Author: Florida Sea Grant

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2020 Clam Buyback Project Helped Florida Farmers

People love Florida-farmed clams. They are great on pasta or to eat baked, steamed or raw. Sales of these munchable mollusks typically peak around holidays, but during the 2020 Memorial Day weekend, Florida clam farmers watched as markets for their

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Camila Rimoldi Ibanez Is The Winner Of The 2021 Skoch Scholarship

Each year, Florida Sea Grant awards the $1000 Skoch Scholarship to an outstanding high school senior competing in the State Science and Engineering Fair of Florida. The scholarship recognizes promising young researchers in a coastal or marine science-related field. This year’s winner is Camila

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Addressing Harmful Algal Blooms and Piney Point Reservoir

Piney Point is a wastewater storage facility located in Manatee County, Florida. In late March of 2021, a tear was reported in the liner of the largest pond putting the reservoir — which contains processed water from a former phosphate facility,

Meet The 2021 Aylesworth Scholars

Three graduate students at Florida universities have been named recipients of scholarships from the Aylesworth Foundation for the Advancement of Marine Sciences. The winners are Scott Alford, a doctoral student at University of Florida; Amy Fellgren, a master’s student at

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New Document Helps Measure Benefits of Living Shorelines

Living shorelines use natural materials like sand, oysters, and marsh grass to protect coastal property from erosion and to promote ecosystem health and improved water quality. UF/IFAS Sea Grant agents and affiliate researchers have created a series of documents that

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Collins wins 2020 Don Sweat Sea Grant Extension Award

Angela Collins, UF/IFAS Extension Sea Grant agent in Manatee, Hillsborough and Sarasota counties, has been awarded the 2020 Don Sweat Sea Grant Extension Award. “It truly is an honor and I am humbled by the nomination,” Collins said. “I am very proud to

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Florida Sea Grant Mourns The Passing of LeRoy Creswell

Gray Vickery is one of Florida’s incoming 2022 Knauss Marine Policy Fellows. At the University of South Florida, Vickery pursued an M.S. degree in Environmental Science and Policy. He worked within the USF Coastal Research Laboratory on various coastal management