We are accepting applications for three fellowships to help graduate students enhance their education and grow their careers, and application deadlines are fast approaching. Here’s an overview of these NOAA/Sea Grant opportunities!
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The Mississippi-Alabama Sea Grant Consortium (MASGC) is accepting proposal submissions to estimate the abundance of greater amberjack in the U.S. waters in the Gulf of Mexico (GoMEX) and South Atlantic (SA) regions. Proposal instructions are...
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The 2020 Bays and Bayous Symposium Student Awards Committee has announced the recipients of the Mike deGruy Bays and Bayous Symposium Student Presentation Awards. Graduate and undergraduate students studying coastal and marine sciences competed for...
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The COVID-19 pandemic caused an industry-wide slow down for commercial oyster farming early last summer, which led to an opportunity to rethink how oyster habitat can be restored and created. As sales began to slow due to restaurant closings, oyster...
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Wetlands are important to our communities for a variety of reasons. They help to absorb flood waters, buffer our coast against hurricanes and provide habitat to seafood species – just to name a few. They are not just environmentally significant,...
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Graying of the Fleet: Does it seem that there are fewer shrimpers now than there used to be? During the past 30 years, the average age of U.S. commercial fishermen has increased substantially, a phenomenon known as “graying of the fleet.” As...
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