Oyster Culture Industry in the Northeastern U.S. Workshop Set
The UF/IFAS Extension Shellfish Aquaculture Program and Florida Sea Grant are sponsoring a pair of workshops focused on the oyster culture industry in the Northeastern U.S.
St. Johns County third-graders visit manatees in the wild as part of an 18-lesson curriculum
“I’m totally putting this on Instagram,” one third-grader said as he took out his smartphone to take a picture of the large aquatic mammal swimming along Blue Spring in Orange City, Fla. “Wow! That one is so big!” screamed another student while tapping his teacher to get her attention. Students’ faces were in awe as…
Meet the 2014 Florida Sea Grant Scholars
Six graduate students from Florida universities have each received $2,000 from the Florida Sea Grant Scholars program to support their research in timely and innovative ocean and coastal-related studies.
Apply Now for Sea Grant-NMFS Fellowships
Applications open for Sea Grant-NOAA Fisheries joint graduate fellowships in Population & Ecosystem Dynamics, and Marine Resource Economics.
Oyster Culture Gear and Suppliers Workshop Set
Free workshop on selecting gear and suppliers for culturing oysters will be given Dec. 4 in St. Teresa, repeated Dec. 5 in Cedar Key.
NE Florida workshop on sea-level rise challenges
Florida Sea Grant partnered with Georgia Sea Grant, the Northeast Florida Regional Council, the First Coast Florida Chapter of the American Planning Association, and Fernandina Beach to bring the workshop “Local Government Challenges in Dealing with Rising Seas” to northeast Florida on October 28, 2013. The event was held at the Nassau Center at Yulee,…
2013 FOWA Scholarship Recipients Selected From Record Applicant Pool
Two Florida university students have been awarded $1,000 each as the 2013 recipients of the Florida Outdoor Writers Association Scholarship for Outdoor Communicators.
Meet the 2013 Guy Harvey Scholars
A record eight graduate students at universities in Florida received Guy Harvey Scholarship Awards, recognizing their outstanding achievement in marine science research.
Adaptive planning workshop April 19 in Davie
Adaptive Planning for Coastal Change: Legal Issues for Local Government. April 19, 2013, Long Key Natural Area & Nature Center, Davie, Fla. On April 19, Florida Sea Grant, with support from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, worked with the Palm Beach County Planning Congress, the Florida Coastal Management Program, the Environmental & Land Use…
Sea Grant training inspires man to rescue manatees
Update April 11, 2013: The tide has killed 241 of Florida’s roughly 5,000 manatees, according to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Research Institute, and the toll appears certain to rise. A red tide bloom along the southwest Florida coast has claimed the lives of 174 manatees so far this year, and one Fort Myers man…