The USM Thad Cochran Marine Aquaculture Center is helping host the Fish 2.0 Gulf Coast Workshop in February 2019, in conjunction with Monica Jain, founder and Executive Director of Fish 2.0 and MS-AL Sea Grant. The primary goal of Fish 2.0 is to support business growth and innovation in sustainable seafood by bringing investment, partnerships, Read More
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NFWF job opportunity
Our friends at the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation asked us to share that they have an opening for Fisheries Conservation program manager in their DC office, “a key member of the Marine and Coastal Conservation team and will manage the implementation of the Foundation’s sustainable fisheries programs including, but not limited to the Fisheries Read More
Abstract Deadline Extended for Oil Spill and Ecosystem Conference; Sea Grant Oil Spill Science Program Releases New Publications
Abstract Deadline Extended for Oil Spill and Ecosystem Conference The deadline to submit your abstract for an oral presentation to the 2016 Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill and Ecosystem Science Conference has been extended to September 24, 2015 at 11:59PM Pacific. Abstracts received after this date will be considered only for poster presentations. Submit an Read More
Fisheries management legislation
Gulf Fisheries Fairness Act, HR1219, sent to Natural Resources Committee– http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/113/hr1219/text. Amends the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act to provide that Gulf States of Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, and Florida have exclusive fishery management authority over reef fish in the Gulf of Mexico in waters that, on average, are 20 fathoms or less in Read More
Fisheries management legislation
HR1219 sent to Natural Resources Committee– To amend the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act to provide that each of the States of Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, and Florida have exclusive fishery management authority over reef fish in the Gulf of Mexico in waters that, on average, are 20 fathoms or less in depth, and Read More
Legislation
S96, Rigs to Reefs Habitat Protection Act, introduced by Sen. Vitter (AL) to authorize the use of certain offshore oil and gas platforms in the Gulf of Mexico for artificial reefs, and for other purposes– http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/BILLS-113s96is/pdf/BILLS-113s96is.pdf. Read More