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McGuire Wins Distinguished Extension Professional Award for Plastics Awareness Program
The award recognizes McGuire’s creative outreach strategies that teach volunteers around the state how to sample local waters for the presence of microplastics.
Workshop Postponed: Red Tide Stinks! Shellfish Industry Strategies for Dealing with HABs
This workshop has been postponed. Please check back for the rescheduled date.
Upcoming Workshop: Advances in Shellfish Hatchery Technology
Florida Sea Grant and UF/IFAS are hosting a free workshop in Cedar Key for hatchery operators and personnel to address issues associated with the production of shellfish seed.
Update: The Budget and Sea Grant
In both chambers of Congress, the new proposed budgets equal or exceed Sea Grant’s 2017 budget. While the federal budget has many steps before it is finalized, this is great news, especially after the final version of the President’s FY18 budget eliminated Sea Grant.
Meet the 2017 Guy Harvey Scholars
Six graduate students at universities in Florida have received Guy Harvey scholarship awards, recognizing their outstanding achievement in marine science research.
Florida Sea Grant Agents Bring Sound Science to Residents Along Indian River Lagoon
In response to thick algae blooms that carpeted the Indian River Lagoon last summer, Florida Sea Grant agents are relaying the information needs and problems of residents in their community to scientists and decision-makers.
Sea Grant Agent Trains Citizen Scientists to Help Track Horseshoe Crabs in the Big Bend
Sea Grant agent Savanna Barry helps train volunteers to survey horseshoe crabs in Florida’s Big Bend, giving scientists more insight into population size and health.
Meet the 2017 Aylesworth Scholars
Two graduate students at Florida universities have been named recipients of scholarships from the Aylesworth Foundation for the Advancement of Marine Science. The winners are Devon Pharo, a master’s student at the University of Florida and James Conrad, a Ph.D. student at the University of South Florida. Since 1986, the Aylesworth scholarship has supported students pursuing college degrees in…
An Updated Message from the Director of Florida Sea Grant
On May 23, the final version of the President’s budget was released, and as expected, the funding for Sea Grant is eliminated, along with funding for the National Estuarine Research Reserves, the Coastal Zone Management Program and many other programs that provide critical services to the US coastal economy and environment.