The Mississippi-Alabama Sea Grant Consortium (MASGC) is searching for a fiscal officer to help support its university-based coastal science program. Candidates must be able to formulate and manage budgets; process, produce and organize financial information; balance and reconcile accounts; and develop proposals. They should have extensive experience in accounting, finance and grants.gov. The position is…
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Oil Spill Outreach Team gets three more years of funding
Great news, friends — the Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative (GoMRI) has agreed to continue funding our Oil Spill Science Outreach Team for three more years! Read all about it in a staff blog by Larissa Graham, part of the outreach team.
Keep your eyes open for tagged crabs
Scientists at Nicholls State University in Louisiana are asking crabbers, shrimpers, fishers and the general public to report any tagged blue crab they catch. The project includes tagging in various areas of the Gulf, and the researchers are studying regional-scale movements of the blue crab. They have a special interest in females once they leave the estuaries…
50 Years of Sea Grant: Science Serving America’s Coasts
Here’s a look at the diverse work Sea Grant programs across the country have been doing over the last 50 years.
Gulf of Mexico Alliance receives NOAA Coastal Resilience Award
The Gulf of Mexico Alliance (Alliance) received a major NOAA Coastal Resilience Grant today. Two of the six Alliance teams, Habitat Resources and Coastal Resilience, will work with 10 coastal communities to foster resilience planning and promote best practices for future mitigation actions. Tracie Sempier (of Mississippi-Alabama Sea Grant and the Gulf of Mexico Alliance)…
10-year commemoration to bring new tools, storm surge markers
With the 10-year anniversary of Hurricane Katrina coming up next week, the Mississippi Coast has been bustling. There are ceremonies planned to commemorate the progress of communities, media requests from around the country, book signings, fund-raising activities and even a planned visit from former President George W. Bush and First Lady Laura Bush. One non-profit…
Online viewer shows values for habitats in Gulf
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. Read more Use viewer
Scientists use water-movement model, oyster larvae to search for suitable habitat
When oysters hatch, the microscopic larvae are totally at the mercy of the environment. Controlled by time and tide, they move where and when the water takes them, sometimes landing far from where they were spawned. When they finally come to rest, the place where they settle may or may not be a suitable place…
Swann appointed to Ocean Research Advisory Panel
Mississippi-Alabama Sea Grant Consortium Director LaDon Swann has been selected to serve on the Ocean Research Advisory Panel (OARP). The panel advises the National Ocean Research Leadership Council and provides independent recommendations about ocean research and related issues to the federal government. Swann’s appointment is for a four-year term. Members of the panel represent the…
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