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Oyster Reefs in Georgia

Raw, fried, steamed and baked. While you may have seen oysters on the menu at a restaurant, these mighty creatures are vital for both the health of aquatic ecosystems and development of coastal communities. They provide essential fish habitat… Read More

Importance of Reefs

Essential Fish Habitat Essential fish habitat is an aquatic area necessary for fish to spawn, breed, feed, or grow to maturity. Examples of essential fish habitats include wetlands, coral reefs, and rivers. In Georgia, oyster reefs play a significant… Read More

Oyster Life Cycle

Oyster reef development occurs in four stages: initial colonization, clustering phase, accretionary phase and maturation. The initial colonization occurs with the settlement and growth of an oyster spat (larval baby oyster) and small, scattered… Read More

Artificial Oyster Reefs

Constructing Artificial Reefs As part of the G.E.O.R.G.I.A (Generating Enhanced Oyster Reefs in Georgia’s Inshore Areas) program, community-based restoration projects have created new reefs and raised public awareness. The shells are first… Read More

Tybee Island Sea Level Rise Planning

In 2012, NOAA's National Sea Grant Program held its second Coastal Communities Climate Adaptation Initiative (CCCAI) grants competition to help enhance planning for climate adaptation in coastal communities. Georgia Sea Grant and the University… Read More

Alternative Energy

For more than two thousand years, onshore wind energy has been utilized to generate power. Today, wind energy is primarily used to make electricity, usually through the use of wind turbines. As the sun’s radiation unevenly heats various… Read More

CoastScapes

CoastScapes are sustainable native plant landscapes which benefit people, wildlife, and coastal Georgia. When we create sustainable native plant landscapes, the landscapes work with nature to give back, providing natural benefits that are essential… Read More

Climate Community of Practice

Georgia Sea Grant has taken a leading role in mobilizing accurate and timely information, tools, and assistance related to potential impacts from climate variability and change along our shorelines. The program is also active in assisting coastal… Read More

Coastal Hazards

Coastal zones face ever increasing pressures as more humans move close to the ocean, more development occurs upstream and climate change and sea level rise worsen. Dramatic changes are already taking place in Georgia: The coastal population… Read More

Communicating Science

Georgia Sea Grant works with students, resource managers, businesses, elected officials and the general population, translating complicated scientific concepts into information that can inform personal and community decisions. By increasing… Read More