Gulf of Mexico Foundation

01/19/2017

Great opportunity, Apply by January 26th!

Pursue your Ph.D. in Coastal or Marine Sciences at a unique multidisciplinary program focused on the Gulf of Mexico!

This fellowship seeks aspiring marine scientists, biologists, economists, policymakers, and geospatial scientists for a Fall 2017 fellowship. You will develop NOAA-relevant tools and research in areas like coastal resilience, ecosystem services, sea level rise, fisheries and biodiversity, coastal marine policy and law, GIS, remote sensing, modeling and more.

-->> Apply now at http://www.harteresearchinstitute.org/ccme

08/16/2016

The Gulf of Mexico Foundation provided technical training to another group of bright, young coastal conservationists this month! This year's students joined us from the Texas Conservation Corps, Florida's Community Training Works, and the Student Conservation Association. This is our third year offering Essentials of Coastal Habitat Restoration and it keeps getting better.

It's an intensive, hands-on week of field and classroom segments you don't get in college. Experienced natural resource professionals give these conservation-minded youth an inside track on coastal habitat restoration and where the jobs are.

This group photo was taken during the boat -based component when they were hands-on with four data-gathering activities at actual habitat restoration sites in Galveston Bay. The elders are experts who led the monitoring (data) activities. We should recognize U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, AL Dept. of Conservation & Natural Resources, EPA Gulf of Mexico Program, NRG Energy Ecocenter, Galveston Bay Foundation, and the Natural Resources Conservation Service, who made that day possible. Also providing excellent training were personnel from U.S. Army Corps of Engineers - Galveston District, NOAA Marine Fisheries, NOAA Sea Turtle Facility, Texas Parks & Wildlife Department, The Nature Conservancy Gulf of Mexico Program, Atkins Global, Shead Conservation Solutions, and the Gulf Coast Ecosystem Restoration Council. Galveston College provided classroom space.

Awesome experience all around! We are already working on the next one. Thanks to all who shared and supported this year's class!

07/25/2016

Living shorelines integrate natural systems into shoreline protection. Your support for this nationwide permit could make living shorelines projects easier to implement. Please take a moment to sign on to this effort.

On June 1, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers recommended a new general permit for natural shoreline defenses—Proposed Nationwide Permit B. Living Shorelines—which use natural materials such as plants, sand, and rocks to reduce erosion.

07/21/2016

"Emerging science and consultation with experts have convinced us that dolphins do indeed thrive when they live in a habitat as similar as possible to that for which nature so superbly designed them," says John Racanelli, Baltimore's National Aquarium Chief Executive Officer.

The aquarium says its decision is driven by new understanding of the needs of these highly intelligent mammals.

07/20/2016

This year's dead zone will likely be nearly a third larger than normal, according to a recent report from the Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium and Louisiana State University.

Midwestern farm fertilizer runnoff is expected to create a massive algae bloom and a biological desert to follow it.

07/19/2016

The word “sea turtle,” might make you think of the infamous Crush from "Finding Nemo." Found in parts of the Atlantic, Indian and Pacific Oceans, sea turtles are one of the most magnificent creatures to occupy the ocean’s depths.

Sea turtles aren't such a small part of our ecosystem after all.

07/18/2016

A new crew is geared up, and not a moment too soon. In June, a Dutch foundation, Ocean Cleanup, began testing the seaworthiness of its first prototype.

A prototype system for capturing ocean plastic is being deployed in the North Sea.

07/17/2016

Read about how oyster farming can help clean the :

07/16/2016

Another example of how harmful are to marine life.

07/15/2016

We've always known that the value of a life is important, but who knew that a shark is literally worth more alive than dead?

07/14/2016

Though farming practices are continuing to improve, many diners still view farm-raised fish as unnatural or bad.

Improvements in aquaculture results in delicious, sustainable food

07/13/2016

If local threats are reduced, coral reefs have a greater chance of surviving a larger climate event, such as bleaching.