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Gyanu Rana has joined Louisiana Sea Grant as a research associate at the Michael C. Voisin Oyster Hatchery. Born and raised in Tilottama-14, a municipality in the southwest of Nepal, she completed her Bachelor of Agriculture Science from Tribhuvan University in Paklihawa, Nepal. In December of 2023, Rana earned her master’s degree in aquaculture and […]

Louisiana Sea Grant (LSG) is the recipient of a $159,000 grant from NOAA’s National Sea Grant Office (NSGO) to support and improve aquaculture. Twenty-four such grants that focus on aquaculture research, extension, education and communication activities, totaling $4.7 million, were recently announced. The LSG grant is titled Developing a Quality Management Package for Recordkeeping and […]

Dottie Reid has joined Louisiana Sea Grant (LSG) as the resilience engagement coordinator. Originally from Oxford, Miss., Reid earned her Bachelor of Arts degree in math and later her Master of Education degree at the University of Mississippi. As the resilience engagement coordinator, Reid will coordinate education and outreach efforts as they pertain to issues […]

What: Alternative Oyster Aquaculture (AOC) Informational Meeting When: Aug. 14, 2024 – 10 a.m. Where: Joe Herring Room, LDWF Headquarters, 2000 Quail Drive, Baton Rouge, LA. Louisiana Sea Grant (LASG), the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries (LDWF) and the Louisiana Department of Health (LDH) are hosting an informational meeting on Alternative Oyster Culture (AOC) […]

Louisiana Sea Grant (LSG) and the Southern Climate Impacts Planning Program (SCIPP) are collaborators on a funded $6.9 million grant to establish a program to place people in “green collar” jobs that advance climate resilience and assist employers in developing a climate-literate 21st-century workforce. The project, titled the Climate Resilient Skills Training Program (CREST), is […]

Alyssa Outhwaite has joined Louisiana Sea Grant (LSG) as a post doctorate researcher. Born and raised in Georgia, she completed her Bachelor of Science degree in ecology at Augusta University. From there she studied shell formation in oysters at the University of Dayton, Ohio, for her Masters degree in biology. Then, in 2023, while working […]

Hope Hebert is the newest research associate at the Michael C. Voisin Oyster Hatchery in Grand Isle. Originally from New Orleans, she graduated from Nicholls State University with a bachelor’s degree in marine biology and thought working at the Louisiana Sea Grant-operated hatchery would be an excellent opportunity. Hebert originally started as a student worker […]

Louisiana Sea Grant (LSG) associate director Matt Bethel has published a case study mapping LSG’s work with the Pointe-Au-Chien Indian Tribe (PACIT) to the Conservation and Adaptation Resources Toolbox (CART). CART is supported by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the South Central Climate Adaptation Science Center (SC CASC). The CART platform – www.fws.gov/CART […]