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Louisiana Fisheries Forward Summit 2023: Finding New Opportunities for Innovation
February 23rd, 2023 by mdufour
Commercial fishermen, dock owners and processors will have the opportunity to learn about issues facing their industry at the Louisiana Fisheries Forward Summit, Wednesday, March 1, 2023, at the Pontchartrain Center, 4545 Williams Blvd., Kenner. Admission is free, but advance registration is required for those wanting lunch. This expo is the state’s premier commercial fishing […]
Sea Grant Helps Catfish Processor with $7 Million Grant
January 25th, 2023 by mdufour
What started out as catfish traps for extra cash in 1975 grew into a 100,000 square foot facility in the heart of Henderson. And the business is about to grow again with a U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) grant. Guidry’s Catfish and Processing Inc – the largest catfish processing facility in the state – buys […]
Young Joins Louisiana Sea Grant
January 13th, 2023 by mdufour
Jessica Young has joined Louisiana Sea Grant (LSG) as assistant to the executive director. Young received both an English bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Northwest Missouri State University. She previously worked as a high school English teacher in her home state of Missouri before moving to Louisiana. Upon her arrival in Louisiana, she worked as […]
Braud Becomes Sea Grant Scholar
January 12th, 2023 by mdufour
DeWitt Braud, recently retired from Louisiana State University, will be returning to Louisiana Sea Grant as the newest Sea Grant Scholar. He began working for LSU in 1978 in the Division of Engineering Research Remote Sensing and Image Processing Lab, which included two years at the NASA Earth Resources Lab in Slidell. He accepted a […]
Petrolia Named Sea Grant Laborde Chair
January 9th, 2023 by mdufour
Dan Petrolia, professor of agricultural economics at Mississippi State University, has been named Laborde Endowed Chair for Sea Grant Research and Technology Transfer at Louisiana Sea Grant (LSG). His appointment is from mid-January through the end of June. During this time, Petrolia will work on a project titled Identifying Economic Opportunities and Challenges for Commercial […]
New Communications Coordinator Begins
November 14th, 2022 by mdufour
Hannah Bellone has joined Louisiana Sea Grant (LSG) as the program’s new communications coordinator. Bellone received her Bachelor of Arts degree in sociology with a minor in creative writing from Louisiana State University. During her undergraduate years at LSU, she was employed as a student worker in Louisiana Sea Grant Communications. She comes to Sea […]
Louisiana Sea Grant Part of $1 Million Planning Grants to Support Nature-Based Solutions
November 11th, 2022 by mdufour
A project to help the Pointe-au-Chien Indian Tribe (PACIT) develop nature-based solutions (NBS) to mitigate climate related hazards is one of ten grants recently funded by the Gulf Research Program of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine. In total, $1 million in grants were awarded. Matt Bethel, Louisiana Sea Grant’s associate executive director […]
Second Round Alternative Oyster Culture Grant Recipients Announced
November 10th, 2022 by mdufour
The second round of Alternative Oyster Culture (AOC) grants, totaling $465,000, have been announced. Thirteen grants were awarded to: Ryan Anderson, for a grow-out farm Albert Besson, dba Barataria Beauties Oyster Company, for a grow-out farm Michael “Laine” Fontenot, Gulf of Mexico Tuna Company, for a grow-out farm Khai Dang, for a grow-out farm Chad […]