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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’