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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 30 individual programs located in each of the coastal and Great Lakes states. Together, these programs form a national network of more than 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 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.
Woods Hole Sea Grant supported projects include those in Fisheries and Aquaculture, Estuarine and Coastal Processes and Environmental Technologies. Public and private institutions throughout Massachusetts and the Northeast participate in the program.
