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The Woods Hole Sea Grant
program, based at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI),
supports research, education, and extension projects that encourage
environmental stewardship, long-term economic development, and responsible
use of the nation’s coastal and ocean resources. It is part
of the National Sea Grant College Program of the National Oceanic
and Atmospheric Administration, a network of 32 individual programs
located in each of the coastal and Great Lakes states. Together,
these programs form a national network of over 300 participating
institutions involving more than 3,000 scientists, engineers, educators,
students, and outreach experts.
Sea Grant’s legislative charge is to “increase the
understanding, assessment, development, utilization, and conservation
of the nation’s ocean and coastal resources by providing assistance
to promote a strong educational base, responsive research and training
activities, and broad and prompt dissemination of knowledge and
techniques.”
Locally, Sea Grant’s affiliation with WHOI began in 1971
with support for a number of individual research projects. In 1973,
WHOI was designated a Coherent Sea Grant Program and, in 1985, was
elevated to its current status as an Institutional Sea Grant Program.
The Woods Hole Sea Grant Program has made great strides to channel
the expertise of world-renowned ocean scientists toward meeting
the research and information needs of users of the marine environment.
Public and private institutions throughout Massachusetts, and the
northeast region, participate in the Woods Hole Sea Grant Program. |