Sea Grant

Sep 15, 2020

Interviews as Catalysts of Change

In-depth conversations propel the work of a Knauss Fellow from North Carolina. 

Aug 27, 2020

COVID-19, Plastic Production, and Marine Debris

Check in with Jenna Hartley, as she reflects on her the intersections of her North Carolina Sea Grant funded research and national, global topics.

Aug 20, 2020

Innovative Research Looks at Flooding and the Latinx Community

North Carolina Sea Grant – WRRI Graduate Research Fellow Olivia Vilá tells how she had to shift approaches on the fly in order to study flooding and the Latinx community in Wilmington.

Aug 4, 2020

Jimmy Morris: Life on a ‘Finger Between Two Bays’ 

Resilience is a key trait for Jimmy Morris, founder of Morris Family Shellfish Farms and the Mill Point Hatchery in the small village of Sea Level, located in Carteret County’s Down East communities.

Jul 23, 2020

Spat-On-Shell Demonstration Project Will Benefit Oyster Harvests and Coastal Ecosystems

North Carolina Sea Grant, the North Carolina Farm Bureau Federation, N.C. Division of Marine Fisheries and industry collaborators have joined forces on a new project to produce and deploy “spat-on-shell” to restore wild oyster populations for future harvest.

Jul 23, 2020

Pathways to Marine Policy

Meet nine Knauss finalists whose past experiences with NOAA set them on a path to marine policy, including two of the four graduate students from North Carolina who are finalists this year.

Jul 20, 2020

Celebrating Latino Conservation Week: Spotlight on Frank López

Communities throughout the country are enjoying and connecting with the great outdoors during the 7th annual Latino Conservation Week, July 18 through July 26, which includes nearly 100 events nationwide. We celebrate the occasion here with Frank Lopez, extension director for North Carolina Sea Grant and the NC Water Resources Research Institute.

Jun 18, 2020

Midsummer Neuse River Forecast Shows Greater Potential for Fish Kills

The 2020 summer hypoxia forecast for the Neuse River estuary calls for dissolved oxygen levels slightly lower than the long-term average.

Mar 3, 2020

Reconstructing the Past to Understand Impacts on Water Quality

Lise Montefiore, a WRRI and North Carolina Sea Grant joint fellow, studies decades of satellite data to see where and how industrially-owned hog facilities may be impacting water quality.

Dec 2, 2019

Community, Ecosystem Resilience Highlighted at 2019 NC Coastal Conference

North Carolina Sea Grant hosted the 2019 Coastal Conference in Wilmington at the Hotel Ballast.