If you’ve ever seen the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration or the Sea Grant logo, you’ve probably noticed a gull is part of it. Recently, two NOAA partners seized a chance to give a gull a helping hand.

A Wisconsin Sea Grant-funded researcher has found that dioxin exposure can negatively impact the nose tissue and sexual development of rainbow trout and zebrafish.

She brings years of internal experience to a newly created role.

A website offers a one-stop-shop for wave and weather conditions at Milwaukee County beaches, including information about potentially deadly rip currents.

A team of boat landing inspectors is on Great Lakes sites to spread educational messages to boaters: clean, drain and dry. They protect Wisconsin waters.

Emma Wiermaa is working to give aquaculture a good name — not that it has a bad name — but people sometimes have misconceptions about its fish-raising practices and food safety. Wiermaa is the new part-time outreach specialist at the Northern Aquaculture Demonstration Facility (NADF) in Red Cliff, Wis.

Computer modeling by Wisconsin Sea Grant researchers will provide information for upcoming state-tribal fishing agreement renegotiations in Lake Superior.

The next monthly River Talk is scheduled for May 27, 7 p.m. at the Clyde Iron Works Restaurant (2920 W. Michigan St., Duluth, Minn.). Representatives from the Lake Superior National Estuarine Research Reserve and Wisconsin Sea Grant will host a trivia night, featuring prizes and questions based on previous talks.

UW Sea Grant’s assistant director for research leaves to take a job in private industry, but the things he’s accomplished here remain.

The 2014 Wisconsin general fishing opener is May 3. Download a handy app before heading out with a rod, reel and tackle box.