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On April 13-14, 2026, Katy Acheson and Dina Lyons Howell attended the 2026 Cape Coastal Conference: Shared Solutions for Stronger Coasts & Communities at Margaritaville Resort in Hyannis. The host, Waquoit Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve (WBNERR) recently published all of the conference videos which are free to view.

The NSF Seafood Engine is a collaboration of seafood industry, tech sector, government, and research partners including the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution.

This year's tournament welcomed 33 boats and 190 anglers, who spent the day fishing the waters of Cape Cod before gathering at Baxter's Fish 'N Chips for an evening of celebration, camaraderie, and giving back.

AmeriCorps Cape Cod (ACC) has been awarded approximately $1.5 million in federal funding through a competitive three-year AmeriCorps State and National grant, ensuring the program can continue serving Cape Cod communities through August 2029.

The Cape Cod Blue Economy Foundation was awarded Economic Development Partner of the Year by MassHire Cape & Islands Workforce Board at their Annual Meeting held on June 17, 2026.

Big Blue, Green Tomorrow: Connecting the Dots drew organizational leaders, researchers, blue- and green-economy employers and employees, educators, students and artists to Falmouth for two days of presentations on how we work, live and create a sustainable environment on and in the waters of Cape Cod.

The Center for Coastal Studies (CCS) will mark Massachusetts Right Whale Day, Friday, April 24, with three special public events. In addition, a special film screening is scheduled for Wednesday, April 22.

This year, the Cape Cod Blue Economy Foundation is partnering with the Cape Cod Climate Change Collaborative to present programming illuminating stories highlighting both ‘blue’ (water-based) and ‘green’ (climate) stories and initiatives, curated to spark conversations and inspire actions relevant to the vitality of living and working on Cape Cod.

The Family Table Collaborative (FTC) has received a donation of $90,000 worth of food from Dole & Bailey, the Woburn-based premium meat and seafood company, helping the organization continue providing nutritious meals across Cape Cod. The donation includes 11 pallets of food, mostly protein. It will be transported from Woburn to Yarmouth with the help of Midnight Our Seafood, a Chatham-based seafood company, which is sending a truck to make this gift possible.

The fourth annual Big Blue Conference, titled Big Blue, Green Tomorrow: Connecting the Dots, will be held on Tuesday, April 28th and Wednesday, April 29th at Falmouth High School, 874 Gifford Street in Falmouth, MA.

Nearly 220 students from 11 schools in the Cape & Islands region attended WaterWORKS 2026 Career Day at Cape Cod Community College, where they interacted with 40+ Blue Economy exhibitors.

The funding supports a variety of projects the Fishermen’s Alliance is involved in, such as a permit bank that leases fishing quota at affordable rates, working waterfront initiatives that identify infrastructure needs, workforce training that includes safety and leadership development, educational initiatives, and the Small Boats, Big Taste program that helps keep fishermen fishing and supplies nutritious, delicious meals to food banks and pantries across the state.