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Marine Extension and Georgia Sea Grant is proud to celebrate the exceptional contributions of our faculty and staff who work tirelessly to fulfill our mission. This year, several team members were recognized for their outstanding service to staff, partners, and… Full story

Two recent graduates have been selected to work with state agencies and nongovernment organizations over the next year through the UGA Marine Extension and Georgia Sea Grant State Fellowship. This program places recent graduate students in host offices, offering them… Full story

Three recipients of the Marine Education Fellowship and two international fellows from Queen’s University Belfast have joined the education team at the UGA Aquarium on Skidaway Island. The marine education fellows are participating in a year-long program that offers early-career… Full story

Five artists from the Georgia cities of Savannah, Augusta, Kennesaw, Athens and St. Simons have launched projects that explore Georgia’s coastal culture and natural resources through UGA Marine Extension and Georgia Sea Grant’s Artists, Writers, and Scholars program.   This program… Full story

Four graduate students from the University of Georgia and Georgia Southern University have been selected to lead year-long coastal research projects through the Marine Extension and Georgia Sea Grant Research Traineeship. Now in its fifth year, this program has supported… Full story

Marine Extension and Georgia Sea Grant is excited to announce Georgia Tech student Spenser Wipperfurth as the 2025 finalist for the National Sea Grant College Program’s John A. Knauss Marine Policy Fellowship. This year-long prestigious fellowship matches current and recent… Full story

On the Jekyll Island pier, Addison Simmons, a rising junior at the University of Georgia, hauls up her crab net, hoping to see a flash of blue. Her excitement builds with the realization that she’s caught a female blue crab…. Full story

Rhonda Waller has two rain barrels behind her house in the Urbana-Perry Park neighborhood of Brunswick. The stormwater runoff they collect waters her yard and outdoor plants. She got a third one at a recent rain barrel and rain garden… Full story

See the Georgia coast anew in Waves of Wonder, Ships of the Sea Maritime Museum’s new exhibition, which opens on Wednesday, June 5, with a cocktail party at 5:30 p.m. The party is free and open to the public. The… Full story

The Youth Ocean Conservation Summit (YOCS) has been a driving force in educating students of all ages about environmental conservation. The main goal of YOCS is simple: to equip the next generation with the knowledge and skills needed to protect… Full story