Page logo: A stylized globe of the Planet Earth, emphasizing the oceans, overlaid with the words "Sea Grant" and the acronym ASGEPL (Assembly of Sea Grant Extension Program Leaders).
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration logo, featuring a stylized white seagull on a circular blue background. NOAA is the parent agency of the National Sea Grant College Program.
The following photographs appear in random rotation when the ASGEPL home page is reloaded:
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Alaska videographer Deborah Mercy shoots footage for a video that will train observers for the Alaska bottom-fishing fleet. Photo shows Marcy standing on a fishing boat and aiming her camera at instructor Joe Chaszar who is sorting his catch into plastic bins. Credit: Laszlo Fulop, Alaska Sea Grant. |
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Alaska's Dolly Garza, an expert on beach survival and wild edibles, examines algae on a Sitka, Alaska beach. Credit: Kurt Byers, Alaska Sea Grant. |
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Alaska marine mammal specialist Kate Wynne and student Jill Anthony conduct a necropsy on a harbor seal. Photo shows Wynne and Anthony squatting on a beach behind the seal, which appears in the foreground, its belly slit open. Credit: Doug Schneider, Alaska Sea Grant |
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Alaska's Ray RaLonde shows teachers how to conduct a stream habitat inventory at Chena Hot Springs. Photo shows RaLonde pointing upward as he stands with two teachers at streamside; a third teacher stands in the water. Credit: Kurt Byers, Alaska Sea Grant. |
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Alaska's Rick Steiner cuts bait in preparation for a workshop on longline fishing. Photo shows a bearded Steinder slicing up a slab of fish. Credit: Alaska Sea Grant. |
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Alaska's marine mammal expert, Kate Wynne, serves as guest instructor for teachers on a marine science expedition. Photo shows Wynne at the center of a group of three women, peering through binoculars. Credit: Alaska Sea Grant. |
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Alaska's Terry Johnson, an expert on commercial fishing in Russia, talks about the subject to a University of Alaska class. Photo shows Johnson pointing at a large relief map showing the Pacific coast of Russia. Credit: Kurt Byers, Alaska Sea Grant. |
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Alaska's aquaculture specialist, Ray RaLonde, guides teachers through a stream habitat workshop. Photo shows RaLonde at right, looking down at a group of five teachers who are standing in a shallow stream. Credit: Kurt Byers, Alaska Sea Grant. |
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Ohio's Dave Kelch prepares for a dive on one of Lake Erie's artificial reefs. Photo shows Kelch, wearing a wetsuit and orange diving vest, adjusting his air regulator as he sits on the side of a boat. Credit: Ohio Sea Grant College Program. |
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Louisiana's Mark Shirley serves as a resource for businesses using tank aquaculture to grow tilapia. Photo shows Shirley, in a striped shirt, standing in a greenhouse-like aquaculture facility talking with a grower. Credit: Louisiana Sea Grant. |
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Alaska's Dolly Garza helps environmental educators identify intertidal organisms during a teacher training conference at Sitka. Photo shows Garza and four teachers standing on a rocky, exposed intertidal area, examining specimens. Credit: Kurt Byers, Alaska Sea Grant. |
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Florida's Chris Verlinde helps educate marinas about simple solutions to clean water problems. Photo shows Verlinde and a companion holding a large blue banner with a graphic of a pelican and the words"Clean Marina." Credit: University of Florida/IFAS. |
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Florida's Don Sweat checks beakers of algae used to feed larval scallops. Sweat's work is critical to restoring scallop stocks. Credit: University of Florida/IFAS. |
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Florida's Maia McGuire helps volunteers plant sea oats to protect sand dunes on Florida's stormswept Northeast shore. Photo shows McGuire kneeling in the sand beside two girls who are planting sea oats. Credit: University of Florida/IFAS. |
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Florida's Marella Crane distributes "Don't Splash Your Trash" buckets to enlist boaters in waterway cleanup efforts. Photo shows Crane holding up one of the large, yellow buckets to display the program's logo. Credit: Florida Sea Grant. |
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Flordia's Scott Jackson organizes high school volunteers to plant sea oats as part of a statewide dune restoration effort. Photo shows Jackson kneeling beside a young woman who is smiling as she sets a plant into the sand. Credit: Florida Sea Grant |
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California Sea Grant's Paul Olin (standing) examines shellfish. Photo shows Olin looking at an oyster while two companions, seated, examine other specimens from a bin of live shellfish. Credit: University of California, Agriculture and Natural Resources |
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Oregon's Ginny Goblirsch helps fishermen and their communities cope with a changing resource. Photo shows Goblirsch on a dock in front of the fishing vessel "Pacific Breeze," talking with the boat's owner. Credit: Oregon Sea Grant. |
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For more than 30 years, Oregon's Ken Hilderbrand helped fishermen and processors with seafood safety issues. Photo shows Hilderbrand, left, talking with tuna fisherman Herb Goblirsch on his boat. Credit: Oregon Sea Grant. |
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Oregon's Vicki Osis introduces students and teachers to the wonders of marine science. Photo shows Osis sitting at her desk and gesturing as a student listens. Credit: Oregon Sea Grant |
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Washington's Jim Bolger plays "show and shell" at the Kitsap Water Festival. Black-and-white photo shows Bolger surrounded by children. Credit: Washington Sea Grant. |
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Washington's Terri King shows children some of the treasures of the intertidal zone. Black and white photo shows King and two little girls peering intently at a small sea creature King holds in the palm of her hand. Credit: Washington Sea Grant. |
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Ron Kinnunen brings expertise in fishing, aquaculture and aquatic nuisance species to Michigan's Upper Peninsula. Photo shows Kinnunen kneeling on a sandy shore, both hands filled with a large clump of zebra mussels, an invader species. Credit: Michigan Sea Grant. |
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New York's Jay Tarnski discusses coastal processes with local officials. Photo shows Tarnski standing with two men on a boardwalk across a New York beach. |
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Two New York Sea Grant scholars help with brown tide research studies. Phhoto shows one research assistant, wearing gloves, examining a specimen from a bucket as the other looks on. |
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New York fisheries specialist Dave MacNeill sizes up a striped bass. Photo shows MacNeill holding the fish, which appears to be at least three feet long. |
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Some of the teachers who took part in the 1999 Pathfinder marine education program coordinated by NYSG's Bob Kent. Photo shows teachers crouched on a beach examining specimens; a collection bucket sits ready. |
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New York's Dave MacNeill notes that the program's CoastWatch education program is available on line. Photo shows MacNeill pointing at a computer monitor which displays a map of the Great Lakes. |
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Communication matters to Barbara Branca, pictured with NYSG's Long Island Sound Study Specialist Kimberly Zimmer. Photo shows Branca and Zimmer flanking a stand-up display of Sea Grant photos and publications. |
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Bob Kent, NYSG's Marine District Program coordinator, teaches children about sound gardening practices. Photo shows four children - two girls and a boy - looking up at Kent as he stands with his hands on a bucket. |
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A teacher examines life at the shoreline during New York's 1999 summer Pathfinder program for marine educators. Photo shows teacher using a monocular scope to peer at small organisms on a marine rock. |
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Researcher Valerie Gerard works with a teacher during New York's 1999 Summer Pathfinder program. Photo shows the two on a rocky outcropping by the sea, and Gerard holding a seaweed specimen. |
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A New York State Department of Environmental Conservation researcher shows off a Hudson river striped bass. Photo shows the scientists, wearing a yellow slicker, smiling as she holds the fish aloft. |
Photographs appearing on this site have been provided by the following Sea Grant programs and institutions:
Alaska Sea Grant, California Sea Grant (University of California, Agriculture and Natural Resources), Florida Sea Grant and University of Florida/IFAS, Louisiana Sea Grant, Michigan Sea Grant, New York Sea Grant, Ohio Sea Grant, Oregon Sea Grant, Washington Sea Grant
Site design: David Brenner, Michigan Sea Grant
Site development and maintenance: Pat Kight, Oregon Sea Grant