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New curriculum uses autonomous surface vessel to teach tech skills
The Mississippi-Alabama Sea Grant Consortium and the University of Southern Mississippi Gulf Coast Research Lab’s Marine Education Center are...
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At home or out of town: What should you do when severe weather hits?
Imagine you are driving to a city 10 hours away that you’ve never been to before, and as you get closer to your destination, the sky gets darker....
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New research on oyster mortalities underway
This year, three new research projects, funded by the Mississippi-Alabama Sea Grant Consortium, aim to determine the causes of SUMS as well as...
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You (or your class) can get involved with coastal restoration
The term “coastal restoration” covers a wide range of project types. However, something that is needed for most coastal restoration (or any habitat...
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The disCARD project: Modernizing data collection today to improve our fisheries for tomorrow
The goal of the project is to collect information about the numbers and species of discarded reef fishes across the U.S. Gulf of America using...
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Master Naturalists partner with Monarch Joint Venture to monitor butterflies
Master Naturalists on the coast have recently proposed a comprehensive monarch project that will combine education and outreach with hands-on...
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A new Gulf-wide tripletail and cobia project will soon be underway
This project aims to track the movements and migration patterns of tripletail and cobia across the Gulf by using conventional, acoustic and...
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Mississippi charter boats for-hire industry has been declining
The Mississippi charter boats for-hire industry job impacts have steadily declined since their peak in 2016.
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A year looking up: Reflections on my 2025 Knauss Marine Policy Fellowship
At the start of 2025, I was living at home on the Mississippi Gulf Coast, wrapping up my master's degree from The University of Mississippi in...
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