Virginia Sea Grant NEWS
New research gives the dish on blue catfish eating habits
Researchers have answered many questions about blue catfish, but one remained unanswered until now: How much do blue catfish eat in a given day?
Behind every good leader, there’s a…Knauss Fellow?
Within a week, Pamela Braff went from a risk management meeting and snorkeling on a coastal reserve in Hawai’i to working from home in her D.C. apartment, all in support of senior leadership at NOAA’s National Ocean Service as a Knauss Coastal & Marine Policy Fellow.
Virginia Environmental Endowment continues support of Commonwealth Fellowship
This $30,000 grant from the Virginia Environmental Endowment will help support the Commonwealth Fellowship in 2021 and 2022.
Knauss Fellow’s on-the-ground experience in Alaska guides marine policy
As a Knauss Fellow on focused on ocean issues within the senator’s office, DelBene tracked legislation related to coastal Alaska priorities like fisheries.
VASG fellow keeps flood forecasting afloat with research
The National Weather Service monitors the water levels around the Chesapeake Bay every day. Based on computer models’ projections for the next three days, forecasters issue flood alerts when water levels are expected to exceed certain levels.
Gray Montrose joins VCPC as assistant director
The Virginia Coastal Policy Center at W&M Law School welcomes a new assistant director, Gray Montrose.
The importance of (sometimes shameless) self-promotion
In the times of instantaneous information via social media, waiting around to read our folders or for our paper to get published is no longer the only way to get our science out there.
VASG fellows lead oyster harvest activity
for Hampton University STEM series
Usually, when researchers lead a school activity about oysters, they’d bring students to the lab to dissect an oyster or demonstrate how oysters can filter water. But since in-person gatherings weren’t possible, graduate students Kaitlyn Clark and Annie Schatz got creative while teaching a Hampton University TRiO Educational Talent Search lesson.
Knauss fellow delves into water-powered science policy
As a Knauss fellow in the Water Power Technologies Office, Charles Scaife helped support the Waves to Water Prize, a competition for new, wave-powered technologies that turn saltwater into drinking water.
Virginia Coastal Policy Center webinar series
addresses climate liability, financing resilience
A panel of speakers addressed the question of climate liability — for the private sector, local government, and state government — during the Virginia Coastal Policy Center’s fall webinar series last year.
Student design competition creates adaptive flood ideas for Hampton
Four student teams created design ideas for neighborhoods in Hampton, Virginia, as part of a national resilience design competition during the Coastal and Estuarine Research Federation’s 2021 conference.
Riding the waves of scientific research amid a pandemic
The challenges that crashed on our shores with the pandemic taught me a great deal about adaptation, letting go of what is out of my control, and trusting the scientific research process.
New program reporting & project coordinator joins Virginia Sea Grant
New program reporting & project coordinator joins Virginia Sea Grant Virginia Sea Grant welcomes our new program reporting and project
Knauss fellow finds the ‘common threads’ in restoration projects
As a Knauss Fellow and habitat science and policy analyst for NOAA’s Restoration Center, Zuzanna Abdala helped the host office find ways to showcase their technical assistance for restoration work.
GO Virginia approves $2.9 million collaborative Coastal Resilience and Adaptation Economy Initiative
A $2.9 million grant was recently awarded to the Coastal Resilience and Adaptation Economy initiative that will foster innovation and growth in Virginia’s water economy.
Marine science in the cloud: Knauss fellow assists with data policy
As a Knauss Fellow working with the NOAA’s chief data officer, Chase Long worked on the data management strategy for the agency. During his fellowship, Long learned about recent federal policies driving NOAA’s efforts to make their data FAIR—findable, accessible, interoperable, and reusable—like the Big Data Project.
Sea Grant, CERF to foster inclusion, diversity in coastal sciences through NSF INCLUDES grant
Sea Grant and the Coastal and Estuarine Research Federation (CERF) are pleased to announce a new effort funded by the National Science Foundation to create a network focused on justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion (JEDI) in coastal, ocean, and marine sciences.
Governor appoints Sea Grant director, university partners to Virginia resilience advisory committee
Troy Hartley, director of Virginia Sea Grant, has been appointed to the Virginia Water Resources Research Center statewide advisory board. Hartley is one of four new appointees to the Water Center’s advisory board in 2020.
A little blue marble in Washington, D.C.
“Hi!” I exclaimed, “I’m Amanda Laverty. I’m a Sea Grant Knauss Fellow working with the NOAA Marine Debris Program. I admire you so much for everything you’ve contributed to science and to the world. Thank you for all that you do.”
Seven steps to safe seafood: HACCP training serves as safety net for Virginia Consumers
Each HACCP class covers seven steps: identify food hazards, determine what steps can control these hazards, the critical limits needed to eliminate the hazards, and establishing monitoring procedures, corrective actions, verification procedures, and record-keeping.
