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On the Bay
Meet the Fellows Bringing Science to National Policy
Ashley Goetz •
Where marine and coastal science meets national policy, you’ll find Sea Grant Knauss Fellows. Meet the five fellows Maryland Sea Grant is supporting in 2024.
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Beyond Fish: Aquaculture in Action Provides Students with Hands-on Science Education
Madeleine Jepsen •
Through Aquaculture in Action, a program run by Maryland Sea Grant, high school students raise fish and learn about aquaculture as part of their science classes.
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Maryland Sea Grant Welcomes Two State Science Policy Fellows
Ashley Goetz •
Modeled after the Knauss Marine Policy Fellowship, the State Science Policy Fellowship pairs postgraduates with state agencies that bridge the fields of science and policy.
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Meet Maryland Sea Grant’s New Law and Policy Fellow
Ashley Goetz •
“Working with people is what it’s really about,” says Kai Hardy. Hardy joined Maryland Sea Grant in September 2023 to begin a year-long fellowship that bridges law, policy, and environmental research.
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New Project Prioritizes Hispanic Communities’ Perspectives about the Coast
Madeleine Jepsen •
Graduate research assistant Paola Mejia-Gist is working on a project about communicating climate change to Hispanic communities in Maryland.
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Featured Fellow
Leone Yisrael is a cephalopod-loving scuba diver, cook, and loves to try new activities. She conducts genetic analysis and fieldwork at the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center through the Coastal Disease Ecology Lab.
Featured Research Project
Developing a habitat model for mysids, an important link in Chesapeake Bay food webs
Mysids are important mesozooplankton prey for many species of fish in Chesapeake Bay and are an important link in transferring energy from lower to upper trophic levels. Mysids also serve as biological vectors for benthic-pelagic coupling due to their diel vertical migration and omnivorous prey-switching behavior, which makes mysids important regulators of food web architecture. Despite their central role in coastal food webs, surprisingly little is known about mysid ecology and dynamics in Chesapeake Bay.
