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This scholarship is named in honor of Ralph Rayburn ’69, former Texas Sea Grant Associate Director and Extension Program Leader.

The Bush Library and Museum announces 50 Years of Science and Stewardship exhibit from Texas Sea Grant

Alexis Guidroz and Shadrach Villafranca will be mentored by TXSG professionals and gain valuable field experience through the new Texas Sea Grant Community Engaged Internship Program (TXSG-CEI).

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)’s Climate Prediction Center announced in their May 20, 2021 briefing that they are expecting another highly active hurricane season this year.

Following a successful period of tracking sea turtles in Matagorda Bay, the turtle sighting app is expanding to cover the Texas coast thanks to a partnership between Texas Sea Grant and Turtle Island Restoration Network.

Texas Sea Grant’s Grants-In-Aid of Graduate Research Program provides small two-year grants to students enrolled at Texas A&M University (TAMU), Texas A&M University at Galveston (TAMUG) or Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi (TAMUCC). Funded projects must be marine- or coastal-related research and relevant to Texas.

This three-year, $2.48 million project will develop better bycatch reduction devices (BRDs) for the commercial shrimp industry in the Gulf of Mexico.

Texas Sea Grant has funded seven undergraduate research scholars at Texas A&M University and Texas A&M University at Galveston

Texas Sea Grant has hired Alexis Sabine as the program’s new fisheries specialist.

The event, hosted by Sea Grant’s Oil Spill Science Outreach Program, will showcase the accomplishments of the Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative in Texas.

Mario Marquez is ready to help oyster farmers build their businesses.

This scholarship is named in honor of Ralph Rayburn ’69, former Texas Sea Grant Associate Director and Extension Program Leader.

The Texas Sea Grant College Program at Texas A&M University awarded $48,810 in research grants to 20 graduate students at three Texas A&M University System institutions. The students are funded through Texas Sea Grant’s Grants-In-Aid of Graduate Research Program, which provides small two-year grants to students enrolled at Texas A&M University (TAMU), Texas A&M University at…

Texas Sea Grant has hired Mario Marquez as the program’s new aquaculture specialist to meet the needs of the recent legalization of the oyster aquaculture industry in Texas.

Fellows selected for this competitive program work with NOAA partner organizations on coastal resource management and policy.

Dani Bailey will be “an integral addition to both the Oil Spill Science Program” and “provide much-needed services to her community.”

The grants support research in natural, physical, social, behavioral and economic sciences and engineering that can positively impact Texas and its citizens.

Texas Sea Grant has funded six undergraduate research scholars at Texas A&M University and Texas A&M University at Galveston.

With the help of Texas Sea Grant, Prestige Oyster’s Inc. became the first private oyster fishery in the America to achieve certification from the Marine Stewardship Council.

Applications to the 2020 Coastal Management and Digital Coast Fellowship are due Jan. 17, 2020. The nine fellowship positions start in Aug. 2020 at various host offices across the United States.

The application is open for the National Sea Grant College Program 2021 John A. Knauss Marine Policy Fellowship, a yearlong paid fellowship in the Washington, D.C. area.

The new senior associate director and extension leader is “eager to build upon the organization’s successes.”

This new partnership helps promote local and sustainable seafood.

Nicole Pilson and R.J. Shelly are the newest coastal and marine resources extension agents to join Texas Sea Grant.