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Tracking tigers: A tiger shark tag recapture
Last September, during our standardized bottom longline survey, we encountered a male tiger shark about 60 miles south of Dauphin Island, Alabama....
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Aquaculture leadership academy application period now open
The Sea Grant Aquaculture Leadership was initiated in 2024 in response to the hiring of dozens of aquaculture professionals across the Sea Grant...
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FISHES course moves online with option for boat excursion
In June of 2021, I wrote a blog post describing a new course called Fishermen Invested in Science, Healthy Ecosystems, and Sustainability, a.k.a....
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Oyster farming lingo: What does it mean?
If you’ve spent any time around commercial oyster farming, you've probably heard terms like seed, spat, SoS and florets. They can sound a little...
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New research on oyster mortalities underway
This year, three new research projects, funded by the Mississippi-Alabama Sea Grant Consortium, aim to determine the causes of SUMS as well as...
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The disCARD project: Modernizing data collection today to improve our fisheries for tomorrow
The goal of the project is to collect information about the numbers and species of discarded reef fishes across the U.S. Gulf of America using...
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A new Gulf-wide tripletail and cobia project will soon be underway
This project aims to track the movements and migration patterns of tripletail and cobia across the Gulf by using conventional, acoustic and...
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Outreach products aim to support mental health in fishing communities
Mississippi-Alabama Sea Grant recently developed two new outreach products highlighting mental health resources for people who work in the seafood,...
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Pez diablo pose a conservation concern for guitarfishes
In some countries – particularly Mexico – guitarfishes are dried and then meticulously cut and shaped into mythical creatures that sell for high...
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