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Minnesota Sea Grant (MNSG)
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Since 1985, Minnesota Sea Grant has been serving Minnesotans in need of Superior water science.

https://seagrant.umn.edu/
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M.S. position alert! Join UMN/MN Sea Grant for fully funded research in #aquaculture to optimize #GoldenShiner baitfish production.

$29k stipend + tuition. Build valuable K-12 outreach skills.

Priority review 12/15/25. Learn more & apply: z.umn.edu/mnsg-aq-ms25

#GradSchool #AcademicSky #WaterSky
Minnesota Sea Grant's Don Schreiner measures and records Golden Shiners, a popular Minnesotan bait fish, as part of ongoing research to increase Golden Shiner bait production in Minnesota. Image credit: Cait Dettmann/MNSG.
November 10, 2025 at 8:47 PM
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Deadline TONIGHT!

Bring new technical expertise to your team by hosting a 2026-2027 MNSG Science & Policy Fellow. Agencies & non-profits: gain skilled support for #Minnesota water challenges!

Apply by 11:59 p.m. CT: z.umn.edu/mnsg_spfellow_callforhosts

#WaterScience #Fellowship
Minnesota Sea Grant Science & Policy Fellow Call for Hosts graphic with program logo, key benefits, and QR code to apply for 2026-2027. Credit: C. Dettmann/MNSG.
November 6, 2025 at 3:04 PM
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Beat the #Minnesota winter blues with fresh fish & greens! 🐟🥬

WEI's 7-month, hands-on #Aquaponic Farming course ("From Fingerling to Fish Fry") starts Nov 16. Build your own system and learn the skills for self-sufficiency.

Spots are limited. Register now! z.umn.edu/wei-aquaponic

#GrowYourOwn
Golden Shiner fish in a flask. Credit: C. Dettmann/MNSG.
November 4, 2025 at 11:01 PM
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Middle school teachers: your students can meet a real scientist! 🐟

Join Purdue grad student Anna Hill for a free virtual event to explore how scientists track #GreatLakes fish like #YellowPerch using acoustic telemetry.

Register here: z.umn.edu/cgll-yep-tra...
#EduSky 🍎
A person holds a juvenile Yellow Perch. Credit: C. Dettmann/MNSG.
November 3, 2025 at 9:32 PM
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Step right up to the #SeaGrant Halloween Shop of Horrors! 🧪

This year’s hottest costumes include: Sea Lamprey, Gales of November, Harmful Algal Bloom, and Invasive Cattails.

One size fits most… watersheds.

Get spooky, stay science-y, & have a #HappyHalloween! 🎃

#GreatLakes #WaterSky #Halloween
Graphic of a harmful algal bloom with a humorous costume list. Credit: MNSG. Graphic of a lighthouse being hit by big waves with a humorous costume list. Credit: MNSG. Graphic of a sea lamprey with a humorous costume list. Credit: MNSG. Graphic of dense hybrid cattails with a playful costume list describing the invasive plant’s traits. Credit: MNSG.
October 31, 2025 at 2:50 PM
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Not all monsters haunt the night… some creep along the lake bottom. 🐌

Discover the spooky impacts of invasive #MysterySnails (Chinese, Japanese & banded) at this free Practical Water Wisdom webinar from Itasca Waters & #MNSG. 🧪

Advance registration required: z.umn.edu/mnsg_pww-mys...
#WaterSky
A Chinese Mystery Snail on a log. Credit: Invasive Species Centre.
October 30, 2025 at 7:44 PM
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#TwinPorts Freshwater Folk invites you to a Nov. 5 presentation on winter #limnology + #GreatLakes sensor networks by Dr. Jeff Pu (LLO). 🧪

Lunch + networking start at 11:30 a.m. at the #Duluth MPCA; hybrid talk at noon. Free + open to the public.

🔗 z.umn.edu/mnsg_tpff-wi...
#WaterSky
Collage of four images. Top left: people on ice drill a hole into ice. Top right: a yellow buoy floats on blue water. Bottom left: a person crouches near a hole in ice. Bottom right: a yellow buoy floats on a blue lake in front of a city skyline. Contributed: Jeff Pu.
October 29, 2025 at 9:54 PM
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Reminder for researchers: Fast-Track Grant applications are open (up to $10K, 6-month projects). Great fit for pilot or exploratory #research!🧪

Intent to submit is due Nov. 12; proposals due Nov. 21 via eSeaGrant.

Dive in: z.umn.edu/mnsg_fasttrack
#FundingOpportunity #ResearchFunding #WaterSky
A woman holds a handheld inclinometer and clipboard against a background of trees. Credit: Hannah Cullen/MNSG.
October 28, 2025 at 8:13 PM
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10 days left to apply to become a host organization for MN Sea Grant’s 2026 Science & Policy Fellowship!🧪

Hosts gain a full-year fellow to support science-based water policy + project capacity across #Minnesota.

Deadline: Nov. 6
Link: z.umn.edu/mnsg-spfello...
October 27, 2025 at 8:39 PM
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Sun + lake water = chemistry!🧪

For #NationalChemistryWeek, learn about research on how sunlight transforms dissolved organic matter and sediment plumes in #LakeSuperior, which releases nutrients that may contribute to shoreline blooms.

Link: z.umn.edu/mnsg_photoch...

#ACS_NCW
UMD professor and MNSG-funded researcher Liz Minor smiles next to a laptop displaying a graph. Credit: A. Shie/MNSG.
October 24, 2025 at 8:26 PM
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#NationalChemistryWeek spotlight: road runoff edition. 🛞💦

MNSG-funded research is mapping the chemical fingerprints of tire wear particles (#TWPs), including toxic 6PPD-quinone, to track how they enter and behave in watersheds.🧪

🔗 z.umn.edu/mnsg_twp

#ACS_NCW
A tire with tread tearing off of it. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.
October 23, 2025 at 4:39 PM
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Happy #NationalChemistryWeek to all who celebrate! 🧪

This MNSG-funded research looks at chemical conditions that influence cyanobacterial behavior in #LakeSuperior, providing early insight into when “background microbes” might develop into full-blown blooms.

Link: z.umn.edu/mnsg_blooms

#ACS_NCW
A hand wearing black gloves holds forceps and a petri dish over brown water. Credit: Abigail Smason.
October 22, 2025 at 5:45 PM
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🎣 Should I Stay, or Should I Go?

Join a free Students Ask Scientists event, supported by the Center for #GreatLakes Literacy, to learn how scientists track #YellowPerch in #LakeMichigan using acoustic telemetry.

🗓 Nov. 6 | 11–12 CT
Register: z.umn.edu/cgll-yep-tra...
Anna Hill holds a caught fish on a boat. Credit: Anna Hill.
October 21, 2025 at 9:21 PM
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MNSG’s 2025 Fast-Track grant competition is open for proposals up to $10K supporting short (≤6 month) projects that advance our 2024-2027 Strategic Plan.🧪

📅 Intent to submit due: Nov. 12
📅 Full proposals due: Nov. 21
No match required.

More info ➜ z.umn.edu/mnsg_fasttrack
A yellow leaf floating down a rocky creek in fall. Credit: Brett Groehler/University Minnesota Duluth.
October 21, 2025 at 5:37 PM
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🔥 LAST CALL: #HazMaTON Undergraduate Research Assistant (UMD)

Help MNSG deliver #GreatLakes hazmat + oil spill science to the public. No hazmat suit required!
15 hrs/week • $15.25/hr • Academic year position

Apply by Oct 22 or until filled → z.umn.edu/haz-ug-research-asst
Graphic with HazMaTON logo showing transportation icons above stylized waves and large text reading “Now Hiring: HazMaTON Undergraduate Research Assistant,” with Minnesota Sea Grant, NOAA, and University of Minnesota logos along the bottom. Graphic with a gold background titled “Apply Today” describing the HazMaTON Undergraduate Research Assistant duties, including working on one of three hazmat transportation research projects, needing strong research and organizational skills, and creating outreach products for a non-technical audience. Footer notes the job opened October 2, 2025 and links to z.umn.edu/haz-ug-research-asst.
October 20, 2025 at 7:29 PM
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Ever wonder where your fish came from?

MNSG collected resources to help:
🎣 aspiring fish farmers,
🥗 seafood lovers, &
📚 teachers with curious students.

Learn how #aquaculture works, who’s doing it, & how to buy (or teach) sustainably!
Dive in: z.umn.edu/mnsg_aq-cons...

#SeafoodMonth
October 17, 2025 at 8:22 PM
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Science teachers, we’ll SEA you soon! 🌊 MNSG is headed to #NSTA’s National Conference on #ScienceEducation.

🏫 Stop by our table at the #STEM Showcase
🐟 Join a Nov. 13 tour of aquaculture facilities @ UMN

Learn more 👉https://seagrant.umn.edu/events
#NSTAFall25 #EduSky
Banner for the National Conference on Science Education in Minneapolis from November 12-15, 2025. Credit: National Science Teacher Association.
October 16, 2025 at 4:48 PM
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It’s #SeafoodMonth, but your fish doesn’t have to travel farther than you do!🐟

✅ Freshwater species are often caught or farmed close to home
✅ Fewer food miles than ocean fish
✅ Local jobs from freshwater aquaculture

Find #GreatLakes fish near you: freshfishfinder.org
Two salmon steaks on a wood surface, next to sliced lemons, tomatoes, fresh dill, and salt. Credit: Storyblocks.
October 15, 2025 at 9:32 PM
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Water you doing Oct. 14–15? 👀

We’re at the Minnesota Water Resources Conference in St. Paul — stop by the Minnesota Sea Grant table to talk lakes, research, and how to keep #Minnesota’s waters as fresh as your coffee. 💧

#MNWRC25 #WaterYouDoingHere
Two people smile next to a Minnesota Sea Grant table and banner. Credit: A. Frie/MNSG.
October 14, 2025 at 7:12 PM
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Hazmat, oil spills, & data. It’s not a Netflix documentary — it’s a paid student job.

Apply to be a #HazMaTON Research Assistant w/MN #SeaGrant!

🕒 15 hrs/wk | 💵 $15.25/hr | 📍#Duluth, MN

Apply by Oct 22 👉 z.umn.edu/haz-ug-research-asst
#UMDJobs #StudentResearch #GreatLakes
October 10, 2025 at 7:36 PM
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How much do consumers know about seafood sourcing?

As part of MNSG's 2024–26 biennial research program, the project "A Deep Dive into Consumer Perceptions of Locally Farmed Fish" explores consumer perceptions to support a sustainable aquaculture industry.🧪

🔗 z.umn.edu/mnsg_consume...
#SeafoodMonth
A man holds a Yellow Perch fish. Credit: C. Dettmann/MNSG.
October 10, 2025 at 4:32 PM
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These paddlers understood the assignment: stay safe, look good doing it. 🛶💅

Congrats to our 2025 #PaddleSafe Photo Quest champs!
📸 Diana Jones — “Morning Boarding”
📸 George Peterson — “Protected Paddling on Saganaga Lake”
📸 Josh Kempf — “Nor Shor”

Stay buoyant out there, folks.
A man smiles in the front of a canoe, with a person paddling the canoe behind him. In the background is another canoe with two people paddling. Credit: George Peterson. A young girl smiles while paddling a paddleboard on water covered with lily pads. Credit: Diana Johnson. A person paddles a kayak with a fishing rod in it on a clear, blue day. Credit: Josh Kempf.
October 9, 2025 at 5:30 PM
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Your students can scroll less & filter more!

Join MNSG researcher & UMN #Duluth professor Melissa Mauer-Jones in a statewide project to track #microplastic pollution in #Minnesota’s waters. 🧪

Hands-on, microscope-ready, and perfect for grades 9–12 science classes.
🔗 z.umn.edu/mnsg_micropl...
A close-up image of microplastics. Image credit: Chesapeake Bay Program/Flickr.
October 8, 2025 at 3:29 PM
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If your favorite lake ever looks like a matcha latte gone wrong, that might be a harmful algal bloom (#HABs).

Join #TwinPorts Climate Conversations on 10/14 to learn what’s blooming, why it happens & what it means for people, pets & the places we swim.🧪

💻 Free + virtual: z.umn.edu/mnsg_tpcc-habs
Green algae building up against a sandy shoreline. Credit: MPCA.
October 7, 2025 at 2:46 PM
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You already know we like to talk #LakeSuperior. 🌊

This next talk? #PFAS and “forever chemicals.”

Join us Oct. 7 @ 1 p.m. CT for Let’s Talk Lake Superior: Chemical Contaminants.

And what do herring gull eggs have to do with it, anyways? 💧🧪
🔗 z.umn.edu/mnsg_letstal...

#GreatLakes #WaterSky
October 6, 2025 at 6:50 PM