The Sea Grant Knauss Fellowship offers direct experience working on the latest issues in ocean, coastal and Great Lakes management and research. Knauss Fellows can turn their interest in coastal and marine issues into policy and management actions for the nation.

MNSG welcomed the most Knauss Fellows in the program’s history in July 2022. The five Knauss Fellows will begin their Washington, D.C., fellowship appointments in February.

You may recall that one of the outcomes of this project is to create a detailed how-to manual for small- to medium-scale Yellow Perch (YEP) producers. Over the course of two years, the YEP project team will grow two batches of fish from embryo to harvest size. The team will compare fish growth in two separate systems:

Joys and pains of thicker snow and thinner ice

I’ve been hearing about the joy Minnesotans are getting from snow this winter and the pain resulting from thin ice. Despite warm weather in early- to mid-January, good snow conditions stretch far south of the Twin Cities.

The lake on the left in the photo above is opaque or murky because the presence of carp encourage algae growth and the fish stir up sediment from the lake bottom. The lake on the right used to look murky too. Scientists removed the carp and within a few days the water became clearer. Ironically, the murky lake's name is Clear Lake. The other lake is Ventura Lake. Image credit: John A. Downing.