Articles

• Bio-fuels
• 10 Questions on the NSLGC
• Dolphin SMART
• NOAA Team Focuses on Ways to Better Serve Customers
• Aquaculture Workshop
• Sea Briefs Editor Leaves Post
• D'Abramo Leaves MASGC Position
• Tim Mulvaney Comes Aboard
• Coastal Symposium to Focus on North Central Gulf Issues
• Success Story
• Upcoming Events
• Featured Publication
• From the Director

Sea Briefs is a report on the results of the Mississippi-Alabama Sea Grant Consortium.

Editor: Laura Bowie

This newsletter is available in PDF format from:
masgc.org/seabriefs

MASGC supports applied, interdisciplinary marine science research, education and outreach efforts to foster the sustainable development and management of the Mississippi and Alabama coasts and nearshore ecosystems of the Gulf of Mexico

Mississippi-Alabama
Sea Grant Consortium
703 East Beach Drive
Ocean Springs, MS 39564
Phone: 228-818-8840
E-mail: seabriefs@masgc.org
MASGP 08-011-03

Aquaculture Workshop
Workshop Submerges Teachers in Aquascience

High school teachers from across Alabama convened this summer in Spanish Fort, Ala., for an Advanced K-12 Aquascience/Aquaculture workshop sponsored by MASGC with support from the Alabama Cooperative Extension System and Gadsden State Community College. The workshop exposed teachers to ideas to increase the potential of their existing K-12 programs. The advanced topics covered during this workshop included introductions to fish reproduction, advanced filtration, pond dynamics and aquatic ecology applications in the classroom. In addition, funding is a central issue to aquaculture/aquascience programs of all sizes, so the workshop included tips and techniques for finding and writing grants to support programs. As more schools compete for these funds, the programs will become more creative in delivering hands-on and subject-based materials to students through aquaculture and aquascience.