VORTEX-SE Engagement

The Mississippi-Alabama Sea Grant Consortium and NOAA’s National Severe Storms Laboratory have partnered to create a model for a regional tornado extension program.

Bays and Bayous

The next symposium will take place in 2026.

Clean and Resilient Marina Program

The Clean and Resilient Marina Program is a voluntary program that recognizes marina operators who protect coastal water quality by engaging in environmentally sound operating and maintenance procedures. 

Resilience Community of Practice

The Gulf Resilience Community of Practice is a group of professionals who aim to incorporate adaptation strategies in Gulf communities.

COAST Resilience Institute

The COAST Resilience Institute is a year-long training program for local leaders, municipal staff and community decision-makers. 

Coastal Gems

Greater Amberjack

This program is developing additional data sources, assessment approaches and knowledge to improve agency and agency-independent estimates of the abundance of greater amberjack.

Living Shorelines

Through research, education and outreach, Mississippi-Alabama Sea Grant works to discover and share current information about living shorelines.

Mental Health Resources for Fishers

While there is a plethora of mental health resources and expertise available in Gulf Coast communities and a growing network of “resiliency” expertise in the region, many assume that there are resources that specifically target highly vulnerable ones such as local fisheries-based communities. However, there is a clearly defined need to address this important issue.

Mississippi Aquatic Plants

Visit the Mississippi Aquatic Plants Website

Legal Program

Oyster Community of Practice

The Alabama-Mississippi Oyster Community of Practice is a network of members of the oyster industry who identify common challenges and solutions within the oyster community.

Oyster Farming Resilience Index

Oyster Farming

Peer Listening

Peer listening is a type of support that occurs when people provide knowledge, experience, emotional, social or practical help to each other. Properly trained peer listeners can provide a number of services to the community, such as serving as an available ear to assist in problem solving or providing referrals to professionals.

Shrimp Resources

Learn more about Gulf seafood with these resources.

COAST Program

This program is a workforce development initiative aimed to recruit workers to the oyster aquaculture industry and provide them with training to meet industry demand.