Mississippi-Alabama Sea Grant Consortium MASGC
The Mississippi-Alabama Bays and Bayous Symposium Program Committee is announcing the winners of the 2016 Mike deGruy Bays and Bayous Symposium Student Presentation Awards. Graduate students studying coastal and marine sciences competed for the...
Read MoreThe 2016 shrimp season has ended early this year for the inshore skimmer boat fishermen. They say that it was a bad season for white shrimp, and they think it was because there are so many jellyfish that stayed inshore for too long. Every time they...
Read MoreOyster gardening in Alabama and Mississippi has wrapped up another successful season. In Alabama, we completed our 15th year, with more than 58,000 oysters grown by volunteers for planting on restoration sites...
Read MoreAfter the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in 2010, residents of the five Gulf states, many of whom rely on a healthy marine environment for their livelihoods, had legitimate...
Read MoreMud worms. Not the most appetizing name for a critter, and it turns out they are a real problem for the new ‘off-bottom’ oyster farmers in the Gulf of Mexico. Luckily for oyster lovers, mud worms live on the outside of the shell,
Read MoreWe all know that a thriving working waterfront makes an important impact on our coastal economy. It’s easy to get caught up in the numbers; dollars and landings and property values. What is easy to miss is a unique way of life, spanning...
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