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Coonamessett Farm Foundation's (CFF) mission is to conduct scientific research and educational projects that support sustainable fisheries operations, local small-scale agriculture and aquaculture, and renewable energy sources for the benefit of the public.

Meet our Seasonal Research Technician Coleman Cormier

Coleman graduated from the University Massachusetts Amherst in 2023, with a B.S. in Environmental Science, with a focus on Fisheries Management and a minor in Natural Resource Conservation. While in college, he worked in the lobster industry in Kittery, Maine, where his interest in marine sciences and the commercial fishing industry broadened...

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Meet our 2024 Legal Intern Victoria Kvilhaug

Victoria Kvilhaug is the legal intern for Coonamessett Farm Foundation, Inc. for the summer of 2024. Victoria graduated from the University of Massachusetts Amherst in 2023 with a Bachelor of Science in Biology. As an undergraduate student, Victoria worked in a research laboratory studying the coloration and ultraviolet reflectiveness of Tanager birds. She used software to create 3D models of the Tanager birds from 360° photographs of the specimens...

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Shearwater Bycatch Reduction

CFF is leading a collaborative research and outreach project to evaluate and promote modifications of baiting practices in the dogfish gillnet fishery with members of the Cape Cod commercial fishing community. The Deepwater Horizon oil spill had a large impact on great shearwaters and other seabird species, and reducing incidental mortality experienced at sea can help restore these injured species...

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Keep up with our Marine Research team out on the Atlantic 

Seasonal Survey

Earlier this month our team completed a second cruise for the Seasonal Scallop Survey on Georges Bank...

Davis Bank Benthic Survey

In September, our team completed the 4th and final trip of our pre-fishing surveys in the Davis Bank East area..

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Tension in the Air
 

Our team tested two scallop dredge setups on Georges Bank to see which performs better in high-current areas...

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.

 

Sustaining Sea Scallops Documentary Film
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