The “Hooked on Ocean Acidification (OA)” mini-series, held virtually in February and March, connected recreational anglers, educators, and natural resource managers with regional scientists studying the impacts of ocean and coastal acidification in Mid-Atlantic waters. Through four evening sessions, we explored how acidification can affect recreationally important fish and shellfish, the potential for seagrasses to buffer acidic waters and help with reef restoration, and the models being developed to forecast changes in OA and hypoxia in the Chesapeake Bay. State and regional efforts to monitor and mitigate acidification were also highlighted.

Our featured speakers included: Dr. Grace Saba (Rutgers University), Dr. Hannes Baumann (University of Connecticut), and Dr. Emily Rivest, Fei Da, and Dr. Marjy Friedrichs (Virginia Institute of Marine Science). If you missed the mini-series, recordings of each session are available below.

Hooked on Ocean Acidification was sponsored by the Mid-Atlantic Coastal Acidification Network (MACAN) and the Mid-Atlantic Regional Association for Coastal Ocean Observing Systems (MARACOOS), in collaboration with our partners at the Virginia Institute of Marine Science, Rutgers Cooperative Extension, the Mid-Atlantic Regional Council on the Ocean (MARCO), and the New Jersey Sea Grant Consortium.