New course to cover fisheries management and everything fish!

For as long as I can remember, I’ve loved fish. Do you feel the same? Are you interested in learning more about the fishes and fisheries of the north-central Gulf of Mexico? If you answered “yes” to these questions, then check out our...

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By: Marcus Drymon / Published: Jun 24, 2021

Serving the Gulf through Sea Grant partnerships

As another hurricane season begins, we can look to our east and west and see that our colleagues in neighboring states are also preparing for the season. The threat of tropical storms isn’t the only thing we share in the region. The Gulf states...

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By: Steve Sempier / Published: Jun 02, 2021

We’re tracking Great Hammerheads, providing data

The Great Hammerhead is one of the world’s most iconic fish species. It is the largest of all hammerhead sharks (capable of growing to almost 20 feet in length) and is found across the globe in tropical and warm temperate waters in depths of up to...

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By: Matt Jargowsky / Published: May 27, 2021

Students compete for best community resilience plan

Students from nine high schools in coastal Mississippi and Alabama recently took part in sea-level rise lessons and created resilience plans to address flooding issues in Gulf Coast representative but fictional communities as part of a new science...

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By: Sonia Vedral / Published: May 20, 2021