Gabriella Flores has joined Louisiana Sea Grant’s Grand Isle oyster lab team. Originally from Milwaukee, Wisc., Flores earned a Bachelor of Science degree from Louisiana State University’s College of Agriculture in agricultural extension education and evaluation, with a concentration in leadership and development and a minor in animal science. Her career in aquaculture began as […]

A Louisiana Sea Grant-funded study found that the way we design and build marshes, especially decisions about elevation and water flow, can greatly affect how healthy and resilient they become over time. “Our findings clearly showed that design matters,” said Tracy Quirk, associate professor in the Department of Oceanography and Coastal Sciences at Louisiana State […]

Louisiana Sea Grant welcomes its newest teammate, Courtney Bergeron as the Grand Isle oyster hatchery’s water quality specialist. Bergeron hails from the south Louisiana town of Montegut where she grew up fishing, shrimping and crawfishing on her family’s boat. She recently completed her Bachelor of Science degree in marine biology while studying at Nicholls State […]

Submerged aquatic vegetation (SAV) ecosystems support many desirable fish and wildlife species, improve water quality and provide shoreline stabilization – all while sequestering carbon in soils. Yet, SAVs are vulnerable to a litany of environmental changes, sea level rise and coastal development. Nowhere is that more apparent than in the Pontchartrain Basin. With the goal […]

Four Louisiana schools have now been recognized as Ocean Guardian Schools by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) – in partnership with the National Marine Sanctuary Foundation – for their hands-on, student-led ocean and watershed conservation efforts. École Pointe-Au-Chien in Bourg became Louisiana’s first Ocean Guardian School in 2023. Focused on coastal stewardship, students […]

Ferriday native Octavia Sims is Louisiana Sea Grant’s newest education coordinator through Serve Louisiana AmeriCorps. She is a graduate of Nicholls State University in Thibodaux, has served in the U.S. Navy, was an aquatic invasive species prevention technician with the National Park Service and was an AmeriCorps member in Minnesota. “As a native of Louisiana […]

With Congress having returned to Washington, D.C., on Sept. 2, Louisiana Sea Grant wants to thank our Louisiana Delegation for its support in delivering our Fiscal Year 2025 funding and for its work in Congress to maintain Sea Grant funding for Fiscal Year 2026. “As a supporter of the National Sea Grant College Program, I’m […]