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2021 National Sea Grant College Program Dean John A. Knauss Marine Policy Fellowship

Eligible students w/ an interest in ocean, coastal and Great Lakes resources and in the national policy decisions affecting those resources can apply for this fellowship through Friday, February 21, 2020.
New York Seafood Summit

The goal of the summit is to convene a group of enthusiastic professionals with vested interest in seafood, in order to build active communications between the various sectors of New York's seafood industry.
National Sea Grant Awards $16 million to Advance U.S. Aquaculture

New York Sea Grant is leading and/or involved in three of the research suite's projects, which aim to fill important gaps in aquaculture knowledge, advancement of existing efforts and development of new possibilities.
NY Sea Grant Extension Educators Receive National, Great Lakes Network Honors

NYSG Extension educators received special recognition at the 2019 Great Lakes Sea Grant Network and National Sea Grant Extension Assembly meetings.
Seafood Science and Technology

U.S. FDA regulation set forth in December 1997 requires all seafood processors, including firms that handle, pack, store, or label seafood, to develop and implement a HACCP Plan to control all food safety hazards.
Great Lakes Areas of Concern in the Spotlight

When much of the industry moved from the Great Lakes to other parts of the world, waterways were left with a legacy of pollution. And the communities that sit on their shores had to cope with environmental, health, and economic setbacks.

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How Does Sea Grant Benefit You?

For nearly 50 years, New York Sea Grant—one of 33 university-based programs under NOAA's National Sea Grant College Program—has been producing impressive results through its funded research.

"Sea Grant is unique in how it draws upon its Extension program to extend these [research] studies, putting science-based into the hands of a wide variety of coastal stakeholders," says New York Sea Grant's Director Becky Shuford. More >>

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