


Sea Grant-Chesapeake Bay Commission Fellowship
Learn about incoming fellow Megan Beever and outgoing fellow Greg O'Connell, who are contributing to Chesapeake Bay policies.
2026 Graduate Fellows Announced
Meet the 2026 VASG Graduate Fellow cohort and learn more about how their research will benefit the commonwealth's coastal communities.
Zane Ruzicka: Sea Grant 2026 Knauss Marine Policy Fellow
Zane Ruzicka has been selected as a 2026 Knauss Fellow working for the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Virginia Sea Grant NEWS

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

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

2023 Chefs’ Seafood Symposium
Seafood Symposium Shows Chefs How to create Sustainable Dishes More than 100 culinary professionals, students, and representatives of related culinary

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.

Knauss Fellowship paves career path to science policy
Beyond a crash-course in “West Wing” references, Kraatz learned to explain science quickly for policymakers.

Bringing scientific research into K-12 classrooms
“We realized that the VA SEA lesson plan project could provide a great opportunity to create a lesson plan for K-12 students and teachers around the globe based on our current research. “

Alaskan rockfish regrouping would better support management needs, research finds
The 33 types of rockfish in the Gulf of Alaska are caught as bycatch in several different types of trawl gear. Instead of monitoring and managing each species individually, researchers group some of them into complexes.

Community science shows ‘intricate pattern’ of carryover effects for oysters
To see how stress from an oyster’s early life affected oyster health later on, Graduate Research Fellow Annie Schatz collaborated with local oyster gardeners.
