National Science Foundation Funds Science Center for Marine Fisheries

March 19, 2013 - The University of Southern Mississippi’s Gulf Coast Research Laboratory has received funding from the National Science Foundation for the new Science Center for Marine Fisheries. The center will provide an academic resource for the fishing industry throughout the Mid-Atlantic and Gulf coast region.

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Downloadable Coloring and Activity Books

These coloring and activity books combine learning and fun, offering scientific information, coloring, word games, and puzzles. They are presented as pdf files, which are easily downloaded and printed. Left click on a link to open the pdf file. You may also right click on the link and select the "save" option to save on your computer.

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Blue Crabs Hermit Crabs Jellyfish

Turtles

Online Coloring Pages

Paint your favorite creature and then print or save the results.

Online marine science coloring book, hermit crabColor your own blue crab, hermit crab, jellyfish, or turtle.

Gulf Coast Creature Pages

Fiddler crab fact sheet  Fiddler Crabs (includes videos)

A GCRL Marine Education Center class visits a salt marsh.