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From the highly anticipated Wetlands Days series to a sensory-filled trip to the LSU Center for River Studies, Louisiana Sea Grant’s (LSG) Education and Engagement (E/E) team continues to deliver engrossing academic experiences. COVID-19 restrictions and hurricanes prevented K-12 students from having field trips the past two-plus years. It also prevented the Engagement and Education […]

A seafood processing demonstration facility is on the horizon for Louisiana’s commercial fishermen, courtesy Louisiana Sea Grant (LSG) and the LSU AgCenter. A building at the AgCenter’s Iberia Research Station, 603 LSU Bridge Road in Jeanerette, is being renovated for fishermen and small seafood processors to receive hands-on training with a variety of processing equipment. […]

Louisiana Sea Grant is developing the program’s 2024-2027 strategic plan — and we are looking for a broad range of perspectives on current and emerging priorities for coastal communities and ecosystems. This planning effort includes a survey that should take about 10 to 15 minutes to complete. It covers topics such as resilient communities, healthy coastal […]

Nearly 130 fourth through seventh graders in Plaquemines Parish schools learned about angling in March and April during fishing clinics hosted by the LSU AgCenter and Louisiana Sea Grant (LSG). “We have stations set-up where the kids learn a little about fish biology, tying knots, and practice casting,” said Dominique Seibert, LSG and AgCenter marine […]

Louisiana Sea Grant and LSU AgCenter marine extension agent Mark Shirley has been inducted into the Louisiana State University School of Renewable Natural Resources/Forestry, Wildlife and Fisheries Hall of Fame as Alumnus of the Year for 2022. Nominations must be made by School of Renewable Natural Resources (RNR) faculty members, and all 28 RNR faculty […]

Melissa Daigle, Louisiana Sea Grant resiliency specialist, and partners recently received the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) 2022 Gulf Guardian 2nd Place Partnership Award. Daigle worked on the Resilience to Future Flooding project, led by Renee Collini at the Program for Local Adaptation to Climate Effects: Sea Level Rise (PLACE:SLR). The two-part project, which commenced in […]

The second round of Alternative Oyster Culture (AOC) grant applications will open May 6, 2022; the closing deadline for grow-out and nurseries is June 9 and for parks and hatcheries July 7. Applications can be found at www.laseafoodfuture.com/aoc, as well as a press release announcing the applicants selected in the first round and total dollars […]

Fifty-two graduate students from seven universities participated in the Louisiana SciComm Summit hosted by Louisiana Sea Grant (LSG) and the LSU Center for Collaborative Knowledge this spring at Louisiana State University’s (LSU) Baton Rouge campus. The free, two-day science communication event—organized by graduate students, for graduate students—was designed to enhance research communication skills. It consisted […]