Dialogue to accompany Long Island Sound: Worth Fighting For! Suitable for grades 7 to 12. Free with video order.
The Living Sound
Carey-Mac Productions
Join Team LIS as four Connecticut teens explore Long Island Sound and its shores, and learn about its inhabitants and ecology. Learn what you can do to keep the Sound healthy. Activity guide included. Suitable for middle school to junior high. Half-inch VHS cassette. Make checks payable to Carey-Mac Productions. $12.98 plus $3.75 shipping and handling. Connecticut residents add 6 percent sales tax.
MAINE
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Sea Grant Communications
University of Maine
5715 Coburn Hall, Room 21
Orono, ME 04469-5715
1995 Commercial Fishing Industry Association Yellow Pages
Commercial Fisheries News and Maine/New Hampshire Sea Grant Marine Advisory Program
Directory of commercial fishing industry associations on the Atlantic coast from Maine to Virginia. 4 pages. MSG-RF-95-5. Free.
Fisheries Self-Governance: Corporate or Cooperative Structures?
Ralph E. Townsend
Reprinted from Marine Policy 19(1):39-45, 1995. The concept of self-governance of fisheries resources has implicitly assumed that self-governance would be democratic in structure. In this analysis, the author argues for a corporate concept of fisheries self-governance. A corporate governance structure provides a vehicle for effective joint decision-making by producers, but it avoids the inefficient long-run incentives created by a cooperative governance structure. 7 pages. MSG-R-95-4. $1.
A Guide to the Bays and Estuaries of Northern New England
Maine Sea Grant Communications
This two-page, poster-sized guide describes the major bays and estuaries in northern New England, from New Hampshire's Great Bay to Cobscook Bay, an arm of the Passamaquoddy Bay on the Canadian border. The guide also discusses Maine/New Hampshire Sea Grant research and advisory efforts related to these water bodies. 2 pages. MSG-E-95-13. Free.
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Communications Office
Sea Grant College Program
Kingman Farm
University of New Hampshire
Durham, NH 03824-3512
Geochemistry and Metals Concentrations in Marine Sediments Exposed to Solidified/Stabilized Municipal Solid Waste Incinerator Ash
N.E. Kinner, W.B. Lyons, P.H. Rice, D.B. Durling, and D.L. Gress
Reprinted from Waste Management 15(3):221-232, 1995, this article gives some long-term results on the feasibility of disposing of solidified and stabilized incinerator ash in the marine environment. 11 pages. UNHMP-JR-SG-95-16. $1.
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Sea Grant Program
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
77 Massachusetts Ave., E38-364
Cambridge, MA 02139Publications may also be ordered through the MIT Sea Grant home page. At the bottom of the page, go to kdez@mit.edu for an order form.
Laboratory Study of the Effect of Sea Walls on Beach Erosion
Paul Markert Moody and Ole Secher Madsen
While much controversy surrounds the relationship between seawalls and coastal erosion, little scientific evidence exists. This report describes how researchers constructed a miniature beach and compared the erosion and accretion of an unprotected dune beach with that of a beach protected by a rubble mound seawall. The results suggest that sea walls may not deserve their bad reputation after all. This study is particularly relevant to coastal zone managers who regulate coastal structures, as well as those engineers who design and construct them. 158 pages. MITSG 95-31. $16.
Cape Cod National Seashore Rapid Ethnographic Assessment Report
Madeleine Hall-Arber and Christine James
This report focuses on concerns of culturally diverse native populations, such as Wampanoag Indians, Portuguese, Portuguese Americans, and Cape Verdean Americans of Cape Cod. Numerous interviews with individuals living around the Cape Cod National Seashore provide valuable insight into how the National Park Service can effectively and sensitively manage the park's cultural and natural resources. 59 pages. MITSG 96-6. $6.
The 1994 Experimental Pair Trawl Fishery for Tuna in the Northwest Atlantic (Preliminary Report)
Clifford Goudey
The gear, methods, and findings for an experimental tuna fishery with pair trawls are described in this paper. The low bycatch levels from these fishing trips indicate that mid-water pair trawling may be a good alternative method for harvesting albacore, yellowfin, and bigeye tuna. Those involved in the tuna fishery, including regulators and fishermen, will want to check out this report. 14 pages. MITSG 95-6. Free.
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New York Sea Grant Institute
117 Nassau Hall
SUNY at Stony Brook
Stony Brook, NY 11794-5001
Guidelines to Increase Survival of Released Sport Fish
Mark Malchoff and David B. MacNeill
This fact sheet guides the angler through the management rationale behind release of sport-caught fish. It discusses the causes of angling mortality in fish and presents both general recommendations for releasing fish and more specific suggestions for increasing survival of marine offshore and bottom fish species, warm-water freshwater species, and trout and salmon taken at greater depths. 6 pages. NYSGI-G-95-003. $2.
Long Island Sound Conference Proceedings
Anne McElroy and Julie Zeidner (eds.)
Proceedings from the 1994 Long Island Sound Research Conference in which marine scientists and resource managers gathered to discuss the role of research in assessing the status of the Sound are now available from New York Sea Grant. The one-day forum was held at SUNY at Stony Brook. The theme of the conference was the role of scientific research in determining whether the Sound's condition is improving or not, and how research efforts can gauge this. 103 pages. NYSGI-W-94-001. $7.
Brown Tide Summit - Video
New York Sea Grant
A video of the two-day Brown Tide Summit sponsored by New York Sea Grant, the Marine Sciences Research Center of SUNY at Stony Brook, and the Peconic Estuary Program is now available from Sea Grant. Experts from across the country gathered at the summit to discuss current brown tide research and to create a research agenda that will determine the next steps in dealing with the issue. Brown tide has plagued Long Island's East End bays for almost a decade, and recent outbreaks last summer had a devastating effect on the scallop harvest. Nearly 70 nationally recognized scientists from universities and research centers participated in workshops. $50.
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Rhode Island Sea Grant
University of Rhode Island Bay Campus
Narragansett, RI 02882-1197An order form is available from the Rhode Island Sea Grant home page. Use your browser's print function to print form, then mail to address above.
Fact Sheet: Catch-and-Release Fishing
Erik Williams and Malia Schwartz
Catch-and-release fishing is one way that recreational anglers can help to ensure that sportfish stocks are around now and in the future. This new fact sheet explores the benefits of recreational catch-and-release fishing and offers guidelines on the best catch-and-release methods. 2 pages. RIU-G-94-002. P1364. 50 cents each.
Fact Sheet: Marine Recreational Fishing in Rhode Island
Erik Williams and Tony Corey
Recreational fishing in Rhode Island has long been an important part of the state's economy. This two-page fact sheet discusses the role that recreational fishing plays in Rhode Island, addresses fishing ethics, talks about the history of sportfish restoration programs, and presents ways to protect sportfish through various conservation practices. 2 pages. RIU-G-94-003. P1365. 50 cents each.
Fact Sheet: Rhode Island Freshwater Clams and Mussels
Michael Rice
Concern about the potential invasion of the freshwater European zebra mussel into North American water bodies such as the Great Lakes has sparked interest in Rhode Island's native clams and mussels. This fact sheet illustrates and describes seven species native to Rhode Island. Two potential exotic invaders - the zebra mussel, Dreissena polymorpha and Corbicula fluminea, an Asian clam - are also described. 2 pages. RIU-G-95-001. P1390. 50 cents each.
New Sea Grant-Land Grant Publications Catalog
The second joint Sea Grant-Land Grant Publications Catalog features reports, information packets, posters, and fact sheets available from Sea Grant and Land Grant in Rhode Island. These publications cover topics ranging from aquaculture to highbush blueberry culture. Included are separate tear-out order forms for Land Grant and for Sea Grant. 25 pages. RIU-L-96-001. P1410. Free.
Metal Inputs to Narragansett Bay: A History and Assessment of Recent Conditions
Scott W. Nixon
Beginning, perhaps, when Giovanni da Verrazano dropped anchor from the Dauphine into Newport Harbor in 1524, human input of metals into Narragansett Bay has been a source of pollution to varying degrees. This two-part book traces the rise in metals input from iron-making enterprises in the mid-1600s through the activities of the Industrial Revolution to the urban sewage and manufacturing discharge in the first half of the 20th century. Part two inventories more recent metals inputs and their sources. The improvements demonstrated over the past half-century offer useful implications for urban planners. 76 pages. RIU-T-95-001. P1388. $10.
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WHOI Sea Grant Program
193 Oyster Pond Road
CRL 209
Woods Hole, MA 02543-1525
Transport of Juvenile Gem Clams (Gemma gemma) in a Headland Wake Guide
Kelly L. Rankin, Lauren S. Mullineaux, and W. Rockwell Geyer
This paper, reprinted from Estuaries 17(3):655-667, 1994, describes research documenting flows around a headland and measuring transport of the gem clam, Gemma gemma, to determine whether hydrodynamic transport of the clams causes them to accumulate in the wake of the headland. If this were the case, a predictive association could be drawn between coastal eddies and population distribution, as has been hypothesized in the scientific literature. The study found that flows in the wake interior were too weak to transport and accumulate gem clams in bottom convergence, and that bedload transport was a more dominant factor in transport of juvenile gem clams than suspension in the water column as part of a headland wake. Investigators also found that gem clams were deposited just inside the wake perimeter, along with coarse sediment grains with diameters similar to that of the gem clam. Researchers summarized that, while adult gem clam populations tended to be abundant in the regions receiving transported juveniles, transport via any specific flood tide was not sufficient to fully predict the adult distribution. 13 pages. WHOI-R-94-006. No charge, while supplies last.
WHOI Sea Grant Publications Catalog, 1971-1995
This catalog includes all publications supported by WHOI Sea Grant since the program's inception in 1971. The catalog organizes publications by research area and features an annotated bibliography. Publications useful for teachers and/or students are so designated. Order information is included. 80 pages. WHOI-L-96-001. $2 to cover postage.