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North Carolina Sea Grant to Launch Mariculture Literacy Project

Aquaculture

Aug 5, 2025

A Booming Industry — And a New Threat

A cutting-edge Sea Grant project is addressing “the biggest hindrance to sustainable oyster aquaculture development in the Southeast.”
A man standing on a boat in the water in front of an icy glacier

Jun 20, 2025

2025 Coastal Research Fellow Announced

Sam Holberg is the 2025 North Carolina Coastal Research Fellow. Holberg is a doctoral student in biological and agricultural engineering at NC State, and his research will look at floating oyster aquaculture and how the infrastructure may influence shoreline change.
image: teacher hoisted onto frying Pan Tower.

Feb 25, 2025

Coastwatch Publishes the Winter 2025 Issue

The Winter 2025 issue of North Carolina Sea Grant’s award-winning Coastwatch magazine covers a new threat to the oyster industry, an innovative project that took teachers out to Frying Pan Tower, how volunteers helped responders find survivors after Hurricane Helene, and much more.
A striped bass

Aug 19, 2024

StriperHub Receives National Funding to Enhance Production

North Carolina Sea Grant’s StriperHub is one of 33 projects receiving federal funding from the National Sea Grant College Program to support sustainable seafood through improved efficiency, output, and profitability of commercial aquaculture businesses.
image: farmed oysters.

Jul 31, 2024

North Carolina Sea Grant to Launch Mariculture Literacy Project

North Carolina Sea Grant will offer new workshops on shellfish mariculture for educators, thanks to a 2024 eeBLUE Aquaculture Literacy Mini-Grant through the North American Association for Environmental Education.