October is Seafood Month, and Sea Grant is celebrating by telling some of the inspiring (and tasty!) stories of research, extension and education around the country that support sustainable fisheries and aquaculture as well as those who provide the daily catch. Follow along via social media using #SeaGrantSeafood and find a sustainable seafood recipe at www.pinterest.com/seagrant/.
Gavin Dehnert, an Emerging Contaminants Scientist at Wisconsin Sea Grant, investigates the impact of emerging contaminants on aquatic ecosystems. (Photo Credit: Wisconsin Sea Grant.) Coastal
Since 2019, Sea Grant’s American Lobster Initiative has addressed critical knowledge gaps about the American lobster and its fishery facing a dynamic and changing environment. The Initiative supports a regional extension program in the Northeast and a national research competition. Fifteen emerging research projects were selected in 2023 and 2024 for $4.6 million in federal funding by the NOAA National Sea Grant College Program. Coordinated by Maine Sea Grant since 2019, the Northeast lobster extension program was recently renewed with an $840,000 federal award that supports work through 2026.
Sea Grant announces $987, 361 to fund 2024 Young Fishermen’s Career Development projects Today, NOAA’s National Sea Grant Office is pleased to announce the selection