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• 5 Questions about oil spills
• Hundreds attend forum about Gulf of Mexico oil spill
• Exxon Valdez oil spill: Alaskans share lessons learned
• Keeping shellfish safe
• Professionals join together to look at sea-level-rise issues
• Natural products can protect against erosion
• Nature guides become tourists for a day
• Guest Editorial: team collaborates on nutrients and hypoxia

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

Editor: Melissa Schneider

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

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Nature guides become tourists for a day

John Dindo, assistant director of the Dauphin Island Sea Lab, talks with nature tour operators about local ecosystems on Weeks Bay in Alabama. A new Coastal Nature Guide Certification Program helps tour operators understand more about ecosystems and better set good examples of stewardship in the eyes of their thousands of customers. the program is offered through the Mississippi-Alabama Sea Grant Consortium and the Alabama Gulf Coast Convention and Visitors Bureau.