Category: Coasts & Marine

Baked Seatrout with Pesto Pine Nut Topping: Florida Seafood at your Fingertips LIVE!

by Savanna Barry
November 11, 2020

Spotted seatrout! The recipe below uses wild-caught spotted seatrout, a fish commonly targeted by inshore anglers. There is only a small commercial fishery for seatrout in Florida, so it might be tough to find in seafood markets. You can substitute ... READ MORE

Category: Coasts & Marine, Events, Health & Nutrition, Natural Resources, Water, Work & Life
Tags: Cooking, Cooking Demonstration, Fishing, Florida Sea Grant, InsideNatureCoast, Recipe, Seafood, Seafood At Your Fingertips, Seafood At Your Fingertips LIVE, Spotted Seatrout

Resources for Storm Recovery

by Yvette Goodiel
November 10, 2020

Tropical Storm Eta added to the heavy rainfall our area has experienced recently, worsening flooding and causing some wind damage in many parts of Martin County. Nursery and vegetable growers are facing potential losses of their crops and income, ... READ MORE

Category: Agribusiness, Agriculture, Coasts & Marine, Disaster Preparation, Farm Management, UF/IFAS Extension
Tags: Agribusiness, Agriculture, Commercial Horticulture Digest, Green Industry, Martin County, Storm Recovery, Tropical Storm Eta, UF IFAS Extension

Science for the Covid Era: Adaptability in environmental restoration, research, and life

by Emily Colson
November 10, 2020

Written by Ashley McDonald, Biological Scientist at UF/IFAS Nature Coast Biological Station Aquatic plant restoration has been an imperative goal for the rehabilitation of a number of Florida’s lakes and springs, which have experienced ... READ MORE

Category: Coasts & Marine, Natural Resources, UF/IFAS Research, Water, Wildlife
Tags: Coastal Habitat, Covid-19, Human Dimensions, Seagrass

Youth Science Lessons – Energy in the Ocean – Lesson 2 Light & Sound

by Darryl Palmer
November 9, 2020

We are visual creatures. Though humans have five senses, we can hear and smell pretty well, it is sight that REALLY tells us what is going on in the world around us. And for sight to work, light is needed. Light enters our eyes through an ... READ MORE

Category: Coasts & Marine, Natural Resources
Tags: Energy In The Ocean, Light And Sound, Youth Science Lesson

Remembering LeRoy Creswell (Florida Sea Grant)

by Maia McGuire
November 6, 2020

On October 27, 2020, LeRoy Creswell (on the right in the blog header image) passed away after a long battle with cancer. Many in UF/IFAS Extension remember LeRoy as the Sea Grant agent in St. Lucie County, a position he held from 2000-2011. ... READ MORE

Category: Coasts & Marine, UF/IFAS Extension
Tags: Florida Sea Grant

Sea Grant Notes – Nov 6, 2020

by Samantha Murray
November 6, 2020

Record Gulf of Mexico Lionfish Caught Donald C. Vautrinot of Destin FL speared a record lionfish on Oct 18. He was searching for red snapper when he came across what was measured as an 18.19” lionfish. This is a new record for the Gulf ... READ MORE

Category: Coasts & Marine, Natural Resources
Tags: Sea Grant Notes

Fish Found in Our Local Seagrass Beds

by Samantha Murray
November 5, 2020

Seagrasses have been described as the “nursery of the sea”. Studies show that up to 90% of the commercially valuable fin and shellfish species spend part, or all, of their lives in these submerged meadows. As you can imagine, these grasses ... READ MORE

Category: Coasts & Marine, Natural Resources
Tags: Fish, Seagrass

CALS Alumna Highlight: Danielle Cummings

by Samantha Murray
November 4, 2020

University of Florida College of Agricultural and Life Sciences alumna Danielle Cummings earned her undergraduate degree in marine sciences in 2016. She is currently serving as Director of Institutional Giving for the Fish & Wildlife Foundation ... READ MORE

Category: Coasts & Marine, Conservation, Natural Resources, UF/IFAS Teaching, Water
Tags: CALS, CALS Alumni, Cals Careers, Career Services, Careers, Marine Sciences

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