(MOBILE, Ala.) – The Mississippi-Alabama Sea Grant Consortium and Smart Home America are pleased to announce a new, first-of-its-kind partnership to increase wind and flood resilience across coastal Alabama and Mississippi. This agreement aligns the common missions of both organizations through a shared staff position Both organizations agreed to hire Henry (Hank) Hodde, a certified…
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Registration is now open for the 2016 Mississippi-Alabama Bays and Bayous Symposium.
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,…
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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…
MASGC seeks fiscal officer
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…
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.
Innovative national conference to explore how communities solve waterfront challenges
As urban, commercial, and rural waterfronts across the U.S. face challenges to their continued existence and development, community leaders are increasingly finding solutions by listening, learning and interacting with each other. That’s the impetus behind the National Working Waterfronts and Waterways Symposium, which runs this year from Nov.16-19 in Tampa, Fla. It’s the only conference…
New publications and science seminar focus on the Deepwater Horizon oil spill’s impact on fisheries
The Sea Grant Oil Spill Science Outreach Team is excited to released its first oil spill science outreach publications. The Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill’s Impact on Gulf Seafood Learn about the results of federal, state and independent seafood testing after the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. Fisheries Landings and Disasters in the Gulf of Mexico Learn…
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