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Santiago Shorebird Workshops

From January 4th-6th, 2018, Manomet’s Habitat Management Division partnered with the University of Santo Tomas, the Centro Bahía Lomas, and the Western Hemisphere Shorebird Reserve Network (WHSRN) to host the first Shorebird Ecology, Conservation, and Habitat Management Workshop of 2018 - in Santiago, Chile. This workshop follows several recent Manomet workshops in South America, including Lagoa do Peixe and Banco dos Cajuais in Brazil in 2016 and Bahía Samborombón and Bahía Blanca in Argentina in 2017. The Santiago workshop was held at the University of Santo Tomas with a field trip to the wetlands at the mouth of the Maipo River, part of the WHSRN site Desembocadura y Estuario del Río Maipo. The 23 workshop participants represented multiple organizations, including the Chilean Ministry of the Environment, the...

Mississippi Shorebird Workshops

Manomet partnered with Delta Wind Birds, a local nonprofit organization promoting shorebird conservation in the Mississippi Alluvial Valley, the US Fish and Wildlife Service, and the Lower Mississippi Valley Joint Venture, to host two shorebird workshops between September 29 and October 2, 2015. Managers of public and private lands from six southeastern states gathered in Lambert and Isola, Mississippi, for workshops highlighting land management to support migrating shorebirds passing through the Mississippi River Valley Alluvial Delta. Presentations and Handouts: Habitats For Shorebirds Informing Habitat Management for Shorebirds in Louisiana USFWS Integrated Waterbird Management and Monitoring Initiative 2014 Annual Report Lower Mississippi Valley Joint Venture: Biological Planning & Conservation Design: Shorebirds Lower Mississippi Valley Joint Venture: Monitoring Shorebirds Wetland Management Decision Making for Multiple Objectives Shorebird...

Conservation Counts – The Story Of The American Oystercatcher

On the southern coast of New England, one of the early indicators of spring is the raucous call of American Oystercatchers newly returned from coastal marshes in the Southeast. For much of the 20th century, these large, colorful shorebirds were absent from the Northeast and restricted to remote areas of the mid-Atlantic coast. Market hunting and egg collecting had decimated their population and Oystercatchers were slow to recover. By the 1970’s and ‘80s, they began to reappear, only to be met with rapid development of coastal areas and an increasing flood of humans competing for the same beaches the Oystercatchers need for nesting. Over the course of this exceptionally cold and stormy winter, I spent many hours staring through binoculars...

McMahan receives two awards for fisheries work

Marissa McMahan, Senior Fisheries Scientist, recently received two prestigious awards for her fisheries research. The Gulf of Maine Research Institute (GMRI) awarded McMahan the 2017 John H. Annala Fishery Leadership Award. This award was established in honor of GMRI’s founding Chief Scientific Officer and recognizes an early career fisheries scientist whose work has the potential to benefit the Gulf of Maine ecosystem and the communities that depend on it. The award states: “For her contribution to understanding changing fish distributions in the Gulf of Maine ecosystem and her commitment to collaboration between scientists and fishermen.” McMahan noted how honored she is to receive the award: “It is particularly meaningful to me because I started my early scientific career at GMRI,...

Fisheries

Manomet’s goal is to sustain New England’s fishing heritage in a changing Gulf of Maine by restoring fisheries and diversifying opportunities in fishing and aquaculture. The Gulf of Maine is one of the world’s most productive marine ecosystems—the heart of New England’s fishing heritage for over 400 years. Today, the Gulf is one of the fastest warming bodies of water on the planet, leading to big changes in the marine environment and a changing mix of species that survive and thrive. Manomet is on the doorstep of the Gulf of Maine and the forefront of developing sustainable adaptations to a changing climate.  Fishing in the Gulf of Maine generates nearly $4 billion each year and provides as many as 100,000...

Downeast Fisheries Partnership

The Downeast Fisheries Partnership is an unprecedented effort to restore one of the world’s great ecosystems by reconnecting the rivers of eastern Maine to its coastal waters. Fishing in Downeast Maine has changed dramatically since populations of groundfish like cod, haddock and flounder collapsed twenty years ago.Fishing matters in Eastern Maine. But it’s a livelihood that has changed dramatically in recent decades. Lobster fishing has prospered and sustains the coastal economy. But, fisheries for cod, haddock, flounder, Atlantic Salmon, and river herring have declined dramatically due to overharvesting and a long history of damming rivers and streams. Recent efforts by the partnership and others are bearing fruit. Most exciting, cod are turning up for the first time in nearshore fish...

The Future of Fishing: an extraordinary tasting and learning opportunity on Boston’s Fish Pier

The Gulf of Maine extends from Cape Cod to the Bay of Fundy.  It is one of the most productive marine ecosystems on earth. But the Gulf of Maine is warming faster than 99% of the world’s oceans.  Some fish species, like northern shrimp, are moving out, and other potentially valuable species, such as black sea bass and dogfish, are moving in.  Fishing is fundamental to the New England culture.  To sustain this heritage, fishermen, scientists, and even fish consumers will need to adapt to the changing system. So, join us on Boston’s Fish Pier for a special evening of tasting and learning.  Meet and talk with fishermen, scientists, chefs, and others who are on the front lines of adapting...

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New Paper uncovers migration mysteries of a threatened shorebird species

Manomet, USGS, GA Department of Natural Resources and Delaware Division of Fish and Wildlife complete multi-year research on the Red Knot PLYMOUTH, MA January 26, 2018  A new study published in the February 2018 Journal of Wildlife Management reveals the importance of the Georgia Coast as a key migratory stop-over for supporting large numbers of Red Knot (Calidris canutus rufa) on their southbound migration. This collaborative effort from members of Manomet, Inc., the USGS Patuxent Wildlife Research Center, Georgia Department of Natural Resources, and Delaware Division of Fish and Wildlife, also provides the first ever population estimates of rufa Red Knots wintering in the southeastern U.S., Caribbean, and northeastern Brazil. “This study emphasizes the importance of Georgia’s Altamaha River Delta...

Reflecting on Thanksgiving and the holiday season

The team here at Manomet hopes you had a very happy Thanksgiving! Nearly 400 years ago, the first Thanksgiving was celebrated just a short distance from our Plymouth headquarters and it set the tradition for all Thanksgivings to follow. Even in today's busy world, Thanksgiving is one celebration with a strong tradition of serving seasonal foods and where many pause to appreciate their meal and where it came from. While we're not certain if there was turkey on the first Thanksgiving table, other fowl and venison were likely served accompanied by fruits and vegetables that were gathered or harvested. Unlike most of our Thanksgiving feasts today, seafood played a big role in the meal, but there were no mashed potatoes...