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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body bgcolor=white background="cid:image001.jpg@01CDC1B1.0C665E60" lang=EN-US link="#3333CC" vlink="#666699"><img src="cid:image001.jpg@01CDC1B1.0C665E60" v:src="cid:image001.jpg@01CDC1B1.0C665E60" v:shapes="_x0000_Mail" width=0 height=0 class=shape style='display:none;width:0;height:0'><div class=WordSection1><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b><span style='font-size:16.0pt;color:#9BBB59'>Research @ Reserve Coffee House on Farming Seaweed to Clean Water, Thursday, November 15 <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b><span style='color:black'>On Thursday, November 15 at 7:00 pm, Waquoit Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve’s Community Coffee House: Research at the Reserve series concludes with “ Seaweed Farming in our Coastal Ponds for Food, Fuel, Fertilizer and Cleaner Water” presented by Scott Lindell, Director of the Scientific Aquaculture Program at the Marine Biological Laboratory.</span></b><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:TT15FT00;color:black'> </span></b><b><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:10.0pt'><span style='color:black'>The native seaweed, <i>Gracilaria tikvahiae</i>, grows abundantly in most of our coastal ponds. When cultured it can be transformed into a tasty sea vegetable for use in salads, mixed with steamed greens, or used in many other recipes. <i>Gracilaria</i> can also serve as an alternative fish or animal food ingredient, a feedstock for biofuel, and has traditionally been a source of agar – a common thickening agent used in ice creams and jellies. Seaweeds can also be an effective tool for nutrient bioextraction, the practice of farming and harvesting organisms for the purpose of removing excessive nitrogen and other nutrients from degraded coastal ponds. Come hear Scott Lindell share the results of the first growing season of a project that is documenting the removal of nitrogen by farmed seaweeds and oysters in Waquoit Bay while evaluating the business potential of seaweed farming locally.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:10.0pt'><span style='color:black'>Freshly out of graduate school at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst in 1986, Scott co-founded an innovative integrated fish farm, AquaFuture, Inc in Turners Falls, MA where he was involved in all aspects of business planning and finance. He was responsible for operation of a 4,000 sq. ft. integrated fish culture/hydroponic vegetable facility and developed a patent for novel wastewater treatment technology for fish farming. The farm grew to be one of the largest indoor fish farms in the Eastern U.S. while Scott was the Scientific and Environmental Director. For over 12 years, he spearheaded research and development to enhance fish farming productivity through biotechnology included selective breeding, nutrition, and improving early larval husbandry and live transport of fish to market.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>This series was created to help expose community members to cutting edge science in a relaxed and informal way. The interactive coffee house format helps people feel equally comfortable asking questions and joining in the discussion or just sitting back and listening to the scientists’ stories of their work. Doors open at 6:45 pm with a chance to view the exhibits in the visitor center and sample some homemade sweets and coffee and tea (and possibly even a taste of one of the seaweed recipes Scott’s developed!). Participants are encouraged to bring their own mug and flashlight for traveling from the parking lot. Admission is free. For more information, call 508-457-0495 x 107 or 108. Waquoit Bay Reserve is located at 149 Waquoit Highway (route 28), Waquoit, Massachusetts. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>For more information and a downloadable flyer, go to </span><a href="http://www.waquoitbayreserve">www.waquoitbayreserve</a><span style='color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black'>Joan Muller<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Education Coordinator</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Waquoit Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>149 Waquoit Hwy.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Box 3092</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Waquoit, MA 02536</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>508-457-0495 x107</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><a href="http://www.waquoitbayreserve.org">www.waquoitbayreserve.org</a></span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div></div></body></html>