North Carolina Sea Grant is holding a free shellfish aquaculture workshop on Saturday, Feb. 11, from 10:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. in Morehead City. Register to attend by Feb. 4. Questions: Chuck Weirich, 252-222-6314, chuck_weirich@ncsu.edu Registration: Vanda Lewis, 252-222-6307, vanda_lewis@ncsu.edu

Updated Feb. 9 with award information. North Carolina Sea Grant is seeking abstracts for a student poster competition for North Carolina’s Coastal Conference, set for April 4 and 5 in Raleigh. Abstracts must be submitted by 5 p.m., Friday, March 17, 2017. Download a PDF of the event flyer here. Contact: John Fear, 919-515-9104, jmfear@ncsu.edu

Join North Carolina Sea Grant in 2017 for North Carolina’s Coastal Conference. The event will be held April 4 and 5 at the McKimmon Center in Raleigh. Experts from the fields of economics, transportation, energy, environment, industry and health will lead interdisciplinary sessions designed to bring together diverse perspectives. The program includes a networking reception on April 4 at the N.C. Museum of Natural Sciences’ Nature Research Center in Raleigh. Contact: Katie Mosher, 919-515-9069, kmosher@ncsu.edu E-Ching Lee, 919-515-9098, eching_lee@ncsu.edu

Sign up for Shape of the Coast, a series of sessions that will focus on coastal law and policy in North Carolina. The event is set for Friday, Feb. 10, 2017, at the Friday Center in Chapel Hill. It is part of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s School of Law Festival of Legal Learning. Attorneys can receive CLE credit. Contact: Jack Thigpen, 919-515-3012, jack_thigpen@ncsu.edu Katie Mosher, 919-515-9069, katie_mosher@ncsu.edu

Potential and established growers can sign up for a free shellfish aquaculture workshop on Saturday, Oct. 15, 2016, from 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. The event, with a focus on oyster aquaculture, will be held at the University of North Carolina Wilmington Center for Marine Science at 5600 Marvin K. Moss Lane. Contact: Vanda Lewis, 252-222-6307, vanda_lewis@ncsu.edu Chuck Weirich, 252-222-6314, chuck_weirich@ncsu.edu