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Buckel Lab faculty sampling gamefish at docks of Big Rock Tournament

Jul 9, 2026

What CMAST Learned From Big Rock’s Record-Breaking 919 Pound Fish

Behind a barricade, crowds gather to see an animal typically only seen offshore. Blue marlin, fish that can be as long as a car, are weighed at Big Rock Landing in Morehead City, NC. The excitement builds as spectators hold their breath waiting to hear the weight and learn if it puts the angler in…
Three people squatted around quadrats in the marsh

May 22, 2026

Trevyn Toone: Unraveling the Mystery Between Marshes and Mussels

Squishy mud. An abundance of small, scuttling critters. A distinct rotten egg smell that some surprisingly love. This muddy saltmarsh is where postdoctoral researcher Trevyn Toone conducts his work. Unlike most saltmarshes, this site is a restored marsh, not a natural one. The restored marsh lies behind a newly constructed living shoreline, and Toone is…
Ryan Tharp and Bethany Wager on a boat, smiling together in Lithuania with large sand dunes in the background.

Nov 3, 2025

CMAST Students Go Global!

Big shoutout to Buckel Lab grad students, Bethany Wager and Ryan Tharp, who traveled all the way to Lithuania last month for the International Council for Exploration of the Seas (ICES) Annual Science Conference! Thanks to WHOI’s early career international travel funding, Bethany presented the first two chapters of her research, marking her very first…

May 27, 2025

Brooks Earns Award from American Fisheries Society

Congratulations to Johnna Brooks, Biomathematics PhD candidate at North Carolina State University (advised by Jie Cao and Jeffrey Buckel), and NOAA Sea Grant Population Dynamics Fellow, who has been chosen as the recipient this year’s the Berkeley Fellowship Award from the Marine Fisheries Section of the American Fisheries Society (AFS). According to the AFS, this fellowship was…

May 27, 2025

CMAST Director’s Research Featured by Global One Health Academy

Congratulations to Dr. David Eggleston, NC State University professor and director of the Center for Marine Sciences and Technology, whose research has been featured by the NC State Global One Health Academy.  Eggleston says his work focuses on methods to sustain and restore the health of marine and coastal ecosystems to maintain and support coastal…

May 27, 2025

Lewbart Research on Marine Iguanas Published

Congratulations to NC State’s Dr. Gregory Lewbart for his co-authorship of a recent article on marine iguanas, titled, Changes in marine iguana (Amblyrhynchus cristatus) heart rates suggest reduced metabolism during El Niño events.  The article was published in the April 2025 edition of the Journal of Zoology.  Lewbart says the article is based on nearly…

Apr 30, 2025

CMAST Bids Farewell to Semester at CMAST Students

The NC State Center for Marine Sciences and Technology (CMAST) Semester at CMAST class of 2025 presented their spring research projects to a group of their peers and mentors today.  Research topics, presenters, and mentors, included: Andrew Morris – Mentors, Drs. Alex Chouljenko and Alona Chepiha and Mr. Greg Bolton Best of luck to this…

Apr 30, 2025

Pygmy Whale Sperm Calf Strands at Emerald Isle

On Wednesday, a live pygmy sperm whale calf stranded alive at Emerald Isle. Pygmy sperm whales are pelagic, deep diving, squid eaters and are rarely seen at sea because they spend little time at the surface. Unfortunately, they often strand in mother-calf pairs, and many strand alive. This animal was a female, and her mother…

Apr 30, 2025

NC State Veterinary Students Make a Difference in the Galapagos Islands

Morehead City, NC – Twenty-two Veterinary students just returned from a trip of a lifetime in the Galapagos Islands through NC State University’s Galapagos Elective: Conservation and Ecology in Ecuador course.  The purpose of the Galapagos elective, or ILAVET, taught and led by Dr. Gregory Lewbart, professor of aquatic animal medicine at the Center for…

Apr 24, 2025

Differences of Opinion on Whale Mortality

With deceased whale strandings increasing along the Atlantic coast, scientists and fishermen are debating the possible causes, from boat strikes to fishing gear entanglement to offshore wind energy sources.  Professor and director of marine health at North Carolina State University’s Center for Marine Sciences and Technology, Dr. Craig Harms, weighs in on the story. Read more…