News - Sustainable Fisheries and Aquaculture

Research projects selected for 2022-24 funding

The Mississippi-Alabama Sea Grant Consortium (MASGC) has selected six research projects worth $1.3 million to receive funding in its 2022-2024 funding cycle. The university-based projects aim to help people, policy-makers and resource managers make...

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By: Melissa Schneider / Published: Apr 08, 2022

What does resilience mean? At MASGC, it can mean everything!

Many of us have heard the term “resilience” used in multiple contexts over the years. After big storms and hurricanes, we hear about making our coasts resilient to damage. After the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, we heard about helping our...

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By: Missy Partyka / Published: Feb 24, 2022

Legal program offers expertise in policy, law research

Sea Grant brings together experts from scientific, economic and legal professions to improve the quality of our coasts. And has done so for 50 years. The Mississippi-Alabama Sea Grant Consortium (MASGC) is one of 10 Sea Grant college programs to...

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By: Kristina Alexander / Published: Jan 27, 2022

We’re celebrating 50 years of Sea Grant

We are kicking off a special year at the Mississippi-Alabama Sea Grant Consortium. During 2022, we will be celebrating our 50th anniversary, and we’re planning special social media content, communications products and events to highlight the work...

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By: Melissa Schneider / Published: Jan 21, 2022

Successful FISHES course focuses on fisheries management, science

This fall, we offered our very first FISHES: Fishermen Invested in Science, Healthy Ecosystems, and Sustainability course. It was a great success! Despite the challenges presented by COVID-19, we were able to conduct the course in person at MSU’s...

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By: Amanda Jefferson / Published: Dec 16, 2021

Reflections on the oil spill science outreach program

Eight years ago, when the impacts from the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill were still on the forefront of people’s minds, the Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative and the four Gulf Sea Grant programs developed a partnership to share research findings...

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By: Steve Sempier / Published: Dec 10, 2021