Mn Sea Grant: Sea Grant Files

Retiring director Jeff Gunderson talks to Jesse Schomberg about his 36 years with the University of Minnesota Sea Grant Program, aqua-shysters and more.

Water bears, sponges, opossum shrimp? Lake Superior has them all! Join Jesse Schomberg as he talks about some of Lake Superior's coolest creatures.

Hear Jesse Schomberg talk about frazil, pancake ice and safety tips for crossing frozen water.

Host Jesse Schomberg talks about the Upper Midwest Invasive Species Conference and why experts think we need a societal shift to tackle this broad issue.

UMD professor Elizabeth (Liz) Minor discusses Lake Superior research and a chemistry-physics-biology study she is coordinating with host Jesse Schomberg.

Jesse Schomberg describes why roadside ditches matter and what you can do to keep them functioning beautifully.

Host Jesse Shomberg discusses Lake Superior's wicked November storms, shipwrecks, and more.

Dr. Robert Sterner, Director of UMD's Large Lakes Observatory, joins host Jesse Schomberg to talk about research showing that Lake Superior is more productive than previously thought.

Hear Jesse Schomberg talk about fish boils, planking and other recipes for outstanding culinary experiences with Great Lakes fish.

Learn about the four species of lamprey that can be found in the Lake Superior Basin with Minnesota Sea Grant's Jesse Schomberg.

Sea Grant's Jesse Schomberg explains how to save a life - a fish's life. Learn how to send a deepwater fish back down to deep water when it's swim bladder is over-inflated.

Jesse Schomberg talks about Lake Superior's numerous siscowet and why this hefty strain of lake trout is being eyed as a source of fish oil.

Lake Superior's communities might not face hurricanes or tsunamis, but storms, rip currents, and hypothermia can also take lives. Jesse Schomberg explains coastal hazards.

Hear what host Jesse Schomberg has to say about climate trends in Minnesota and over Lake Superior.

Whale burps and agates. Jesse Schomberg tells you about what a Lake Superior wind can blow up onto the north shore.

Jesse Schomberg tells the story of sea lamprey and their impact on fish in Lake Superior, including native lamprey species.

Jesse Schomberg talks about the lake's vast but almost invisible suite of plankton species.

Jesse Schomberg talks about an uncomfortable but important topic for anyone who eats fish: tapeworms and other fish parasites.

Jesse Schomberg talks about why Lake Superior neither gives up her dead nor her toxaphene.

Jesse Schomberg explains hypothermia and how to survive this potentially lethal condition.