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Because of the COVID-19 situation, our administrative office at The University of Southern Mississippi’s Gulf Coast Research Lab is closed until further notice. Our employees from that office are working from home on weekdays and can be reached through email or phone (our office phones have been forwarded to our cell phones).

Likewise, most of our Mississippi-Alabama Sea Grant Extension, Outreach and Education Team members in other locations are also working from home. They are available by email.

If you have a need that you think Mississippi-Alabama Sea Grant programming can help with, please do not hesitate to contact us.

Please note that we will not be providing any new program development grants at this time.

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Research project provides new estimates of greater amberjack abundance in U.S. South Atlantic, Gulf of America

A multi-year research project to estimate the number of greater amberjack in the U.S. South Atlantic and Gulf of America has provided new insight into the species. The Greater Amberjack Count was led by Sean P. Powers, Ph.D., fisheries ecology professor and Director of the Stokes School of Marine and Environmental Sciences of the University of South Alabama.

Save the Date for the 2027 Bays and Bayous Symposium

The Alabama-Mississippi Bays and Bayous Symposium will be held Tuesday through Thursday, Jan. 12-14, 2027, at the at the Arthur R. Outlaw Mobile Convention Center in Mobile, Alabama.

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