Enhancing the practical use and conservation of South Carolina's coastal and marine resources to foster a sustainable economy and environment.
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ALT Commercial seafood apprentices harvest and prepare wild oyster singles with Captain Jeff Spahr of Charleston Oyster Company in the Cape Romain National Wildlife Refuge near McClellanville, South Carolina. Photo credit: Hailey Murphy.
ALT NOAA Fisheries Faces of Sustainable Seafood campaign image featuring the Saltonstall-Kennedy Research & Development Program from NOAA Fisheries. Pictured is Amanda Dauman of the Cornell Cooperative Extension posing while holding up a monkfish. She is quoted saying, “We found that the older demographics know about monkfish. They know how to cook with it. They enjoy it. They love it. And young people have no idea that it's a thing.”
![NOAA Fisheries Faces of Sustainable Seafood campaign image featuring the Commercial Seafood Apprenticeship Program from South Carolina Sea Grant. Pictured is Pete Nornack speaking to three people showing them a sample in his hand. He is quoted here saying, “[This program] will have a huge impact on commercial fishing for the entire region. It is wonderful to see this level of cooperation between local, state, and federal government and the local fishing industry.”](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GZ89laKWgAAuj4Z.jpg?name=orig)
ALT NOAA Fisheries Faces of Sustainable Seafood campaign image featuring the Commercial Seafood Apprenticeship Program from South Carolina Sea Grant. Pictured is Pete Nornack speaking to three people showing them a sample in his hand. He is quoted here saying, “[This program] will have a huge impact on commercial fishing for the entire region. It is wonderful to see this level of cooperation between local, state, and federal government and the local fishing industry.”
ALT Sandy beach with scattered small pieces of plastic debris. "Beach Sweep/River Sweep South Carolina" logo in the corner.
ALT Next to a salt grass and near a boat, a group of people in life vests stand on a muddy shore harvesting oysters to put into baskets
ALT Sitka Sound Science Center scientists inspecting the headwall at the site of the Kramer Avenue landslide in Sitka, Alaska (image from Sitka Sound Science Center).
ALT Maggie Aydlett, kelp seed production manager at GreenWave, and Michelle Stephens, hatchery manager, paint a solution containing kelp reproductive tissue onto string wound around a section of PVC pipe. Judy Benson | Connecticut Sea Grant
ALT Local waterman and business owner Kent Carr, left, works with Virginia Department of Health Division of Shellfish Safety Shellfish Specialist Farah Monis, right, to create Carr’s HACCP plan which can provide customers, the public, and regulatory agencies assurance that their food safety program is properly managed. Photo: Aileen Devlin/Virginia Sea Grant