Fisheries management in the Gulf: Who’s regulating what?

These days there is ongoing debate, particularly in the red snapper industry, over whether fisheries should be managed by state or federal entities.

Team models impacts of hypoxia, climate change on sediment dwellers

Both ocean hypoxia and rising temperatures due to climate change are hot topics in any discussion of current challenges facing our marine environment. Ecologist Chet Rakocinski, a professor at The University of Southern Mississippi’s (USM) Gulf...

NOAA issues final regulations to permit finfish aquaculture in Gulf

On Jan. 13, the National Marine Fisheries Service issued final regulations to implement the Fishery Management Plan for Regulating Offshore Aquaculture in the Gulf of Mexico.

Grant awarded to help Gulf communities improve resilience

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has awarded a new grant that will allow 10 coastal communities in the Gulf of Mexico to complete proactive projects to enhance their resilience. The communities will work with members of the Gulf...

Tool inundation: Information from a sea of choices

There are a great deal of tools, models, portals and tool kits to assist decision-makers when addressing climate change in a community. It can be difficult to determine which tool should be utilized, but tool selection is extremely important.

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Do you have low-lying roads that are susceptible to flooding? Finding it problematic to secure funding for projects to mitigate for hazardous events? Is it...