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The parasite uses many commercial fish species as intermediate hosts, making it an important issue in both the fishing industry and the public health sector. Codworm is also a recurring topic of interest when discussing seal/fishery issues. Despite the issues infection of commercial fish associated with these larvae, no studies of the ecology of codworm had previously specifically targeted the Gulf of Maine (GOM).Lauren worked with several NASRC collaborators in her indepth interdisciplinary research project to determine the range of codword in the GOM by assessing prevalence and abundance in Atlantic cod. She then determine baseline codworm distribution data and seal bycatch data to analyze the relationship between codworm distribution and seal distribution in the Gulf of Maine and assessed how important this definitive host may be in determining codworm distribution in the region. Finally, she investigated the population genetic structure of codworm. Her research now represents the baseline on codworm prevalence and abundance in cod for the GOM. Photo: Lauren presenting her work at the International Society for Marine Mammalogy Conference https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f31b09f0a12c629cdbfdc1d/1597687835082-75RJ4SZB396OI2D5J6CH/Education+%3A+keith_hernandez_infront_of_poster_494993.jpg Students - Using alternative diet analysis methods for studying gray seal foraging ecology on Cape Cod Keith M. 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A partial food web for the Scotian Shelf in the Northwest Atlantic off eastern Canada. Species enclosed in rectangles are also exploited by humans. This food web is incomplete because the feeding habits of all components have not been fully described. In Lavigne (2003) "Marine mammals and fisheries: the role of science in the culling debate." Marine mammals: Fisheries, tourism and management issues: 31-47. https://www.sealconsortium.org/populations daily 0.75 2020-08-27 https://www.sealconsortium.org/health daily 0.75 2021-06-25 https://www.sealconsortium.org/water-quality-issues daily 0.75 2024-10-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f31b09f0a12c629cdbfdc1d/1598495038504-CU4GZ1F9J2V9J3B8QUMV/Water_seals_350_315033.jpg Water Quality Concerns and Seals - Water Quality Near Seal Haul-Outs Researchers divided the beaches in the lower Cape region into those within 5 miles of seal haul-outs, and those more than 5 miles from seal haul-outs. This distance was thought to be a reasonable distance for the dispersion and inactivation of fecal indicator bacteria (FIB) on a daily tidal schedule. Analysis found that the beaches near the haul-outs actually showed a decreasing trend in yearly FIB exceedance events over the last decade, while the beaches away from seal haul-outs showed an increasing trend. (Courtesy Rebecca Gast, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f31b09f0a12c629cdbfdc1d/1624509201159-FMBSWFZ017UUKRXJ6RKC/water+quality+2018.png Water Quality Concerns and Seals - Water Quality Graph Beaches listed by year as Beaches near Seal haulout sites, beaches away from seal haulout sites. 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Some are concerned about the impact of seals on fisheries and water quality, and believe seals are responsible for sharks in the waters off the Cape. To learn about the grey seal population and it's role in the ecosystem, we talk with Stephanie Wood, Research Professor of Seal Biology at UMASS Boston’s School for the Environment. Here's a link to The Northwest Atlantic Seal Research Consortium (NASRC) studying how healthy populations of all marine resources including fishes, seals, whales, and other species are important components of healthy marine ecosystem. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f31b09f0a12c629cdbfdc1d/1598986546066-F5CXQ3B5MC4CMK62B3C5/News_SharkHBSTKXWA6RHU3DYSBRZ4GXPZHY.jpg In The News - Facts, but no easy answers, around shark bites in New England Nick Whitney and Greg Skomal. Boston Globe. July 31, 2020. So what can we do –especially as people flock to the beach to cool off? A terrible tragedy took place in the waters off Maine this past Monday when a woman was fatally injured by a bite from a white shark. As shark scientists, we follow these incidents closely and try to learn whatever we can, but we fully realize that data and analyses are of little comfort to all those affected. We also know that part of our job as scientists is to communicate the facts to the public as clearly as possible: This was the first-ever shark-related fatality in Maine’s history. There were only two fatalities from sharks in the world in 2019. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f31b09f0a12c629cdbfdc1d/1598983811997-GY0O7IS6JNPSS5JJ40XC/News_Seals_6963455444_de4d1a5080_h.jpg In The News - After a Shark Attack, Addressing Cape Cod’s Seal Population Sarah Mizes-Tan. NPR. 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