Louisiana Sea Grant (LSG) recently completed a video demonstrating how to build an oyster nursery silo from a 55-gallon plastic drum. The demo can be viewed at www.youtube.com/watch?v=wcd6m6c51Gg&feature=youtu.be. John Supan, an oyster specialist with Louisiana Sea Grant and the LSU AgCenter and the director of the Sea Grant Oyster Hatchery on Grand Isle, has been a…
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Swann appointed to help program plan path for oil-spill funds
The National Academy of Sciences’ Gulf of Mexico Program has appointed Mississippi-Alabama Sea Grant Director LaDon Swann to an advisory group that will create a strategic vision and guide the program’s development and implementation. Serving for one year, Swann, who is also the director of marine programs with Auburn University, and the other 23 members…
Louisiana Direct Featured on Louisiana Eats!
On this week’s edition of Louisiana Eats! hear about a new program developed by Louisiana Sea Grant that allows consumers the opportunity to buy fresh catches directly from our state’s fishermen.
Wildlife Refuges Documentary Released
The 23-minute documentary “Edens on the Edge” – a Louisiana Sea Grant (LSG) production – chronicles the importance of wildlife refuges located in the state’s coastal zone. “Edens on the Edge functions as a true Louisiana conservationist and stewardship effort. It portrays the sheer phenomenal beauty of Louisiana’s coastal refuges, wildlife and landscape, while also…
Mississippi-Alabama Sea Grant seeks candidates for fellowship in marine policy
The Mississippi-Alabama Sea Grant Consortium is seeking applicants for the 2014 Dean John A. Knauss Marine Policy Fellowship. Knauss fellows spend a year in positions related to marine policy in the legislative and executive branches of the federal government in the Washington, D.C., area. Past fellows have worked in the offices of U.S. senators and…
Alligator Research Facility Opening Near
Alligator is showing up on more and more restaurant menus, but the biggest profit realized from these reptiles comes from the hides, which are used in high-end consumer goods such as purses, belts, watch bands and even a $400 pair of flip-flops . In Louisiana, alligator farmers bring in nearly $47.5 million annually, with roughly…
Mobile Bay Oyster Gardening
Volunteers in the Mobile Bay Oyster Gardening Program grew more than 50,100 oysters this season. These people and organizations make the restoration program work: volunteers, Mississippi-Alabama Sea Grant, Mobile Bay National Estuary Program, Alabama Clean Water Partnership – Coastal Basin, The Alabama Cooperative Extension System, Auburn University Shellfish Lab, the Auburn University Department of Fisheries…
Louisiana Certified Seafood Launched
The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries, in coordination with the Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals, Louisiana Department of Agriculture and Forestry, LSU AgCenter, Louisiana Sea Grant, Louisiana Seafood Promotion and Marketing Board and fisheries industry leaders, launched the Louisiana Certified Seafood Program. This origin-based certification program aims to build a unified brand that…
Bays and Bayous brings 364 people to Biloxi
The 2012 Mississippi-Alabama Bays and Bayous Symposium attracted 364 people for two days of presentations about current coastal research and outreach. People from 10 states attended the event, where 185 presenters shared information in five different sessions.
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