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Enlisting One of Nature’s Ecosystem Engineers to Assist with Coastal Defense

By HSRL Staff • August 1, 2023

Rutgers University is leading an 18-month DARPA project during its first phase, with options that could extend out to a total of five years.

Rutgers-led Project Successfully Conducts Testing of Shellfish Reef Structure Designed to Promote Coastal Resilience

By HSRL Staff • June 26, 2023

The Rutgers-led Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) project—awarded $12.6 million last fall to develop an artificial reef ecosystem to help project coastlines from storm damage, flooding and erosion—recently conducted laboratory testing of modular oyster reef-mimicking structures for eventual installation in the Gulf Coast.

Pictured at left (in red shirt), Rutgers professor David Bushek, who directs the Haskin Shellfish Research Lab, and University of Central Florida Associate Professor Kelly Kibler (standing, second from left) with partners from Reef Design Lab, the University of Western Australia, the University of Melbourne and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Courtesy of Dave Bushek. — Pictured at left (in red shirt), Rutgers professor David Bushek, who directs the Haskin Shellfish Research Lab, and University of Central Florida Associate Professor Kelly Kibler (standing, second from left) with partners from Reef Design Lab, the University of Western Australia, the University of Melbourne and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
Courtesy of Dave Bushek.

Rutgers Students Work to Bring Wind Energy to New Jersey

By HSRL Staff • April 11, 2023

This September, Gov. Phil Murphy signed an order to increase New Jersey’s offshore wind goal to nearly 50 percent by 2040.

A group of 12 Rutgers students, including Sophia Piper (HSRL), is hard at work to help the state meet that deadline.

Turbines in an off shore wind farm. Shutterstock

New Report Paves Way for a Northeast Fisheries and Offshore Wind Science Agenda

By HSRL Staff • March 30, 2023

A final peer-reviewed report synthesizing the current state of science on the interactions between fisheries and offshore wind is now available online.

*Conceptual drawing of mooring and anchoring technology for floating offshore wind energy platforms. Credit: U.S Department of Energy*

Inaugural Rutgers Shellfish Research Symposium

By HSRL Staff • February 21, 2023

The inaugural Rutgers Shellfish Research Symposium, in partnership with the New Jersey Aquaculture Association and the Haskin Shellfish Research Laboratory, was held on January 18 at the NJAES Jacques Cousteau National Estuarine Research Reserve.

Offshore wind farms threaten New Jersey’s shellfish industry.
Should fishing communities be compensated?

By HSRL Staff • January 3, 2023

Scallops and clams are likely to get more expensive to harvest off New Jersey, as commercial fishing vessels will soon have to compete for ocean space against offshore wind energy companies.

Party and commercial fishing boats sit idle at their docks in Point Pleasant Beach Friday, April 3, 2020.

Collaboration to Develop Oyster Reef-Based Coastal Resilience System

By HSRL Staff • December 1, 2022

WSP USA, an environment, engineering, and professional services consultancy, announced that it is collaborating with Rutgers University on a joint project to develop an engineered oyster reef ecosystem that will help protect coastlines from storm waves and erosion.

Developing Oyster Reef Ecosystem to Prevent Beach Erosion

By HSRL Staff • November 26, 2022

Rutgers University has partnered with the environmental engineering firm WSP USA to develop oyster beds that could also protect coastlines from storms, flooding, and erosion.

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