Dr. Lisa Krimsky, Florida Sea Grant UF/IFAS Regional Water Resources Extension Agent (RSA) has been presented the prestigious 2025 Don Sweat Sea Grant Extension Award. Dr. Krimsky’s work focuses on providing resources that encourage behavior change to reduce non-point sources of
“Taking out the Trash”can be Rewarding
Every minute, two garbage trucks filled with plastic end up in the ocean. That’s why as a Hillsborough County High School Student, Swara Patel steps into the waist-high waters of the Anclote River to clean up trash before it reaches
Florida Sea Grant is now accepting applications for the 2025 Aylesworth Scholarship Award from Florida university students conducting research in the marine sciences. Applications are due to Florida Sea Grant by 11:30 p.m. EST, on June 9, 2025
When it comes to the biggest radio debuts of 2024, the numbers speak for themselves. Florida Sea Grant’s Marine Science Minute was listened to 3 million times across select Florida radio stations, delivering one-minute public service announcements each week to
That morning cup of joe goes a long way – sometimes a little too long. Vero Beach High School student, Web Webster was recently awarded the 2025 Florida Sea Grant Skoch Scholarship for his research quantifying caffeine as an anthropogenic
The deadline to submit public comment is April 17, 2025, at 5 pm. Florida Sea Grant will be reviewed on April 21-24 by a team convened by the National Sea Grant College Program. The review will be conducted virtually and
PANAMA CITY, FL – The Bay County Board of County Commissioners, in partnership with the Florida Fish & Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC), is set to deploy the second phase of the NRDA-funded artificial reef project on Wednesday, March 12, 2025. This deployment will take
Inspired to set new goals while remaining committed to sustaining its ongoing efforts to protect coastal and marine resources, Florida Sea Grant (FSG) is proud to welcome the 2025 FSG-Guy Harvey Fellows. The Guy Harvey Foundation (GHF) works with local,
The Environmental Protection Agency recently approved a No-Discharge Zone (NDZ) for the Indian River Lagoon Vero Beach to Fort Pierce Aquatic Preserve; this is the fourth NDZ designation in the state and the first of the Florida Department of Environmental
Each year, Florida Sea Grant selects exceptional graduate students to award up to $25,000 in funds for their research in coastal and ocean science. In 2024, seven students across Florida were selected to be a part of this prestigious cohort
This year three students from various Florida universities received scholarships from the Aylesworth Foundation for the Advancement of Marine Sciences, in partnership with Florida Sea Grant. The scholarship aims to supports student’s research in ocean and marine sciences throughout their
Florida Sea Grant’s Florida Friendly Fishing certification programs received the 2024 Superior Outreach Programming Teams Award (SOPA) at National Sea Grant Week in Savannah, GA. This award recognizes the Florida Friendly Fishing Guide (FFFG) and Florida Friendly Angler (FFA) courses
From October 28 to 31, 2024, the inaugural Flooding Adaptation Symposium took place in Kissimmee, Florida, organized by Florida Sea Grant and the UF College of Design, Construction, and Planning. The event brought together over 120 participants to discuss and
Florida Sea Grant is proud to announce that four finalists from graduate programs at Florida Atlantic University, Florida State University, the University of Central Florida, and the University of Florida were selected to represent the state in the 2025 John
Dr. Megan Moore has officially planted her roots in Pasco County as the first-ever Florida Sea Grant UF/IFAS Extension Agent for the area. Growing up in New Port Richey, where nature parks blend into sandy coastal playgrounds, it’s no surprise
