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Performance of two selectively bred strains of eastern oyster, Crassostrea virginica, in Delaware Bay, USA with implications for living shoreline features

Annual Relative Abundance Variability and Biological Characteristics of Age-0 Shortnose Sturgeon in the Lower Tidal Delaware River

Assessing the spatial variability of cage movement and velocity attenuation of an off-bottom oyster farm and its influence on eastern oyster (Crassostrea virginica) growth performance

Acoustic‐tagged American Shad utilize historic habitat following dam removal in northern Delaware

Environmental drivers of biogeography and community structure in a Mid-Atlantic estuary

The North American Freshwater Migratory Fish Database (NAFMFD): Characterizing the migratory life histories of freshwater fishes of Canada, the United States and Mexico

A satellite-based mobile warning system to reduce interactions with an endangered species

This week – we bring you the latest episode of the Delaware Humanities’ podcast – ‘People and Planet.’In this episode, we focus on Delaware and oysters, exploring the history, science, and economic and cultural of oysters in First State with Ed Hale, Assistant Professor in the School of Marine Science and Policy and the Delaware Sea Grant Program at the University of Delaware and Morgan Krell, Science Technician at the Delaware Center for the Inland Bays.

People and Planet: Oysters in Delaware

Dr. Ed Hale is a fisheries and aquaculture specialist with the University of Delaware’s Delaware Sea Grant College Program and holds a faculty appointment in UD’s School of Marine Science and Policy. His expertise includes fisheries and aquaculture research to address emerging issues in the field, and outreach and extension efforts to share University knowledge with interested industry and community members. Dr. Hale has more than 20 years of experience in the field, and presently works on projects that involve American Shad, Atlantic Sturgeon, Eastern Oyster and Sandbar Sharks.

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Assistant Professor, Marine Science and Policy

In our debut episode of #HowTo, DESG Marine Advisory Specialist Ed Hale walks us through how to get some delicious fillets from a black sea bass. Watch out for those bones!

How To: Fillet Black Sea Bass

DESG specialist Ed Hale explains what a seine net is, as well as how seining works with regards to catching fish and other marine species for study.

An Intro to Seining

DESG fisheries and aquaculture specialist Ed Hale describes what trawling is and how it works, as well as how it differs from seining.

An Intro to Trawling

Larry sits with Dr. Ed Hale a biometrician for the Delaware Division of Fish & Wildlife to discuss a new app for sturgeon.

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