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Jul 30, 2018

North Carolina to Launch State Shellfish Initiative at Public Event on Aug. 2

North Carolina is the first state in the southeast to follow the National Shellfish Initiative model and launch a state Shellfish Initiative.

Jul 11, 2018

Four N.C. Graduate Students Among Knauss Finalists

The National Sea Grant Office today announced 66 finalists for the 2019 Dean John A. Knauss Marine Policy Fellowship. Four of the finalists — Alicia M. Cheripka, Jill Hamilton, Chrissy Hayes and William Thaxton —  are from three North Carolina universities.

Jul 9, 2018

Model Forecasts Severe Hypoxia through August in Neuse Estuary

An experimental model — developed by a team that includes researchers at North Carolina State University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill — is forecasting levels of low dissolved oxygen this summer that will be worse than those normally in the Neuse River Estuary.

Jun 27, 2018

Fishman Named National Fellow

Sydney Fishman has been named a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Coastal Management/Digital Coast Fellow. She will work with the Washington Coastal Zone Management Program, focusing on coastline erosion on Washington’s Puget Sound.

May 17, 2018

New Coastal Community Collaborations Funded

Three new projects have received funding from the North Carolina Community Collaborative Research Grant Program. Topics include research related to flood risks, emerging contaminants and new tourism options focusing on dark skies.