CMAST News

Feb 8, 2023

2023 Semester at CMAST Cohort

The NC State University Center for Marine Sciences and Technology welcomes a new group of  students to its Semester at CMAST program!  Now in its eighth year, Semester a CMAST is an academic, experiential learning experience that provides opportunities for select NC State undergraduate students to study coastal and marine sciences from CMAST in Morehead City.   …

Feb 8, 2023

CMAST Scientists and Partners Respond to Right Whale Calf Mortality in Morehead City

A North Atlantic right whale (Eubalaena glacialis) calf was reported alive on 3 January 2023 between Radio Island and the Rachel Carson Estuarine Research Reserve at approximately 0800h. The Clearwater Marine Aquarium Research Institute (CMARI) aerial team spotted the whale near the Morehead City Port at about 1000h and alerted K. Rittmaster (Bonehenge) who was…

Jan 18, 2023

Dolphin Stranding on Atlantic Beach

An adult male bottlenose dolphin recently stranded on Atlantic Beach was reported to Dr. Vicky Thayer, North Carolina Marine Mammal Stranding director and NC Division of Marine Fisheries Conservation biologist, who responded with Dr. Craig Harms, Professor, NC State Department of Clinical Sciences/College of Veterinary Medicine at the Center for Marine Sciences and Technology (CMAST), and…

Jan 11, 2023

Seafood processing sanitation and safety training offered in Spanish

The NC State Seafood Lab at the Center for Marine Sciences and Technology (CMAST) recently conducted its first sanitation and safety training video in Spanish.  The project, titled, “Development of sanitation and safety training videos for the Spanish speaking seafood processing industry community,” was funded by NC Sea Grant.   CMAST Seafood Lab director, Alex Chouljenko, research…

Jan 9, 2023

Simpson is selected for Climate Leaders Program

Congratulations to Kalle Simpson, who is a student in the College of Veterinary Medicine as part of the Fisheries, Wildlife and Conservation Biology Program at NC State University, and her mentor, Dr. Tal Ben-Horin, CVM, Center for Marine Sciences and Technology (CMAST) for being selected to participate in the 2023 cohort of the Kenan Institute for…

Dec 14, 2022

Fisheries management strategy article published

Congratulations to CMAST researchers Matt Damiano, Jie Cao, and Alex Rocco, along with Bethany Wager, Kyle W. Shertzer, and Grant D. Murray for their recently published article, “Integrating information from semi-structured interviews into management strategy evaluation: A case study for Southeast United States marine fisheries”, published in Frontiers in Marine Science.This article is one of…

Dec 9, 2022

International Day of Veterinary Medicine

Join the NC State Center for Marine Sciences and Technology (CMAST) in recognizing its staff veterinarians today during the International Day of Veterinary Medicine.  CMAST veterinarians include:  Drs. Craig Harms, Michael Stoskopf, Maria Serrano, Nick Dannemiller (Zoological Medicine Resident), Emily Christiansen (NC Aquariums/CMAST), and Lori Westmoreland (NC Aquariums/CMAST).  The CMAST Aquatic Animal Health group, led by…

Nov 15, 2022

CMAST Research Technician earns poster award

Congratulations to NC State student and research technician at the Center for Marine Sciences and Technology (CMAST), Caroline Branan, who recently received honorable mention for her poster presentation, “The use of drones in quantifying large marine debris distribution in microtidal marshes,” at the North Carolina Coastal Conference hosted by North Carolina Sea Grant.   Caroline presented work she’s…

Oct 20, 2022

CMAST conducts deep ocean research aboard Alvin

NC State University PhD student, Ian Grace and NC State Center for Marine Science and Technology (CMAST) research specialist, Melissa LaCroce, recently dove in the deep-sea submersible Alvin at methane seeps along the continental ridge in the Gulf of Mexico. Grace and LaCroce are pictured aboard the research vessel, Atlantis, in front of Alvin, which is famous…

Oct 20, 2022

NC State College of Vet Med provides student training combined with community outreach

The NC State College of Veterinary Medicine (CVM) Mobile Surgery Unit, headed by Dr. Kelli Ferris, was at the Center for Marine Sciences and Technology (CMAST) last weekend for veterinary student surgery training as a community outreach to provide cat spays and neuters. Drs. Ferris, Noger, and Cawlfield, along with John Ladner, brought the NC State CVM…