Shoals Marine Laboratory

09/02/2026

SML is the perfect setting for lifelong learners, including these participants who are immersed the intertidal on Appledore. The rocky shores are perfect to find all sorts of critters!

09/01/2026

Are you a UNH undergrad? On Thursday September 3rd come visit the Shoals Marine Lab table at U Day to learn more about the lab and the courses offered during the summer seasons!

Our table number is 24-H1

We hope to see you there!

08/30/2026

Passengers on the JMK got a beautiful view of this sailboat leaving the dock off of Appledore ⛵️

08/27/2026

No other community gets more excited to learn about compost toilets than SML's! It's just one component of the sustainable infrastructure that you can see on Appledore during our public programs. Tanner shows it off well!

08/23/2026

What lies under the rainbow? Appledore Island!

As summer is coming to an end what is your favorite memory from this season?

08/19/2026

Check out this article in the Union Leader on Appledore Island's green microgrid offers a preview of NH's energy future! This article highlights the sustainability practices at Shoals Marine Lab. To access the article click the link below!

Wondering what the future of renewable, sustainable energy might look like in New Hampshire? The answer may just lie about 6 miles offshore in the Gulf of Maine — no

08/17/2026

Read this article featuring Appledore Island and the sustainability efforts at Shoals Marine Lab!

08/15/2026

A reminder that the Public Programs are happening all of August! There is a variety of subjects they center on such as art, birding or culinary. Take a look at the programs we offer and register using the link below!

Link to the Public Programs: https://www.shoalsmarinelaboratory.org/public-programs

08/13/2026

On the last night of each course block, everyone gathers in the commons for Coffee House where students, staff and faculty can show off their talents! If you have been to a Shoals Coffee House, what has been your favorite act?

08/09/2026

Rock Talk Reminder!

This Tuesday is our last seminar in the Rock Talk Seminar Series!

Hear Jim Coyer present on Salmon Farming/Ranching in the North Atlantic. A brief overview of fish farming on a global scale followed by why Atlantic salmon are farmed, what types of Atlantic salmon aquaculture are employed throughout the countries of the North Atlantic, the major problems of open-pen salmon farms and how they are being addressed, alternatives to open-pen farming, and the complexity of determining seafood sustainability.

Read more about Jim Coyer and register for this weeks rock talk using this link: https://www.shoalsmarinelaboratory.org/public-programs/rock-talk-seminar-series