UC Santa Barbara research biologist and CASG fundee Jenn Caselle addresses ways in which management efforts can shape predator-prey interactions and influence resilience in marine ecosystems. Continue reading
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Education Extended Beyond the Classroom with Fellowships
Joe Street spent the last ten years as a scientist. He studied paleoclimatology and earned a doctorate in geological and environmental sciences from Stanford University. “I grew up on the California coast, and part of the reason I got into science was that I’ve always been fascinated by the ‘interface’ between the land and the … Continue reading
Ear to the Waves: Assessing Acoustic Energy Impacts
California Sea Grant provides unique educational opportunities for graduate students in the form of 12-month paid fellowships. Kelly Keen completed her fellowship at the California State Lands Commission. The following is a guest post from Kelly. While collecting and analyzing field data for a number of years, I became interested in how science was being … Continue reading
Winners of Sea Grant Knauss Marine Policy Fellowship Announced
Four California graduates to head to the U.S. capital for yearlong assignments La Jolla, Calif., February 20, 2014 – NOAA Sea Grant has awarded four California Sea Grant nominees the prestigious Knauss Marine Policy Fellowship. Named after one of Sea Grant’s founders, former NOAA Administrator John A. Knauss, the one-year paid fellowship provides the opportunity … Continue reading
California Sea Grant 2013 State Fellows Video Contest Winners Announced
California Sea Grant today announced the winners of the What R U Doing? State Fellows Video Contest, with winning topics covering coastal wetlands restoration, ocean acidification, and marine protected areas. Ariadne Reynolds, a state fellow from the South Coast Program, State Coastal Conservancy, took home a $1,000 prize for her first place video, “Restoring Southern … Continue reading
Scripps grad student wins NOAA Fisheries-Sea Grant Fellowship in Population Dynamics
Lynn Waterhouse, a second-year biological oceanography graduate student at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego, has won a prestigious NOAA Fisheries-Sea Grant Fellowship in Population Dynamics. The competitive federal program funds Ph.D. students studying the population dynamics of living marine resources and quantitative methods for assessing their status. Waterhouse, who already holds master’s degrees … Continue reading
Farming the sea, in America
America imports about 90 percent of the seafood its residents consume annually, and more than half of this fish and shellfish is produced on farms overseas. According to NOAA Fisheries, this translated into Americans spending about $16.6 billion on imported seafood in 2011. “A compelling case can be made for growing more seafood in the United … Continue reading
