Virginia Sea Grant NEWS
Aquaculture Information Exchange Launches
Virginia Sea Grant Launches the USDA and NOAA Supported Aquaculture Information Exchange Online Community Platform The Aquaculture Information Exchange (AIE)) online community platform website is now live and open for new user registrations. The AIE represents a joint effort between NOAA’s National Sea Grant Office, NOAA’s Fisheries Office of Aquaculture, USDA’s Agricultural Research Service (ARS), USDA’s National
2024 Knauss Finalist Announced
Above left to right: Kacey Hirshfeld Clayton, Allison Lepp, Natalie Lerma, Lauren Alvaro, Chelsea Gray, and Kesten, Bozinovic 2024 Knauss Fellowship Finalists Announced Five Virginia students and one Washington, D.C. student have been chosen as finalists for Sea Grant’s prestigious 2024 John A. Knauss Marine Policy Fellowship program. They will join more than 1,600 Knauss alumni who have
2023 Graduate Fellows Announced
Above left to right: Daniel Lassiter, Mahshid Ahmadian, Julia Grenn, Megan Beever, Alyson Hall, Adrian Robins, and Zlatka Rebolledo Sanchez. (Photos provided) 2023 Graduate Fellows Announced Virginia Sea Grant is pleased to announce the 2023 Graduate Research Fellows. These graduate students from across Virginia will receive professional development opportunities through the fellowship as they address coastal resource issues. During the fellowship, each
VASG to Lead Research Into Contaminated Stormwater
VASG to Lead Research Into Contaminated Stormwater Virginia Sea Grant was awarded $458,863 in funding for the identification and mitigation of contaminants of emerging concern (CEC) in stormwater in socioeconomically disadvantaged communities of the Chesapeake Bay watershed. Virginia Sea Grant and the Virginia Water Resources Research Center brought together a partnership among the mid-Atlantic state
Team Science Connects Disciplines To Tackle Big Problems
Team Science Brings together Multiple Disciplines to Tackle Big Problems Virginia Sea Grant hosted 32 graduate and post-graduate students for two Team Science workshops designed to teach effective problem-solving strategies while working in transdisciplinary teams. The workshop is part of an NSF grant-funded partnership between VASG, Virginia Institute of Marine Science, Virginia Commonwealth University, University
Hands-on Marine Science Lessons for Teachers
Field course gives teachers marine education experiences to bring lessons into the classroom.
Drawing the Line on Marine Debris
Recycling program keeps harmful fishing line from entering our waterways.
Living With Water
A phrase which once paid homage to the tradition of working on the water, now refers to the standing water that pools in peoples’ yards and drainage ditches.
Norfolk State University joins Virginia Sea Grant
Norfolk State University Joins Virginia Sea Grant Norfolk State University (NSU) has joined the Virginia Sea Grant (VASG) community, making it the seventh institution to join the network partners. Virginia Sea Grant (VASG) is a Commonwealth-wide, multi-university organization with a mission to enhance the ecological, economic, and social sustainability of coastal and ocean communities in
2023 Chefs’ Seafood Symposium
Seafood Symposium Shows Chefs How to create Sustainable Dishes More than 100 culinary professionals, students, and representatives of related culinary industries gathered at the Virginia Institute of Marine Science for the 30th Chef’s Seafood Symposium. The symposium is an annual education program that provides information on the latest seafood science, fisheries news, seafood cooking techniques
VASG Selected to Host Aquaculture Information Exchange
Virginia Sea Grant has been selected to develop and host an online aquaculture community platform in partnership with NOAA and the USDA.
Clean Marina Program keeps boat fuel “burps” out of the Bay
As air bubbles escape during refueling, they push small amounts of fuel back out of the fuel tank and onto the boat — or into the water.
2023 Knauss Finalists Announced
Four Virginia students have been chosen as finalists for Sea Grant’s prestigious 2023 Knauss Marine Policy Fellowship program.
Learning jargon and learning when to ditch it
The Virginia Sea Grant Commonwealth Coastal & Marine Policy Fellowship has given me the opportunity to learn some more broadly practical jargon.
Two students join Virginia Coastal Policy Center as Sea Grant summer interns
Janaya Belcher and Zachary Evans will join the group of students interning with VCPC this summer.
Field course equips teachers to share coastal science in classrooms
Virginia teachers dipped their toes in coastal science during a field course offered on the Eastern Shore in June.
2022 Graduate Research Fellows announced
The Graduate Research Fellows will participate in professional development opportunities as they work to address coastal resource issues.
Two extension specialists join Marine Advisory Program
The Virginia Institute of Marine Science Marine Advisory Program welcomes extension specialists Sarah Borsetti and Lexy McCarty.
Fishing for answers about cobia and climate change
With the added stress from warming water temperatures and low oxygen, how will cobia fare in a changing climate?
RAFT prepares Virginia’s Northern Neck for the storms of the future
Working with community members on the ground to identify priorities — and finding ways to accomplish those goals — is part of what makes the RAFT process unique.
