You hopefully have read many of the MASGC extension- and education-focused blog posts that have been shared in previous weeks and have been impressed by the range and depth of these programs. This post is focused on how our Sea Grant program...
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How effective are high school educators in putting together a remotely operated vehicle (ROV) in 20 minutes? This was just one of the activities and challenges that high school science educators engaged in during a collaborative workshop between...
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The tax man. The man in the gray suit. Both monikers have been used lately to describe being “sharked.” Fisheries scientists refer to being “sharked” as depredation, formally defined as the partial or complete removal of a captured species...
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It’s amazing how much you can learn in one year! I am one of the three 2023 Knauss Fellows representing Mississippi-Alabama Sea Grant Consortium. For my Knauss Fellowship year, I have been placed in the U.S. Integrated Ocean Observing System...
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Those who are familiar with the Bible may remember a man named Methuselah, the grandfather of Noah, who lived longer than any other Biblical person – 969 years. A fish of the same name has just achieved global recognition as the world’s oldest...
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The United States manages some of the largest fisheries in the world and implements regulations to ensure their sustainability. The Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (commonly known as the “MSA”) guides how the federal...
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