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Confronting Shoreline Erosion on Oahu
Hawaii Sea Grant’s work featured in U.S. Climate Resilience Toolkit
August 8, 2016
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Extension
Water Resources: Research informs efforts to reduce nitrogen inputs from lawn care practices to New Hampshire’s Great Bay
Some lawn care practices intended to get that lush green grass can affect nearby rivers and bays, but new research indicates that homeowners in the Northeast are willing to make changes to their lawn care routine to help protect the environment.
July 25, 2016
50th Anniversary
Water Resources: With Training, South Florida Residents Take Active Role in Monitoring Local Waters
Two Florida Sea Grant agents are developing water quality monitoring projects in South Florida that enlist residents and volunteers on the front lines of citizen science.
July 15, 2016
Education
Water Resources: Improving Water Quality Through Better Boating
Recreational boating is a popular summertime activity in many states that can impact water quality. New Jersey Sea Grant Consortium works with boaters and marinas to minimize these impacts and assist businesses who wish to implement best management practices.
July 8, 2016
Announcements
Sea Grant Expert to Serve on National Climate Advisory Committee
North Carolina Sea Grant’s Jessica Whitehead joins NOAA climate panel.
June 29, 2016
Environmental Literacy and Workforce Development
Coastal Tourism: Sea Caves Watch Project Saves Lives, Changes Hands
The mainland sea caves in the Apostle Islands National Lakeshore in Wisconsin are a big tourism draw, but they also can be dangerous. A real-time wave observation system project funded by Sea Grant is making the experience safer.
June 14, 2016
50th Anniversary
Community Resilience: Is Hawai‘i ready for the impacts from climate change?
Hawai'i Sea Grant helps homeowners adapt and respond to coastal impacts.
May 31, 2016
Community Resilience: Documentary on NOAA Sea Grant Coastal Storm Awareness Program
New documentary short on Coastal Storm Awareness educates Emergency Managers, empowers Coastal Communities
May 18, 2016
Aquaculture
Indiana Seafood: Coming to a Restaurant Near You
Illinois-Indiana Sea Grant is helping place more Indiana-farm-raised fish on menus in the Midwest through events like the Aquaculture Industry Tour for Culinary Professionals.
December 12, 2015
Extension
National Seafood Month: Washington Sea Grant Helps Northwest Tribes and Salmon Fishermen Upgrade their Catches, Open New Markets, and Triumph in Tough Times
From cleaning and bleeding to direct marketing, casino contracts, and restaurant romance: Pete Granger and his Washington Sea Grant colleagues help Washington's tribes and other coastal communities resist an import invasion and take control of their fishing future.
October 23, 2015
Extension
Sea Grant in the Lab: The National Severe Storms Laboratory
Sea Grant has extension agents at multiple NOAA laboratories across the country. Kodi Nemunaitis-Monroe is Sea Grant's Weather and Climate Extension Agent and is based at the National Severe Storms Laboratory in Oklahoma.
October 16, 2015
Education
National Seafood Month: Sea Grant Boat Safety Training Helps Save Two Fishermen
Commercial fishing can be a dangerous job. Thanks to Mississippi-Alabama Sea Grant Consortium Extension agents, 200 sailors have been trained as marine safety instructors. The training recently helped save two fishermen in a collision.
October 15, 2015
Aquaculture
Cultivating Consumer Confidence
To help protect and increase the cultural and financial benefits of shellfish aquaculture, Woods Hole Sea Grant partnered with state and local agencies to produce a series of educational brochures about health and safety aspects of handling and consuming shellfish harvested in state waters.
October 15, 2015
Aquaculture
National Seafood Month: Spotlight on Connecticut Sea Grant Extension Agent Tessa Getchis
" Sea Grant is about the community we are connected to. We are a small staff, but we collaborate with a myriad of organizations to conduct research and get the word out about Connecticut’s coastal and maritime resources and challenges. Our strength is in our partnerships."
October 6, 2015
Extension
National Seafood Month: Georgia Sea Grant Connects Coastal Fishermen with Inland Markets
With a new Georgia Seafood Directory and research on the local food movement, Georgia Sea Grant is helping the state's fisheries tap into larger inland markets.
October 6, 2015
Extension
National Seafood Month: New York Sea Grant Catches a New Seafood Safety and Technology Specialist
” I am focusing on identifying needs in the areas of outreach and education, as well as the production, safety, sustainability and marketability of seafood.”
October 2, 2015
Extension
National Seafood Month: Spotlight on Texas Sea Grant Specialist Gary Graham
" Interacting with people and helping them, that’s the heart of Sea Grant."
October 1, 2015
Aquaculture
National Seafood Month: Sturmer’s Contributions to Florida Aquaculture Industry Earn National Award
Florida Sea Grant's aquaculture specialist has been awarded the Distinguished Service Award by the US Aquaculture Society following years of work supporting fishers in the growing clam farming industry.
September 25, 2015
Aquaculture
National Seafood Month: Grand Isle Oyster Hatchery to Produce Year-Round
On average, 400 million oyster larvae were produced at the Grand Isle Oyster Hatchery annually. With the recent grand opening of the new hatchery facility, 1 billion Crassostrea virginica oyster larvae can be produced annually.
September 25, 2015
Aquaculture
UNH-led Team Designs Aquaculture Raft to Provide Four-Season Source of Seafood and Sea Veggies
New Hampshire Sea Grant has assisted with the assembly of an aquaculture raft that will provide year-round local fish and shellfish, as well as promote integrated multi-trophic aquaculture in New England.
September 14, 2015
Extension
weTable: Data Visualization for Community Planning
With support and training from Texas Sea Grant, Maryland Sea Grant Extension employs the weTable tool to facilitate decision-making processes in a range of communities.
August 17, 2015
Environmental Literacy and Workforce Development
Preparedness, Not Panic: Readying the Pacific Northwest for “The Big One”
Oregon Sea Grant's Coastal Natural Hazards Specialist stresses preparedness, not panic or indifference, in the wake of increased attention to the Cascadia Subduction Zone and the likelihood of an earthquake in Oregon.
July 28, 2015
Extension
North Carolina Coastal Collaborations Focus on Invasive Hydrilla
North Carolina Sea Grant works with citizen scientists to collect data on an invasive aquatic plant and with state partners to raise awareness on the threat that the plant presents in North Carolina.
July 14, 2015
Climate
Chelsea, MA Has New Climate Adaptation Guidance
The city of Chelsea, Massachusetts' Planning Board has new climate change adaptation guidance thanks to a group of students from Worcester Polytechnic Institute and MIT Sea Grant.
June 19, 2015
Extension
Video Highlights Oregon Sea Grant’s Commitment to Sustainable Seafood
An Oregon Sea Grant Extension Agent is featured in an Oregon State University project.
June 17, 2015
Aquaculture
Ecosystem Services Viewer Brings Value of Gulf of Mexico Habitats to your Home and Office
The Gulf of Mexico Ecosystem Services Viewer shows, in an interactive format, the values people place on salt marshes, mangroves and oyster reefs in the Gulf of Mexico. Based on research results, this tool fills an informational gap in the Gulf.
June 11, 2015
Extension
Rip Current Preparedness Week: Spotlight on Minnesota Sea Grant Coastal Storms Outreach Coordinator Brent Schleck
" I get to work with some of the most passionate, smart, and genuine people I have ever met, helping them to manage and protect some of the most beautiful and unique places in the country. "
June 5, 2015
Extension
Rip Current Preparedness Week: Spotlight on IL-IN Sea Grant Aquatic Ecology Specialist Leslie Dorworth
” Everyone needs to be informed about weather and consequently wave dynamics on the lake and in the nearshore zone.”
June 1, 2015
Education
Safe Boating Week: Ohio Clean Marinas and Clean Boater Programs to Expand Statewide
Ohio Sea Grant and the Ohio Department of Natural Resources will expand the Ohio Clean Marinas and Clean Boater programs statewide in 2015.
May 14, 2015
Education
Safe Boating Week 2015: Sea Grant Highlights
Sea Grant works with coastal communities to ensure that boaters on the water for fun and for work are knowledgeable and out of harm's way.
May 13, 2015
Alaska
“Market Your Catch” Website Connects Fishermen and Consumers
A collaborative, Sea Grant social science effort has led to the development of a website that guides fishermen through the process of entering alternative markets, bringing them closer to the consumer.
May 11, 2015
Extension
Safe Boating Week: Spotlight on Wisconsin Sea Grant Fisheries Outreach Specialist Titus Seilheimer
It's Safe Boating Week. Recreational anglers are also boaters. On Lake Michigan, those recreational anglers need to be aware of safety concerns surrounding commercial fishing trap nets. That's where Wisconsin Sea Grant steps in, sharing maps showing net locations.
May 9, 2015
Aquaculture
Bringing Together the Seafood Industry and Tourism in Maine
Tourists are increasingly interested in experiences that allow them to support and connect with the people and places that they visit. Maine Sea Grant is facilitating such experiences by assisting with the creation of oyster farm tours, combining the tourism and fisheries industries that already exist in Maine.
April 24, 2015
Climate
Southeast and Caribbean Climate Community of Practice
The Southeast and Caribbean Climate Community of Practice (CoP) brings together individuals from local, state, and federal governments, academia, non-profit organizations and the private sector in North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, and the Caribbean to apply climate science and assess how coastal communities and ecosystems can adapt to the impacts of climate variability and change. The CoP provides a forum for sharing lessons learned and best practices related to climate communication and adaptation. The CoP also provides education and networking opportunities to its members and their stakeholders to increase knowledge and awareness of climate science and to coordinate and perform outreach, extension, and communication related to climate change and its impacts in the Southeast and Caribbean region.
April 15, 2015
Using participatory modeling and citizen science to help blue crab fishermen in South Carolina identify ways to adapt to a changing climate
South Carolina Sea Grant The S.C. Sea Grant Consortium, in partnership with the Social and Environmental Research Institute, is working with blue crab fishermen in
April 14, 2015
Climate
Assessing vulnerability to sea level rise in Beaufort County, S.C., using facilitated dialogue and visualization tools
The S.C. Sea Grant Consortium, in partnership with the Beaufort County Planning Department, Carolinas Integrated Sciences and Assessments program, Social and Environmental Research Institute, and North Carolina Sea Grant, provided a participatory opportunity for Beaufort County to begin preparing for flooding associated with sea level rise. The project team utilized several available tools to engage local stakeholders in the process. A focus group participated in the Vulnerability and Consequences Adaptation Planning Scenarios process to identify local consequences of sea level rise and explore potential adaptation strategies. Sea level rise visualizations developed with data from NOAA’s Digital Coast Sea Level Rise Viewer tool helped stakeholders understand the risks of future coastal flooding due to rising seas. Public workshops were held to get broader input on adaptation strategies. A final report has been compiled for consideration by Beaufort County Council. This project has initiated a process of community learning that will increase the capacity of Beaufort County to adapt to sea level rise.
April 14, 2015
Climate
Building Climate Change Planning Capacity in Lake Champlain Basin Towns
Lake Champlain Sea Grant is partnering with organizations across Vermont to help towns plan and prepare for climate change and flood resiliency.
April 9, 2015
Extension
Great Lakes Social Science Network brings the audience into the equation
By incorporating social science into the equation, Great Lakes Sea Grant programs are helping to meet societal needs.
April 3, 2015
Extension
Tsunami Preparedness Week 2015
Washington Sea Grant’s hazard specialists expose the dangers on a coast where even the Coast Guard is vulnerable.
March 27, 2015
Delaware
Tsunami Preparedness Week 2015
Tsunamis have been a reality for coastal communities for as long as humans have lived near the shore. NOAA Sea Grant has been working with coastal communities for many years to help residents understand tsunami risks, reduce their vulnerability and respond quickly.
March 23, 2015
Alaska
Bowhead Whales, a Unique Community, and One Sea Grant Agent in the Far North
While many Sea Grant agents work with commercial fisheries, Sheffield’s role is unique. There are few commercial fisheries in the north of Alaska – the primary fishery there is a subsistence one. A study done on Saint Lawrence Island, in the southern Bering Strait, found that 80 percent of the population ate only subsistence food an average of 5 days per week.
March 11, 2015
Extension
Flood Awareness Week: Spotlight on Texas Sea Grant Extension Agent John Jacob, PhD
Dr. John Jacob takes a holistic approach to educating citizens and local officials, noting that the watershed is affected by a wide range of activities from landscaping and other things people do around their homes to large urban planning and habitat protection activities.
March 11, 2015
Extension
Flood Awareness Week: Spotlight on Wisconsin Sea Grant Extension Agent David Hart
David Hart is Assistant Director for Extension with the University of Wisconsin Sea Grant Institute and a Senior Scientist with the UW Aquatic Sciences Center. His research and outreach spans geographic information science, urban planning, and coastal management.
March 10, 2015
Extension
Feeling the squeeze: Florida Sea Grant provides multiple tools to help coastal communities balance competing demands for water access
Is there room on the water for everybody? If coastal communities are to remain sustainable, residents, visitors, policy makers, and regulators need new methods and information sources to harmonize the growing demand for access to their beaches and waterways. Researchers and extension specialists at Florida Sea Grant are making that challenge a priority.
February 17, 2015
Aquaculture
Connecticut Sea Grant helps get loss protection for shellfish and seaweed farmers
Connecticut Sea Grant assists aquaculture industry, bringing policy makers and stakeholders together, netting new benefits for ocean crop loss.
February 2, 2015
Alaska
Climate Change Adaptation Planning Manual for Coastal Alaskans and Marine-Dependent Communities
This manual is for Alaska extension professionals, community organizers, local planning officials, and teachers, whose task is to help individuals, families, businesses, communities, and local governments think through the meaning of climate change on the local scale.
January 24, 2015
Alaska
Documenting traditional knowledge from Alaska Native hunters
Alaska Natives are witnessing climate changing the ecology around their communities. Three southwestern communities are partnering with Alaska Sea Grant researchers to share their traditional hunting knowledge in an effort to conserve their marine environment.
January 20, 2015
California
Santa Barbara Area Coastal Ecosystem Vulnerability Assessment for Coastal Communities
The Santa Barbara Area Coastal Ecosystem Vulnerability Assessment for Local Communities (SBA CEVALC) is aimed at assisting the Cities of Santa Barbara, Carpinteria, and Goleta and the County of Santa Barbara in planning for adaptation to climate change. Three of the state's leading ecological and climatological research programs including: the UCSB Coastal Long-Term Ecological Research Project, the Scripps Institution of Oceanography and USGS, are accomplishing the project in close collaboration with the three cities and County. Community input is integral to the project with staff from relevant city/county departments participating through workshops and review.
January 17, 2015
Alaska
Alaska Sea Grant helps coastal Alaska village develop and implement a climate change adaptation strategy
Alaska Sea Grant Marine Advisory agent Terry Johnson and others assisted the village of Shaktoolik with planning and implementing measures to “defend in place” against coastal storms.
January 17, 2015
Extension
The Watershed Game
The Watershed Game is an interactive tool that helps community leaders understand the connections between land use, clean water and their community. Participants learn how a variety of land uses impact water and natural resources and learn how their choices can prevent adverse impacts.
January 7, 2015
Climate and Hazard Adaptation
Coastal Hazards Resilience Network
Washington Sea Grant, in collaboration with the Department of Ecology and with funding from NOAA, has developed a Coastal Hazards Resilience Network. The primary function of the network is to increase coordination and collaboration among state, federal and academic experts responsible for managing coastal hazards along the Washington Coast. The network is then applied at the local level to increase the resilience and capacity of local communities to plan for a respond to natural hazard events.
December 9, 2014
Climate and Hazard Adaptation
Coastal Flood Risk Reduction Course
Washington Sea Grant staff members are certified to teach the FEMA-certified Coastal Flood Risk Reduction Course. This performance level course is designed to provide an introduction to flood-risk reduction opportunities within coastal communities.
December 9, 2014
Extension
Washington Coast Marine Spatial Planning
As a member of the State Ocean Caucus, Washington Sea Grant is a member of the State planning team charged by the State legislature to develop a marine spatial plan off Washington’s outer coast. The plan will provide better baseline information, ecosystem indicators, analyses to support coastal management decision-making, recommendations for siting new uses, implementation framework across agencies and sectors, integration of other existing policies and management and an adaptive management strategy. Washington Sea Grant plays a central role in this process by leading outreach, coordinating scientific review of data and projects, developing indicators of human well-being and economic health of the coast.
December 8, 2014
Education
Sustainable Landscape Education and Outreach
Classes, workshops, tours, displays, and web materials are provided to educate community members about practices they can employ on residential properties to reduce storm water impacts to receiving waters. The practices and information provided incorporate climate change adaptation benefits.
December 8, 2014
Coastal Economy
Helping Coastal Communities Prepare for Flood Insurance Changes
Officials at the state and local level, as well as property owners, seek North Carolina Sea Grant for technical expertise and to work with federal partners to find solutions for new and existing building adaptations that result in increased community resilience.
December 8, 2014
Extension
Fortifying Existing Coastal Buildings
North Carolina Sea Grant extension partners with the N.C. Department of Insurance and the Institute for Businesses and Home Safety Fortified training program to increase building and design standards, including workshops to train builders, as well as training for building code inspectors and other professionals.
December 8, 2014
Coastal Economy
Septic Sense and Septic Social Workshops
These workshops are designed to bring confidence to homeowners and businesses so that they can properly manage their on-site sewage systems. The workshops focus on the monitoring and maintenance of septic systems during all conditions and highlight special monitoring after an earthquake, during flooding events and power outages.
December 6, 2014
Extension
New Jersey Coastal Community Resilience Demonstration Project: Pilot Communities: Cape May Point, Little Silver, Oceanport
Coastal communities across the nation are faced with the challenge of how to adapt to coastal inundation associated with climate change and sea level rise. As part of the National Sea Grant Coastal Communities Climate Adaptation Initiative (CCCAI), the New Jersey Sea Grant Consortium (NJSGC) and its partners, New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection Office of Coastal Management (NJOCM), Monmouth University Urban Coast Institute (UCI) and Stevens Institute of Technology, conducted community-based, climate adaptation demonstration projects in Cape May Point, Little Silver and Oceanport, New Jersey.
December 5, 2014
Coastal Economy
Shoreline Change Special Area Management Plan
To address challenges from a changing shoreline, the Rhode Island Shoreline Change Special Area Management Plan (Beach SAMP) is focused on improving our understanding of how fast erosion is occurring and what areas and infrastructure are at risk of flooding during storms or from future sea level rise.
December 5, 2014
Climate
Building Capacity to Adapt to Climate Change through Local Conservation Efforts
Using South Kingstown Land Trust as a pilot, tools have been identified for use by local conservation organizations in Rhode Island and beyond to assess vulnerability and identify strategies to begin to implement adaptation actions through conservation, management, and investment.
December 5, 2014
Extension
Coastal Property Owner Tours
Maine Sea Grant has organized a number of tours, during which Southern Maine coastal property owners, local officials, and community members visit coastal properties in Saco, Wells, and Ogunquit where action has been or could be taken to make them more resilient to flooding, erosion, and extreme storm events.
December 5, 2014
Extension
Environmental Response Management Application (ERMA) Tool
Michigan Sea Grant website to host Great Lakes Environmental Response Management Application (ERMA) tool, an online mapping tool for coastal pollution cleanup, restoration, and response efforts in the Great Lakes Basin, from Minnesota to New York in the United States and from Ontario to Quebec in Canada.
December 5, 2014
Extension
Texas Sea Grant project helps shrimp fishery save sea turtles and gain access to new retail markets
Texas Sea Grant, with funding from the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF), has launched a pilot program to help shrimpers correctly install and operate turtle excluder devices, known as TEDs, and to develop a process to certify those that do. This vessel certification will help consumers choose “turtle-safe” wild-caught Gulf shrimp at their local supermarkets.
November 24, 2014
Announcements
The State of Sea Grant 2014 Report Released to Congress
Impacts, Challenges and Opportunities of the National Sea Grant College Program
November 19, 2014
Extension
Local Decision Maker; Assisting Indiana communities in making informed and integrated land use and economic development decisions
This web-based GIS decision system is designed to improve comprehensive land use planning so that economic, ecological, social, and cultural resources are integrated with future development in a sustainable way.
November 17, 2014
Climate
Facing Our Future: Adaptive Planning for Sea-level Rise in Maui and Hawaii Counties
Five recommendations are presented to provide a foundation for improving shoreline planning for coastal hazards, including seal level rise, at the local level.
November 17, 2014
Extension
The Texas Coastal Planning Program (CPP)
The Texas Coastal Planning Program helps community leaders through workshops that help them determine their readiness and plan for future needs with respect to coastal hazards, green infrastructure, water quality impairment and other issues related to sustainable development.
November 14, 2014
Environmental Literacy and Workforce Development
The Texas Coastal Citizen Planner program (TCCP)
The Texas Coastal Citizen Planner program provides elected and appointed officials the knowledge and skills necessary to make informed land use decisions that lead to long-term hazard management, natural resource conservation, safer neighborhoods, and improved quality of life.
November 14, 2014
Extension
The weTable
This affordable public participation tool, developed by Texas Sea Grant's Texas Coastal Watershed Program, allows teams to collaboratively explore and use computer-based data and programs in a workshop setting.
November 14, 2014
Extension
CHARM Model
The Community Health and Resources Management (CHARM) mapping application is a robust citizen planning tool, built on CommunityViz and ARCMAP, that enables citizens and professionals alike to explore large and small development scenarios that reveal impacts, instantaneously, to the environment by the development, as well as impacts to the development (e.g., storm surge).
November 14, 2014
Extension
Bahia Grande Ecosystem Restoration Decision Support Tool
By geo-referencing and overlaying historic aerial photography on current digital photographs, Texas Sea Grant along with multiple other partners have identified habitat restoration priority areas along the Texas coast.
November 14, 2014
Alabama
National Flood Insurance Program/Community Rating System
Mississippi-Alabama Sea Grant has provided technical assistance in the form of holding workshops, hosting webinars, participation in community floodplain management groups, and development of outreach materials specifically designed for community's who participate in the National Flood Insurance Program's Community Rating System.
November 14, 2014
Extension
Collaborative Network Building
Oregon Sea Grant is planning a workshop for December that will bring together a network of coastal resilience researchers and practitioners to begin developing a broader statewide collaborative network of those interested in and working on coastal resilience issues.
November 14, 2014
Extension
Decision Support Networks
Oregon Sea Grant offers facilitation services that guide dialogue in the process of making important decisions about coastal planning and we serve as a bridge between university resources and local end users.
November 14, 2014
WeTables
These are participatory mapping tools that a number of Sea Grant programs are using for community-based work addressing both climate and stormwater issues.
October 28, 2014
Environmental Literacy and Workforce Development
The Watershed Game
The Watershed Game is an interactive tool that was developed by Minnesota Sea Grant as part of the Northland Nonpoint Education for Municipal Officials (NEMO) program to help participants understand the connection between land use and water quality, as well as the degree to which implementing best management practices across land uses and sectors within a watershed is critical for reaching a water quality goal.
October 28, 2014
Climate
Sea-Level Rise and Coastal Land Use in Hawai‘i: A Policy Toolkit for State and Local Governments
The purpose of this Tool Kit is to identify and explain key land use policy tools for state and local government agencies and officials to facilitate leadership and action in support of sea-level rise adaptation in Hawai‘i.
October 28, 2014
Announcements
Working with CT’s Coastal Communities in the Aftermath of Major Storms-Collaborations and Barriers
Please join us for the first Sea Grant Climate Network Webinar. Connecticut Sea Grant's Juliana Barrett will be discussing CT's work with coastal communities following major storms.
September 19, 2014
Extension
Marketing locally caught seafood in New Hampshire
New Hampshire Sea Grant is heavily involved in research and extension efforts to address the best way to market seafood and keep fishermen financially afloat, including providing resources for direct market seafood sales and research into retailer and consumer preferences on seafood.
September 15, 2014
Extension
Spotlight on University of Wisconsin Sea Grant Extension Agent: Jane L. Harrison, Ph.D
Jane is Wisconsin Sea Grant’s first social scientist, reflecting a new emphasis by Sea Grant to factor humans into its research program. She joined the Advisory Services team in October of 2012.
September 11, 2014
Extension
Extension Exchange Offers Insights into Storm Recovery
Louisiana Sea Grant passes along lessons learned from Hurricane Katrina to those impacted by the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy.
July 18, 2014
Extension
Chicago suburbs save water and money curbing outdoor water use
Water conservation has moved center stage in the Chicago suburbs. Summer shortages are a major concern here, and communities are looking to tackle the problem at its source: inefficient outdoor water use.
July 14, 2014
Aquaculture
Scientists seek answers to open-ocean aquaculture unknowns
Florida Sea Grant researcher Daniel Benetti is currently assessing the environmental impacts of open-ocean aquaculture on the marine ecosystem with funding from a National Sea Grant aquaculture research initiative grant.
June 13, 2014
Delaware
Delaware Sea Grant helps town of Laurel balance environment and development along riverfront
Looking to improve water quality both locally in the river and as part of a regional effort to restore the Chesapeake Bay watershed, the town of Laurel, Delaware is reimagining its historic riverfront with help from the Delaware Sea Grant College Program and University of Delaware landscape design faculty and students.
June 9, 2014
Extension
Rip Current Awareness Week: Spotlight on South Carlina Sea Grant Extension Specialist Michael Slattery
Michael Slattery first got involved with Sea Grant during his Ph.D. program when Sea Grant funded a portion of his research into rip currents. He is now a coastal processes extension specialist and works on rip current outreach and awareness.
June 8, 2014
Extension
Rip Current Awareness Week: Spotlight on North Carolina Sea Grant Extension Specialist Spencer Rogers
As the summer beach season opens, Spencer Rogers of North Carolina Sea Grant has new tools to better understand dangerous rip currents.
June 3, 2014
California
Rip Current Awareness Week: Spotlight on California Sea Grant funded researcher Bob Guza
Bob Guza is a California Sea Grant funded researcher. He is an Integrative Oceanography Division Professor, Oceanography at Scripps Institution of Oceanography University of California, San Diego.
June 3, 2014
Extension
Rip Current Awareness Week: Spotlight on Michigan Sea Grant Communication Specialist Elizabeth LaPorte
Elizabeth LaPorte works with colleagues at U-M and MSU to ensure the alignment of Sea Grant’s activities with the mission of the National Sea Grant College Program and the needs of Michigan’s stakeholders. She identifies opportunities to leverage research through public outreach and education.
May 30, 2014
Extension
Why West Coast Crab Fishers and Tugboat Captains Aren’t Feeling Crabby
It might seem incongruous to talk of traffic disputes and costly collisions in an area as vast as the waters off the Pacific coast. But that’s the situation that afflicted the coast’s tribal and commercial crab fishers and its tug-and-barge and shipping operators for decades as they shared the same sealanes.
May 27, 2014
Extension
Hurricane Preparedness Week: Spotlight on Maine Sea Grant Extension Associate Kristen Grant
As Southern Maine Marine Extension Associate, Kristen has worked in that region of the state since 1999. Her office in Wells is housed at the Wells National Estuarine Research Reserve, facilitating partnerships with NOAA colleagues there. The majority of Kristen's work focuses on the interactions between the people, the resources, and the ecosystems of the coast.
May 26, 2014
Extension
Hurricane Preparedness Week: Spotlight on Texas Sea Grant Extension Agent Heather Wade
As Texas Sea Grant’s Coastal Planning Specialist, Heather Wade helps communities on the Texas coast plan for the future. With a toolkit that includes the Coastal Resilience Index, weTable and Community Health and Resources Management (CHARM) model, she leads community leaders through workshops that help them determine their readiness and plan for future needs with respect to coastal hazards, green infrastructure, water quality impairment and other issues related to sustainable development.
May 26, 2014
Extension
Hurricane Preparedness Week: Spotlight on Hawaii Sea Grant Extension Agent Dennis Hwang
Dennis Hwang combines his science and law background to concentrate on implementing science into decisions of the community so that hurricane, tsunami, flood, erosion, wind and earthquake impacts are mitigated. He authored the Hawai'i Coastal Hazard Mitigation Guidebook, which is used in the land use process in Hawai'i.
May 26, 2014
Environmental Literacy and Workforce Development
Safe Boating Week: Spotlight on Sea Grant Extension Agent David White
David White is the Recreation/Tourism Specialist and Great Lakes Program Coordinator for the New York Sea Grant Extension Program. Dave has been with Sea Grant since November of 1984 and is located at the State University of New York College at Oswego.
May 20, 2014
Alabama
Safe Boating Week: Spotlight on Sea Grant Extension Agent Peter Nguyen
Peter Nguyen works very closely with Vietnamese-speaking fishermen to offer them technical assistance, such as providing information about new regulations and proposed legislation. Peter, a former commercial shrimper, has been with the Mississippi-Alabama Sea Grant Outreach Program since 2006. He works at Mississippi State University’s Coastal Research Center in Biloxi and works on fishing gear research, seafood marketing and other outreach efforts.
May 20, 2014
Environmental Literacy and Workforce Development
Safe Boating Week: Spotlight on Extension Agent Lauren Land
Lauren is an Extension Agent at Louisiana Sea Grant. She was a recipient of the John A. Knauss Marine Policy Fellowship in 2011 where she worked at the National Sea Grant Office. She has a masters in Oceanography and Coastal Sciences with a Minor in Applied Statistics from Louisiana State University.
May 20, 2014
Alaska
Safe Boating Week: Spotlight on Marine Advisory Program Agent Torie Baker
Torie Baker is the Alaska Sea Grant Marine Advisory Program agent for the Prince William Sound region and is based in Cordova. As a MAP agent, she works with fishermen in marine safety training, business assistance and collaborative applied research. She is also a 20-year commercial salmon harvester in Prince William Sound, Copper River and Bristol Bay, and has worked extensively in Copper River salmon marketing initiatives. She holds a master's degree in adult education from the University of Alaska Anchorage.
May 20, 2014
Environmental Literacy and Workforce Development
Safe Boating Week: Spotlight on Sea Grant Extension Agent Sarah Orlando
Sarah Orlando is an Extension Educator based in the Ohio Department of Natural Resources’ Office of Coastal Management in Sandusky. She is the coordinator for the Ohio Clean Marinas and Clean Boaters programs, voluntary, incentive-based programs to help maintain and improve coastal and Lake Erie
May 19, 2014
Extension
Stepping up collaborative efforts with a Sea Grant “exchange program”
Sea Grant extension staff are tapping into a valuable resource — their out-of-state colleagues — to help generate new ideas for their own program’s efforts and improve collaboration within the nationwide Sea Grant network.
April 5, 2014
Extension
Tsunami Preparedness Week: Spotlight on Sea Grant Extension Agent Ian Miller
Dr. Miller is Washington Sea Grant’s coastal hazards specialist, working out of Peninsula College in Port Angeles as well as University of Washington’s Olympic Natural Resources Center in Forks. He works with coastal communities on the Olympic Peninsula to increase their ability to plan for and manage coastal hazards, including tsunami, chronic erosion, coastal flooding and hazards associated with climate change.
March 27, 2014