Event Calendar
February 2025
Friday Feedings
Have you ever wondered how we feed the animals at the UGA Aquarium? Join us at 2 p.m. on the first and third Friday of the month to find your answer! Spend time exploring our exhibits and observing aquarium staff…
Find out more »Behind the Scenes Aquarium Tours
$15
Have you ever wondered what goes on behind the scenes at the UGA Aquarium? You are in luck! Spend the afternoon exploring our exhibits before learning what it is like to care for our ambassador animals during tours led by…
Find out more »March 2025
Youth Ocean Conservation Summit
$12
The Youth Ocean Conservation Summit empowers middle and high school students across the country with the knowledge, skills and resources necessary to successfully implement ocean conservation projects in their local communities. Marine Extension and Georgia Sea Grant will host this…
Find out more »Headlines
- Recognizing excellence: 2024 award winners at Marine Extension and Georgia Sea Grant
- State Fellows tackle resource management projects
- UGA Marine Extension and Georgia Sea Grant welcomes five new educators
- Artists blend science and creativity to highlight the importance of Georgia’s coastal ecosystems
- New student-led projects will address flooding, ecosystem health and habitat resilience in coastal Georgia
- Georgia Tech student named 2025 Knauss Fellowship finalist
- UGA course connects students with Georgia’s coastal seafood heritage
Student Blog
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Oysters for resilient coastlines and communities
Outside the Eulonia Piggly Wiggly, a man approached me. Spying the University of Georgia (UGA) truck I had just parked, he asked what I did at UGA. I told him that I restored oyster reefs, which started a long conversation about oysters, blue crabs and changing rain patterns. In so many ways, ten years later I am still having the…Continue reading »