Mississippi-Alabama Sea Grant Consortium MASGC
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...
Read MoreWetlands 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,...
Read MoreGraying 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...
Read MoreA little over two years ago, you may have read a blog by Dr. Marcus Drymon about Sea Grant scientists’ efforts to better understand the habitat use of tarpon in the northern Gulf of Mexico. In summer 2018, we attached satellite tags to 10...
Read MoreThe Mississippi-Alabama Sea Grant Consortium is pleased to announce that Tracie Sempier, Ph.D., has taken on a new role as the Community Resilience Lead for the VORTEX-SE Program.
Read MoreWould you like a $100-$150 discount? Read below for more details on how you can take advantage of a limited time offer. Exactly one year ago several of us were touring a new venue for the Bays and Bayous Symposium and solidifying plans for exciting...
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