Living shorelines use natural materials like sand, oysters, and marsh grass to protect coastal property from erosion and to promote ecosystem health and improved water quality. UF/IFAS Sea Grant agents and affiliate researchers have created a series of documents that describe how living shorelines function, what their benefits are, as well as permitting and installation…
Angela Collins, UF/IFAS Extension Sea Grant agent in Manatee, Hillsborough and Sarasota counties, has been awarded the 2020 Don Sweat Sea Grant Extension Award. “It truly is an honor and I am humbled by the nomination,” Collins said. “I am very proud to work with such an amazing group of people.” The award is presented annually to a…
Updated 1/12/2020: The episode is now live. Enjoy below! Florida Sea Grant affiliate researcher, Ashley Smyth, will be featured this Saturday, January 9, on the CBS television show, Mission Unstoppable with Miranda Cosgrove! The program “celebrates women who have become superstars in STEM-related careers” and is geared to a K-12 audience. On the show, Smyth,…
By: Susan K Gildersleeve, EDIS editor, UF/IFAS Communications, (352) 294-3318, skgilder@ufl.edu Florida’s Apalachicola Bay has long been known for its oyster harvesting and processing industry, but a steady decline in oyster landings in the Bay has threatened the industry. The complex nature of the human and natural systems that together affect Apalachicola’s oyster reefs has…
Four writers from Florida colleges and universities have been awarded $1,000 each as the 2020 recipients of the Florida Outdoor Writers Association scholarship for outdoor communicators.
By: Brad Buck, 813-757-2224, bradbuck@ufl.edu, 352-875-2641 (cell) A decade after the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, a UF/IFAS Florida Sea Grant specialist will join other experts to summarize what they’ve learned about the Gulf of Mexico’s ecosystem in a virtual town hall-type meeting. Monica Wilson, who’s based in St. Petersburg, has spent considerable time during the past several…
By: Andrew Ropicki, Florida Sea Grant Extension Specialist in Economics, aropicki@ufl.edu On September 9th the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced the new Seafood Trade Relief Program (STRP). The program, to be administered by the Farm Service Agency, makes $530 million available as direct support to U.S. commercial fishers impacted by retaliatory tariffs. Payments…
Every Tuesday and Thursday at 4 p.m. EST from September 15 through December 10 (except for the week of Thanksgiving), Florida Sea Grant will provide live, online classes on coastal topics. “Bite-sized Science” is a free, 30-minute class conducted by Florida Sea Grant agents or specialists. Tuesday webinars will be in Spanish, and have been…
Dr. McGuire brings 20 years of Extension experience to the position.
Six-part series covers all aspects of shellfish farming.