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OUR MISSION

Coonamessett Farm Foundation's (CFF) mission is to conduct scientific research and educational projects that support sustainable fisheries, aquaculture, and agricultural industries.

What's new at CFF?

2 / 23 /2023

Last week some of our researchers went out between storms and were able to complete one of our seasonal survey trips. This ongoing project surveys eastern Georges Bank every other month to provide data on abundance and distribution of scallop and flatfish. Many thanks to the owner, captain and crew of the F/V Atlantic for all your help to our staff!

1 / 31 /2023

Meet our newest team members, Halley Myers and Kelly Alves! Halley will be working as a research assistant/ at-sea technician and helping out with other various projects. Kelly will be joining the ASM team as a trainer and also helping out with other research projects. Welcome!

1 / 12 /2023

CFF’s newest team member, Kelly Alves, giving a dry run presentation in preparation for our first ASM training of the year stating in February. Kelly will be assisting with ASM and sea tech responsibilities. Dusty approves!

1 / 06 /2023

Check out a new article by research biologists Liese Siemann, Tasha O’Hara, Luisa Garcia, and Farrell Davis titled “Developing Non-lethal Survey Methods for Marine Species and Habitat in Wind Farm Lease Areas” 

12 / 23 /2022

Best fishes to you and yours this holiday season! From everyone here at CFF, we hope you have a happy, healthy and safe holiday and new year! #merryfishmas 

12 / 07 /2022

We visited the United States Maritime Resource Center in Middletown, RI to see the Orsted Wind Farm Simulator. Some of our researches got to see first hand what navigating through a wind farm (Revolution Wind) might look like. In the simulation they were able to change the weather conditions and time of day!

Tori, Natalie, Tasha, Luisa (pictured), and Liese were joined by members of Orsted, Vineyard Wind, Eversource and Regent Craft on this exciting day.

SUSTAINING SEA SCALLOPS -
A DOCUMENTARY FILM

Our feature film, Sustaining Sea Scallops, is now available online!  Check out the promo clip here.

Watch the full documentary to learn how the collaborative research model embraced by CFF helped a flagging scallop fishing industry rebound.

 

HELP CFF'S WORK IN SUPPORT OF LOCAL FISHERS AND FARMERS IN OUR REGION WHEN YOU SHOP
 

 

Designate CFF as your charity at Smile Amazon and support our research every time you shop! Click the image above to visit Coonamessett Farm Foundation's Amazon Smile page.

 

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