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Twenty-five commercial fishermen, processors, foodies and seafood nerds learned about the science and art of seafood smoking and by-product recovery on April 17 at the Seafood Processing Demonstration Lab in Jeanerette. Hosting the event were Louisiana Sea Grant (LSG) and LSU AgCenter seafood specialist Evelyn Watts and LSG/AgCenter marine extension agent Thomas Hymel. Participants learned […]

This year the Louisiana Sea Grant College Program (LSG) is funding six Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program (UROP) projects. Established in 1992 to provide talented undergraduate students with hands-on research experience, LSG has funded more than 200 UROP projects. Each UROP student will gain first-hand knowledge regarding the whole research process from design, implementation, analysis to […]

After 32 years as the Louisiana Sea Grant/LSU AgCenter marine extension agent for Cameron and Calcasieu parishes, Kevin Savoie is retiring this spring. As a native of Cameron Parish, Savoie was the ideal candidate to be the second person to hold the extension agent position for the southwest parishes. He was already invested in the […]

The Louisiana Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority (CPRA) continues its commitment to the Coastal Science Assistantship Program (CSAP). This program supports Master of Science students in science or engineering research relevant to Louisiana coastal protection efforts. This collaboration offers the dual benefit of engaging students in CPRA activities while potentially recruiting qualified personnel for the […]

Louisiana Sea Grant (LSG) has named Elizabeth Robinson the new director of the Michael C. Voisin Oyster Hatchery and Louisiana Sea Grant Oyster Research Lab. Robinson earned her doctorate in oceanography and coastal science at Louisiana State University in 2018. She started as the operations manager at the hatchery in September 2022 and shortly after […]

A project to help the Pointe-au-Chien Indian Tribe (PACIT) develop nature-based solutions (NBS) to mitigate climate related hazards is one of four grants recently funded by the Gulf Research Program of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine. In total, $3.7 million in grants were awarded. Matt Bethel, Louisiana Sea Grant’s associate executive director […]

Jacquelyn Tran has joined the Louisiana Sea Grant team as a research associate at the Michael C. Voisin Oyster Hatchery. Originally from Las Vegas, Nevada, she earned her master’s degree in marine biology and limnology from the University of Oslo, Norway. She is looking forward to working in the hatchery and seeing firsthand the components […]

The Fisheries & Seafood Leadership Program (FSLP) – spearheaded by Louisiana Sea Grant (LSG) – recently kicked-off its first class and workshop. The one-year program is designed to develop new leaders in the state’s fishing and seafood industry. “This program has been in the planning stages since before the pandemic,” said Julie Falgout, LSG seafood […]