Collaboration and cooperation are paramount for achieving positive outcomes for the United States’ domestic shrimp industry, attendees of the Southeast Shrimp Strategy and Planning Meeting concluded. While progress has been made in the last year – such as labeling laws in Texas, Mississippi and Alabama – the report highlights more work is still necessary. Sixty-one […]

Prepare now for hurricane season with guides to individual and community resources to federal disaster aid available online at www.laseagrant.org/resources/disaster-aid. Materials walk you through FEMA programs you may need following a hurricane or other natural disaster. These resources cover a wide range of topics, including how to find your disaster declaration, types of federal aid […]

Microplastics in the environment have emerged as a pressing global concern, and preliminary findings on the presence of microplastics in Louisiana waterfowl are equally worrying. “About half the birds we’ve studied contain microplastics” said Terri Maness, professor of environmental science at Louisiana Tech University in Ruston. Her research project – titled Microplastic Ingestion by Waterfowl […]

A webinar about the Federal Crop Insurance Program for Traditional Louisiana Oyster Lease Holders – Group Risk Plan (GPR) Oysters will be Monday, April 21 at 11 a.m. CDT, hosted by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) To participate, visit https://tinyurl.com/m9znas5a. GRP Oysters is a risk management tool to insure against widespread loss of […]

After 41 years, Louisiana Sea Grant (LSG) and LSU AgCenter marine extension agent Mark Shirley has announced his retirement. A New Orleans native, Shirley earned his master’s degree in wildlife management from Louisiana State University in 1979. Since joining LSG and the LSU AgCenter in 1984, he has dedicated his career to the advancement of […]

This year the Louisiana Sea Grant College Program (LSG) is funding four 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 […]

Maringouin native M’Ryah Robinson has joined the Louisiana Sea Grant oyster hatchery as the newest research assistant. She recently completed her Bachelor of Science degree in marine biology at Nicholls State University. Robinson previously worked at the hatchery as a student worker. “As the algae specialist, I look forward to working in algae production, as […]