Minnesota Sea Grant's recent news releases, media advisories, and other newsworthy announcements are below. For more information, please contact MNSG Communications Manager Marie Thoms.
![University of Minnesota Duluth, Large Lakes Observatory Research Vessel (R/V) Blue Heron in the Port of Duluth-Superior in September 2018.](/sites/seagrant.umn.edu/files/styles/article_lists/public/2022-06/mc_rv_blue_heron_580px_0.jpg?itok=6I7Dv0k1)
DULUTH, Minn. — Eleven Great Lakes educators will cruise Lake Superior from the Port of Duluth-Superior to the French River in Minnesota and the Amnicon River in Wisconsin this summer to gain hands-on freshwater science experience, curricula and resources that they can take home and use in their classrooms and other teaching environments.
![Fishers fishing for smelt at Lester River, Duluth, MN.](/sites/seagrant.umn.edu/files/styles/article_lists/public/2022-08/2018-lester-river-smelt-thoms-p1000738-2000-crop.jpg?itok=EGBVgdiR)
DULUTH, Minn. — 2022 Consumption Advisory for Lake Superior Rainbow Smelt.
![Golden Shiner fish in water in a clear plastic bag](/sites/seagrant.umn.edu/files/styles/article_lists/public/2022-02/Golden_shiner_bag_Schreiner.jpg?itok=sFstZrof)
DULUTH, Minn. — The University of Minnesota Sea Grant Program and partners are investigating new strategies for increasing in-state production of Golden Shiner for Minnesota’s bait industry.
![Alexander Frie](/sites/seagrant.umn.edu/files/styles/article_lists/public/2021-10/2021-10-18-Frie-Alexander_0.jpg?itok=mObgWq_P)
DULUTH, Minn. — The University of Minnesota Sea Grant Program welcomes Alexander Frie as the new research and fellowship coordinator effective November 8, 2021. MNSG and Sea Grant programs nationwide invest a large part of their federal and university funding in research and education competitions that are directly managed by a research coordinator.
![Great Lakes Fresh Fish Finder, cartoon grocery cart with two jumping fish in the basket.](/sites/seagrant.umn.edu/files/styles/article_lists/public/2021-09/Great%20Lakes%20Fresh%20Fish%20Finder%20logo%20outlined-crop-tight-1160x653.jpg?itok=3FM3G583)
DULUTH, Minn. — Are you looking for local, fresh fish caught and raised by producers in the Great Lakes region?
![two hands scooping fish out of a net that's held just above a fish-breeding tank](/sites/seagrant.umn.edu/files/styles/article_lists/public/2021-09/2021-09-01-fish-breeding-AdobeStock_122363937-1160x470.jpg?itok=HkobPvQF)
DULUTH, Minn. — Minnesota Sea Grant seeks an Aquaculture Extension Associate (AEA) to help coordinate current aquaculture projects that address the economic, social, and environmental sustainability of the aquaculture industry in the Great Lakes region.
![Yellow perch swimming in water just above a bed of small gravel.](/sites/seagrant.umn.edu/files/styles/article_lists/public/2021-08/2021-08-30-USDA-yellow-perch-d3149-1-1160x870.jpg?itok=XX85_50H)
DULUTH, Minn. — The University of Minnesota Sea Grant program will begin a project in September 2021 to develop producer-scale methods for raising Yellow Perch fish from egg to market size using a recirculating aquaculture system (RAS).
![Kelsey Prihoda](/sites/seagrant.umn.edu/files/styles/article_lists/public/2021-08/Prihoda-Kelsey-1160x653.jpg?itok=GWg_PJnE)
DULUTH, Minn. — The University of Minnesota Sea Grant Program welcomes Kelsey Prihoda as the new Sea Grant Great Lakes Transportation Extension Educator.
![Maggie Karschnia head and shoulders image](/sites/seagrant.umn.edu/files/styles/article_lists/public/2021-08/Karschnia-Maggie-1160x653-transparent-sides.jpg?itok=GklxU_Tj)
DULUTH, Minn. — The University of Minnesota Sea Grant Program and Water Resources Center welcome Maggie Karschnia as their new joint extension educator for urban stormwater, community resiliency, and watershed education in Minnesota.
![Naomi Blinick](/sites/seagrant.umn.edu/files/styles/article_lists/public/2021-07/Blinick_Naomi_2022_Knauss_1200x1126.jpg?itok=DwwL5Oml)
ST. PAUL and DULUTH, Minn. — The University of Minnesota Sea Grant program announces that the 2022 Minnesota finalist for the National Sea Grant John A. Knauss Policy Fellowship is University of Minnesota graduate student Naomi Blinick.