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$5.2+M Awarded to NY Sea Grant to Address Marine Debris

More than $5.2 million in funding to be administered at Stony Brook University will support New York Sea Grant’s (NYSG) efforts to carry out community action and research activities to reduce plastic and other...

May 2, 2023

4 min read

Community Long Island News Highlights Sustainability University

Community Engagement a Focus of Sea Grant’s New Statewide Coastal Resilience Funding

Several New York Sea Grant (NYSG) projects will receive support from a $8.1 million national investment to strengthen resilient coastal communities. NYSG’s ongoing efforts such as Community Flood Watch in NYC as...

April 5, 2023

3 min read

College of Engineering & Applied Sciences News Highlights Research SoMAS Sustainability University

Two SBU Long Island Sound Research Projects Receive New York Sea Grant Funding from $6.3M Suite

New York Sea Grant (NYSG), along with Connecticut Sea Grant (CTSG) and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Long Island Sound Study (LISS) Research Grant Program, has awarded more than $6.3 million in total funds...

March 3, 2023

5 min read

Research SoMAS Student Spotlight Sustainability

SoMAS PhD Student Receives National Marine Fisheries Service-Sea Grant Joint Fellowship

Sarah Weisberg's research focuses on understanding how human-caused climate change can alter fish distribution and abundance.

October 26, 2022

3 min read

Community Long Island News Highlights

Sea Grant’s Rip Currents Research and Outreach Gets ‘Real,’ Addresses Language Barriers

SBU Researchers Take Part in Improving Awareness and Understanding of Rip Currents Rip currents, which form as water moves swiftly and powerfully away from the shoreline, can catch and quickly take unsuspecting...

August 11, 2022

4 min read

Faculty/Staff News Highlights Research SoMAS

Hard Clam Hub Seeks to Improve Aquaculture Industry on Atlantic Coast

This regional collaborative of scientists focuses on two challenges that have been affecting the industry since the 1990s.

July 21, 2022

3 min read

Research Sustainability

$1.1M+ in Northeast Offshore Renewable Energy Studies Includes NYSG-Funded Project

The Northeast Sea Grant Consortium (NESGC) — in partnership with the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Wind Energy Technologies Office and Water Power Technologies Office, and NOAA’s Northeast Fisheries Science Center...

May 23, 2022

3 min read

Plastic pollution on our shorelines is plain to see, but concern is mounting over the impacts of microplastics in our waters. Credit: Paul C. Focazio, NYSG

Community Long Island News Highlights Sustainability

NYSG Curriculum Teaches How to Reduce Impact Marine Debris

New York Sea Grant (NYSG) has published “Plastic Pollution and You,” a 126-page, 15-lesson curriculum focused on a human-induced threat to the health of New York’s marine and freshwater aquatic ecosystems. The...

April 27, 2022

3 min read

Long Island News Highlights On Campus Sustainability

New Specialists Support New York Sea Grant’s Climate Resiliency and Coastal Literacy Efforts

Five new extension specialists have joined New York Sea Grant (NYSG) in its mission of “Bringing Science to the Shore” as part of a collaborative program between Cornell University and the State University of New York...

April 19, 2022

3 min read

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Faculty/Staff News Highlights Research SoMAS

Four SoMAS Research Projects Receive Funding from New York Sea Grant

The research projects will directly address multiple high-priority community, economic and environmental objectives.

February 2, 2022

5 min read

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Community Events Long Island Sustainability

Annual #DontTrashLISound Campaign Aims to Reduce Plastic Pollution

For the fifth consecutive year of the #DontTrashLISound social media campaign, partners focus on hope for reducing plastic pollution by highlighting positive steps people are taking to address the issue.

August 17, 2021

3 min read

Seafood Guide 7: Marketing Seafood provides different marketing strategies and tools to help New York seafood producers sell their seafood products to alternative markets.

Community COVID-19 Faculty/Staff Long Island News Highlights

NY Sea Grant Provides Seafood Resources During COVID-19 Pandemic and Beyond

The COVID-19 pandemic put pressure on New York seafood producers to quickly understand the requirements for processing and marketing seafood as the need for accessing new markets became increasingly vital for business...

August 4, 2021

3 min read

One of nine scenes created for Summer 2020’s #BEachSAFEly campaign (Image credit: Joel Davenport | New York & New Jersey Sea Grant Programs)

Awards and Honors COVID-19 Long Island

Sea Grant’s COVID-inspired Public Awareness Campaign Awarded by Fair Media Council

In a virtual ceremony held on April 27, Sea Grant’s COVID-19-inspired “#BEachSAFEly” campaign received a Folio Award from the Fair Media Council (FMC) for best “Social Media Public Awareness...

May 4, 2021

2 min read

An eelgrass bed off of Fishers Island, NY. Credit: CCE Suffolk County Marine Program

Academics Faculty/Staff Long Island News Highlights Research SoMAS

Chris Gobler’s LI Sound Research Receives Federal Funding

A study of ocean acidification by Christopher Gobler, Endowed Chair of Coastal Ecology and Conservation in Stony Brook’s School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences, is one of eight research projects that will examine...

February 22, 2021

2 min read

In an effort to help prevent erosion, signage encourages beachgoers to keep off coastal bluffs. New research supported by NY Sea Grant will provide information that will allow for improved prediction of bluff erosion that informs planning by coastal communities. Image credit: Cornell Cooperative Extension Marine Program

Academics Faculty/Staff News Highlights Research SoMAS Stony Brook Matters Sustainability

$2.1 Million Awarded for Sea Grant Research on NY’s Coastal Environment

Funds will support three projects led by Stony Brook University faculty that explore topics relating to and benefiting New York’s coastal environment, communities and economies.

October 16, 2020

6 min read

Awards and Honors SoMAS Sustainability

NY Sea Grant Wins 2020 Folio Award for ‘Best Social Media Public Awareness Campaign’

In a virtual ceremony held on September 22, New York Sea Grant’s (NYSG) “Currents Clips” received a Folio Award from the Fair Media Council (FMC) for “Best Social Media Public Awareness Campaign.” NYSG — a...

September 22, 2020

3 min read

Community COVID-19 Faculty/Staff Stony Brook Matters

New York Sea Grant’s Rapid Response to COVID-19

NYSG provides important information that businesses, educators, landowners and other stakeholders can use during the pandemic.

July 10, 2020

4 min read

Hard clams (photo by Bassem Allam); Inset photo: A worker at Norm Bloom & Son Oysters offloads shellfish harvested from the company’s beds in Norwalk (photo by Judy Benson, Connecticut Sea Grant)

Faculty/Staff Long Island Research Sustainability

NY Sea Grant Contributes to Marine Aquaculture Research Projects

Two important aquaculture studies on New York’s marine waters will be administered at Stony Brook University through New York Sea Grant (NYSG). These projects are part of a national suite of 42 research projects and...

November 14, 2019

3 min read

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$5.2+M Awarded to NY Sea Grant to Address Marine Debris

Community Engagement a Focus of Sea Grant’s New Statewide Coastal Resilience Funding

Two SBU Long Island Sound Research Projects Receive New York Sea Grant Funding from $6.3M Suite

SoMAS PhD Student Receives National Marine Fisheries Service-Sea Grant Joint Fellowship

Sea Grant’s Rip Currents Research and Outreach Gets ‘Real,’ Addresses Language Barriers

Hard Clam Hub Seeks to Improve Aquaculture Industry on Atlantic Coast

$1.1M+ in Northeast Offshore Renewable Energy Studies Includes NYSG-Funded Project

NYSG Curriculum Teaches How to Reduce Impact Marine Debris

New Specialists Support New York Sea Grant’s Climate Resiliency and Coastal Literacy Efforts

Four SoMAS Research Projects Receive Funding from New York Sea Grant

Annual #DontTrashLISound Campaign Aims to Reduce Plastic Pollution

NY Sea Grant Provides Seafood Resources During COVID-19 Pandemic and Beyond

Sea Grant’s COVID-inspired Public Awareness Campaign Awarded by Fair Media Council

Chris Gobler’s LI Sound Research Receives Federal Funding

$2.1 Million Awarded for Sea Grant Research on NY’s Coastal Environment

NY Sea Grant Wins 2020 Folio Award for ‘Best Social Media Public Awareness Campaign’

New York Sea Grant’s Rapid Response to COVID-19

NY Sea Grant Contributes to Marine Aquaculture Research Projects

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