Florida Sea Grant to Host Free, Ocean-Themed Film Festival
Florida Sea Grant and Beneath the Waves invite you to an entirely ocean-related film festival! Join us for a night of entertainment and education.
2016 Skoch Scholarship Winner Announced
Amy Polen, a senior at Palm Beach Central High School, has been named the 2016 Skoch Scholar for her award-winning project focused on the effect of warming waters on mussel populations.
Great Goliath Grouper Count Provides Fisheries Managers with Stock Assessment Data
Beginning June 3, volunteer divers and anglers around the state join Florida Sea Grant agents and FWC scientists to count the large and charismatic goliath grouper as part of the seventh annual Great Goliath Grouper Count.
FSG Legal Specialist Helps Emerging Young Scientist Propose Environmental Bill
Sunscreen may be harming Florida’s oyster reefs, and with the help of Florida Sea Grant’s legal specialist, Madison Toonder is finding ways to let the public know about it.
Florida Sea Grant Offering Joint Scholarship with Nature Coast Biological Station
A new scholarship sponsored by Florida Sea Grant and the UF/IFAS Nature Coast Biological Station will offer $10,000 to a UF graduate student researching Florida’s Nature Coast.
New partnership expands funding for community projects that improve access to coastal waters
A new collaboration with the Florida Department of Environmental Protection will fund seven restoration and planning projects that improve public access to coastal areas.
Hall-Scharf named Sea Grant Agent for Hernando County
Brittany Hall-Scharf, a former fisheries biologist with the Fish and Wildlife Research Institute, has been named the Florida Sea Grant agent with UF/IFAS Extension for Hernando County.
FSG aquaculture researcher receives post-doctoral fellowship in Israel
Suzanne Boxman has been awarded the US-Israel BARD Fund fellowship to continue her aquaculture systems research at the National Center for Mariculture in Eilat, Israel.
Now Accepting Florida Outdoor Writer's Association Scholarship Applications
Florida Sea Grant, and the Florida Outdoor Writer’s Association are now seeking applications for the 2016 FOWA Scholarship for Outdoor Communicators. Applications are due May 17.
Mahogany Youth hooks Miami kids on fishing, science, and the outdoors
Can learning to tie knots and cast lures really help children lead healthy, safe, and fulfilling lives? Kathleen Elliott thinks so. Amidst the grim backdrop that defines life for many youngsters in Miami-Dade County, she and her husband, Robert O’Bryant, work tirelessly teaching children how to fish and enjoy the outdoors.