Thursday, September 23, 2021 To Reef or Not Reef? Newly Funded Research Will Inform Decisions on the Fate of Gulf Oil Rigs To Reef or Not Reef? Newly Funded Research Will Inform Decisions on the Fate of Gulf Oil Rigs Thursday, September 23, 2021 0 15 To Reef or Not Reef? Newly Funded Research Will Inform Decisions on the Fate of Gulf Oil Rigs Sea Grant-supported researchers will produce data allowing decision makers to see the ecological and economic impacts of removing oil rigs or creating artificial reefs. The National Sea Grant College Program and the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement have awarded over $795 thousand to Texas Sea Grant and a team of researchers from Texas A&M University and LGL Ecological Research Services to produce information that could lead to the development of a decision-support tool modeling the ecological and economic effects of changing the composition of oil rigs in the gulf. Read more
Thursday, September 16, 2021 Multistate Sea Grant extension team awarded $2.4 million to share, inform reef fish science Multistate Sea Grant extension team awarded $2.4 million to share, inform reef fish science Thursday, September 16, 2021 0 178 Multistate Sea Grant extension team awarded $2.4 million to share, inform reef fish science The National Sea Grant College Program has announced that a regional collaborative of Sea Grant fisheries extension specialists, university scientists and fisheries managers will receive $2.4 million to develop and implement extension and outreach programming related to data and information from three large research projects focused on estimating the number of reef fish in the South Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico. Read more
Friday, September 10, 2021 Sea Grant Selects “Food from the Sea” Career Program Development Projects Sea Grant Selects “Food from the Sea” Career Program Development Projects Friday, September 10, 2021 0 661 Sea Grant Selects “Food from the Sea” Career Program Development Projects NOAA’s National Sea Grant College Program and Office of Sustainable Fisheries awarded approximately $900,000 of FY21 federal funds to support projects that will initiate “Food from the Sea'' career development programs. With these funds, Sea Grant programs and partners will work collaboratively with members of the fishing industry to identify training needs and develop updated and/or new resources and programming to address those needs. Read more
Wednesday, September 8, 2021 NOAA Sea Grant Liaisons address critical research areas across federal agencies NOAA Sea Grant Liaisons address critical research areas across federal agencies Wednesday, September 8, 2021 0 3443 NOAA Sea Grant Liaisons address critical research areas across federal agencies NOAA Sea Grant, in collaboration with U.S. Department of Defense, U.S. Department of Energy, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and U.S. Geological Survey, announces six new partnership positions. The Sea Grant Federal Partnership Liaisons will integrate Sea Grant extension expertise with science, products and services from NOAA labs and other publicly supported scientific research programs. These jointly-funded positions expand on a key component of Sea Grant’s work, extending science to end users and doing so through collaborative partnerships. Read more
Monday, August 30, 2021 NOAA Sea Grant awards $3.5 million to improve sustainable aquaculture, strengthen seafood resources NOAA Sea Grant awards $3.5 million to improve sustainable aquaculture, strengthen seafood resources Monday, August 30, 2021 0 1737 NOAA Sea Grant awards $3.5 million to improve sustainable aquaculture, strengthen seafood resources NOAA Sea Grant today announced $3.5 million in federal funding to support two efforts aiding sustainable growth of U.S. seafood, one focused on improving coordination for marine aquaculture development and another that addresses COVID-19 impacts to seafood resources. Read more