Boating News in Gloucester, MA

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Are Sea Cucumbers a Cleanup Solution to Fish Farm Pollution?

12/8/2023 by Anastasia Fischer

By Yale School of the Environment. Seafood farm operators are breeding and deploying sea cucumbers to vacuum up the massive amounts of fish waste that pose a major problem for their industry. It is part of an effort to redesign fish farms with multiple species so that they work more like… SEE MORE

https://www.nps.gov/subjects/wetlands/restoring-wetlands.htm

New Wetland Park in Delaware Solves Decades of Flooding Issues

12/7/2023 by Anastasia Fischer

From NOAA’s Office of Coastal Management. The Takeaway: A formerly contaminated area in Delaware has been turned into a park that restores and enhances existing wetlands, provides a recreation area for the community, and hosts a stormwater management facility that reduces flooding. A new 1,800-foot handicap-accessible route runs through the… SEE MORE