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Texas Sea Grant awards $1.7 million in research to support Texas coast
The Texas Sea Grant College Program at Texas A&M University is announcing new grants totaling $1.7 million for seven two-year research projects at universities around the state to support coastal and marine ecosystems, communities and economies. “Following a competitive and rigorous peer-review process, we have selected the seven best research projects that will advance knowledge,…
Local experts to share fishing methods at free seminar Feb. 22 in Harlingen
A slate of expert fishermen will reveal their fishing methods and locations at a free Fishing Seminar at 7-9 p.m. Feb. 22 in the Harlingen Community Center at 201 E. Madison Avenue in Harlingen. Port Isabel guide Capt. George Strader will describe proven fishing methods using natural baits in the bay. Capt. Wayne Davis of…
Deadline approaching for Sea Grant marine policy fellowship
The Texas Sea Grant College Program is accepting applications through Friday, February 23, for the 2019 John A. Knauss Marine Policy Fellowship. The Knauss Fellowship, established in 1979, pairs highly qualified graduate students who have an interest in ocean, coastal and Great Lakes resources, and in the national policy decisions affecting those resources, with host…
TAMUG doctoral student tagging bull sharks in Galveston Bay
A doctoral student in the Shark Biology & Fisheries Science Lab at Texas A&M University at Galveston (TAMUG) is studying the movement and habitat patterns of bull sharks in Galveston Bay with support from Texas Sea Grant’s Grants-In-Aid of Graduate Research Program. Thomas TinHan is tagging juvenile bull sharks (Carcharhinus leucas) to learn more about…
Students Get Hands-On Look At Wetland Restoration In Texas Sea Grant Internship
Six Texas undergraduate students spent their Spring Break earlier this month learning about wetland restoration as the first participants in the Texas Sea Grant Coastal Wetland Restoration Internship Program.
Texas Sea Grant Fisheries Specialist serving on international committee to improve vaquita-safe fishing
A Marine Fisheries Specialist at Texas A&M University’s Texas Sea Grant College Program has been named to an international committee to improve fishing techniques to protect the most endangered marine mammal in the world.
Texas A&M University System graduate students awarded more than $22,000 for research
The funds are awarded through Texas Sea Grant’s Grants-in-Aid of Graduate Research Program, which is intended to promote scientific excellence and achievement by providing small grants to graduate students enrolled at Texas A&M University (TAMU), Texas A&M University at Galveston (TAMUG) or Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi (TAMUCC) whose marine- or coastal-related research in any field…
45 Years of Texas Sea Grant
As the National Sea Grant Program is celebrating its 50th anniversary, the Texas Sea Grant College Program, one of the first four members of the network, will reach its 45th anniversary later this year.
Texas Sea Grant’s Jacob receives 2014 Regional Excellence in Extension Award
Texas Sea Grant’s Dr. John Jacob was honored with the Excellence in Extension Award for the Southern Region at the annual meeting of the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (APLU) earlier this month.
Texas Sea Grant Director honored as 2014 ‘Harte’s Hero’
Texas Sea Grant Director honored as 2014 ‘Harte’s Hero’