We’re looking for someone to establish and maintain a new oyster restoration/public education project in Mississippi. Duties will include, but not be limited to, recruiting, and maintaining a volunteer base of oyster gardeners and assisting in grant writing for project continuation. The selected candidate will have a strong background in biology, fisheries, environmental science or related…
Author: Mississippi-Alabama Sea Grant
Join Next Oil Spill Science Workshop February 6
Exploring the intersection between oil spill science and response February 6, 2017 – New Orleans, LA or via online webinar(NOAA) This workshop is designed to create an environment where local scientists working on oil spill research and local emergency responders are able to clearly communicate their needs and form partnerships with one another. For more…
Check out the Oil Spill Science Outreach Team’s latest publication!
Wondering about the Deepwater Horizon oil spill’s human impacts? Learn how the 2010 spill affected mental health in both individuals and coastal communities. To read, click here to open the publication The Deepwater Horizon oil spill’s impact on people’s health: Increases in stress and anxiety. .
Register now for Bays and Bayous
Registration is now open for the 2016 Mississippi-Alabama Bays and Bayous Symposium.
Researchers offer bounty for live tiger shrimp
Check out this story about a Mississippi-Alabama Sea Grant project that is studying invasive Asian tiger shrimp.
Study investigates how tiger shrimp may affect native Gulf shrimp
When a new species appears in the Gulf of Mexico, it can cause concern and raise a lot of questions. Which habitat does it prefer? What will it eat? What will eat it? One of these species of concern is the invasive tiger shrimp (Penaeus monodon), a very large shrimp that is native to Indo-Pacific,…
Join Oil Spill Resilience Seminar on September 27 In-person or Online
Building resilient communities: Lessons learned from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill The Sea Grant Oil Spill Outreach Team will host a seminar on community resiliency following environmental disasters on September 27, 2016 in Long Beach, MS. To register to join the seminar in person or online, click here.
Register now to become a Coastal Mississippi Master Naturalist
Find out how to become a Master Naturalist
Walton joins Sea Grant as oyster aquaculture extension specialist
(OCEAN SPRINGS, Miss.) — The Mississippi-Alabama Sea Grant Consortium (MASGC) welcomes Bill Walton of Auburn University to its outreach team. He is serving as an oyster aquaculture extension specialist who will use aquaculture as a tool for restoration, stock assessment and farming to help increase oyster production in Mississippi. Walton, who has a doctorate degree in…
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