[SEMCO] Wellfleet OysterFest lectures explore climate change, water quality, protected species and more.

[Melissa Lowe Cestaro]

2011 Wellfleet OysterFest

Educational Lecture Series

 

Please join us for educational programs organized by SPAT (Shellfish
Tasting and Promotion) in partnership with Mass Audubon's Wellfleet Bay
Wildlife Sanctuary and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration. All talks listed below are free. No pre-registration is
required. Lectures held at Preservation Hall, Main Street, Wellfleet.

 

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 15

 

1:00 - 1:30 p.m.

Lecture: Oysters as First Responders

One oyster can filter as much as 50 gallons of water per day. So can
oysters be used as a first step to improving poor water quality in our
local embayments? Rick York, Mashpee's Shellfish Constable, is putting
oysters to the test in Mashpee River.

 

2:00 - 2:30 p.m.

Lecture: Oyster Reef Restoration Project Update

Mass Audubon's Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary, in cooperation with the
Town of Wellfleet, The Nature Conservancy, and the National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration, established an oyster reef habitat to study
how it is impacted by natural mortality, disease and harvest. Wellfleet
Bay's science coordinator Mark Faherty will discuss the project.

 

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 16

 

10:30 - 11:00 a.m.

Lecture: Fisheries in Hot Water: How Climate Change Threatens New
England's Most Storied Industry

Rising levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere are changing the
temperature and chemistry of the ocean, with potentially dire
consequences for marine life. As a result, scientists say we could see
up to a one third decline in fish and shellfish harvests by mid-century.
Heather Goldstone, WCAI's science editor and creator of NPR's Climatide
blog, will lead this discussion. 

 

1:30 - 2:00 p.m. 

Lecture: Whales, Sturgeon, Sea Turtles...Oh My! Protected Marine Species
in the Northeast

Alison Rosner, Marine Mammal Policy Specialist with the National Marine
Fisheries Service, will lead this discussion.

 

 

For more information contact Melissa Lowe, Wellfleet Bay Wildlife
Sanctuary at mlowe at massaudubon.org or 508-349-2615 x107

 

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Melissa Lowe, Outreach & Special Programs Coordinator 
Mass Audubon's Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary 
PO Box 236, South Wellfleet, MA 02663 
mlowe at massaudubon.org 
508-349-2615, ext 107 

Protecting the Nature of Massachusetts 
www.massaudubon.org/wellfleetbay 

 

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