education – Alaska Sea Grant

Sailing into the sunset

By Tom Moran | September 29, 2026

A photo of a sunset taken from the deck of a fishing boat. A buoy is in the foreground.

For decades, Alaska Sea Grant has trained people to enter the commercial fishing workforce. Now the organization will also help people take the proper steps to get out. Clearing the…

Before her J.D., working on HABs

By Tom Moran | September 15, 2026

A woman stands in a laboratory holding a small plastic tray filled with small vials of blue liquid.

Tessa Davis didn’t have to leave her home in Kodiak to take part in an Alaska Sea Grant Community-Engaged Fellowship. But for the aspiring human-rights lawyer, spending the summer helping…

Skiff school comes to Kasaan

By Tom Moran | September 1, 2026

A man holds a rope with a knot at the end of it. He looks at a teenager, who holds a rope with the same knot.

For the people of Kasaan, small boats are a big deal. That’s why Alaska Sea Grant recently conducted a maintenance, operation and safety workshop in the Prince of Wales Island…

A Seward sojourn for new fellows

By Alaska Sea Grant | July 16, 2026

Six people lean on a large log and smile at the camera. Behind them is verdant forest.

Alaska Sea Grant’s 2026 cohort of Community-Engaged Fellows kicked off their summer fellowships in memorable fashion with a three-day retreat in Seward. Four of the six fellows attended the June…

Enhancing safety culture in mariculture

By Tom Moran | July 10, 2026

Three people sit inside a bulbous orange capsule designed for survival at sea.

There will likely never be a reality show called “Deadliest Kelp.” But even if mariculture in Alaska doesn’t have the same dangerous reputation as commercial fishing, it’s still a hazardous…

Alaska Sea Grant goes to school

By Tom Moran | June 23, 2026

A teenager stands in a classroom wearing an orange mylar bag with a face opening and arms.

Fish often congregate in schools. In Alaska’s coastal communities, so do potential fishermen. That’s why Alaska Sea Grant is increasing its emphasis on offering commercial fishing instruction to students in…

AKSEA program fosters educational collaborations

By Tom Moran | June 22, 2026

A woman holds up a jellyfish made of purple and yellow construction paper.

When it comes to crafting educational resources, four heads are better than one. That’s the idea behind the Alaska Knowledge, Science, and Education Alliance (AKSEA), which just concluded its first…

Lessons from Newtok

By Tom Moran | June 19, 2026

Two young Alaska Native women hold up a stained glass window. The window is made of around a dozen pieces of stained glass in blues and greens, some of which incorporate faint images and writing.

Towns don’t get much more different than Newtok, Alaska, and Provincetown, Massachusetts. But the recently relocated Yup’ik village near the Bering Sea coast and the resort town on the tip…

Sharing science across Alaska

By Tom Moran | March 18, 2026

A montage of posters advertising public lectures on science topics.

What do walrus monitoring, the Tracy Arm tsunami and salmon bycatch have in common? All of them are important topics for audiences in Alaska’s coastal communities. Which is why each…

Hooking Nome students on HAB research

By Tom Moran | February 9, 2026

A high school student in a brown parka and black pants holds a small fish in his hand and smiles broadly. He sits on the ice with his other hand holding a stick with a line running into the hole. Beside him are a clipboard and a bucket.

Ice fishing is not the most common method of data collection. But for students at Nome-Beltz High School, a couple of afternoons in December spent jigging for tomcod was a…