Tag: Sea Grant

Este año usted tiene la oportunidad de convertirse en un pescador responsable a través del Programa Florida Friendly Angler en español

by Luz Bahder
April 24, 2024

Creado por Michael Sipos, agente de Extensión de UF/IFAS Sea Grant en el condado de Collier. Durante este 2024, el hacerse un usuario responsable de los recursos marinos y las zonas pesqueras de Florida debería ser una de las principales ... READ MORE

Category: Blog Community, Coasts & Marine, Conservation, NATURAL RESOURCES, Recreation, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension, Water, Wildlife
Tags: Agente De Extension, Barotrauma, Clases, Conservacion, Coral, Entrenamiento En Linea, Entrenamientos, Espanol, Etica Ambiental, FFA, Florida Friendly Angler, Florida Friendly Angler En Español, Florida Friendly Fishing Guide, Florida Sea Grant, Impactos, Mejores Practicas De Pesca, Michael Sipos, Modulos, Pastos Marinos, Peces, Pesca, Pesca Responsable, Pescador, Pesquerias, Plataforma Educativa, Poblaciones De Peces, Recursos Marinos, Return 'Em Right, Sea Grant, Spanish

Aclaremos los mitos sobre la masa de sargazo del 2023

by Luz Bahder
May 12, 2023

Creado por Ana Zangroniz, agente de Florida Sea Grant y parte del programa de Extensión de UF/IFAS. En el transcurso de los últimos meses, la "masa" de sargazo ha dominado los titulares de las noticias locales y nacionales, e incluso ha ... READ MORE

Category: Blog Community, Coasts & Marine, NATURAL RESOURCES, Recreation, SFYL Hot Topic, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension, Water
Tags: Acumulacion, Afectacion, Alga, Alga Marron, Ana Zangroniz, Arrecifes De Coral, Biomasa, Ciencia Ciudadana, Corrientes Oceanicas, Espanol, Florida Sea Grant, Giros Oceanicos, Impactos, Mar De Los Sargazos, Masa De Sargazo, NOAA, Playas, Proliferacion De Algas, Sargazo, Sea Grant, Spanish, Sulfuro De Hidrogeno, Tortugas, Turismo, UF/IFAS, Vientos

It’s sea turtle nesting season and you can help

by Samantha Murray
May 1, 2018

GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- People aren’t the only ones headed to Florida’s beaches right now. May 1 marks the official start of the sea turtle nesting season, and beachgoers can take steps to help turtles be successful, said Maia McGuire, a Sea ... READ MORE

Category: Coasts & Marine, Conservation, Recreation, UF/IFAS Extension, Water, Wildlife
Tags: Flagler County, Maia McGuire, News, Sea Grant, Sea Turtles, St. Johns County

Massive study shows climate change rapidly warming world’s lakes, UF/IFAS professor says

by Tom Nordlie
December 16, 2015

Click photo for larger image; photo cutline at bottom of page. GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- Climate change is rapidly warming lakes around the world, threatening freshwater supplies and ecosystems, according to a new study spanning six continents. More ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Conservation, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Research, WORK & LIFE
Tags: Climate Change, Global Lakes Temperature Collaboration, Karl Havens, Lake, Sea Grant, Temperature

Florida Sea Grant agent launches program to assess microplastic in state’s coastal waters

by Tom Nordlie
October 6, 2015

GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- As a Florida Sea Grant agent with the University of Florida’s Extension program, Maia McGuire has spent years educating Floridians about how plastic garbage can kill large animals such as turtles and sea birds if they ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension, UF/IFAS Research
Tags: Citizen Science, Sea Grant

Florida Sea Grant offers seafood information in new Florida Trend report

by Tom Nordlie
September 30, 2015

GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- October is National Seafood Month, and Florida Sea Grant has spotlighted the safety and variety of the state’s seafood products with a special report published in the September issue of Florida Trend magazine. Although ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Food Safety, UF/IFAS, WORK & LIFE
Tags: Havens, Sea Grant, Seafood

UF/IFAS survey: We like seafood, but we don’t eat enough

by Brad Buck
July 15, 2015

GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- Nearly half of Floridians eat more seafood than they did five to 10 years ago, but 40 percent still do not eat the federally recommended dietary intake of seafood, a new UF/IFAS and Florida Sea Grant-funded survey shows. Floridians ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Food Safety, Health & Nutrition, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension, UF/IFAS Research, WORK & LIFE
Tags: Bryan Fluech, Chuck Adams, Consumers, Food And Resource Economics, Sea Grant, Seafood

New Sea Grant specialist aims to keep Gulf seafood safe

by Brad Buck
May 12, 2015

George Baker GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- George Baker hopes to help ensure Gulf seafood remains safe to consume. As the new seafood safety specialist for Florida Sea Grant, Baker will primarily give seafood processors the best scientific data ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Food Safety, UF/IFAS Extension, UF/IFAS Research, WORK & LIFE
Tags: Food Science And Human Nutrition, Gulf Of Mexico, Sea Grant

Gulf oil spill specialist more than getting her feet wet

by Brad Buck
April 30, 2015

link to video: https://youtu.be/6HAVS5ex8tU GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- As Florida Sea Grant’s new Gulf oil spill research Extension specialist, Monica Wilson translates oil spill science to Gulf Coast residents and stakeholders. Her audiences ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Conservation, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension
Tags: Extension, Oil, Sea Grant, Tourism

Florida Sea Grant highlights aquaculture in new Florida Trend report

by Tom Nordlie
March 27, 2015

Baskets of hard clams on a Cedar Key dock -- Cutline below GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- Aquaculture, the controlled production of seafood, ornamental fish and other aquatic life, is big business in Florida. In 2012, the state’s producers earned ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension, UF/IFAS Research
Tags: Havens, Sea Grant

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