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At the he«rt of Sea Grant is its core prograi of university research, 

 educatioa, and outreach. Sea Grant operates oa the basis of coipetitivv, 

 KTit-revieved proposals which are developed and evaluated by each of the 29 

 Sea Grant Colleses, aad subaitted t« NDAA tor final review and funding. Sea 

 Gtaat Miotains a balaaced prograa of ( I) research on a broad arrar of Hriae 

 issoes, (2) education at all levels, and (3) outreach through a aetwrk of 

 ■arise eitensioo agents who are esployed by universities aad located ia the 

 ooaatsl ooHunitiea ther serve. This structure enables Sea Graat to respoad 

 rapi41r to problev as they arise. The core prograa is Sea Grant's highest 

 priority, aad its erosioe is cause for serious concern. 



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Is addition to a balanced core prograi, Sea Grant ia prepared to address 

 theastic issues through a series of initiatives which build upon soae of the 

 ■)et proaising Sea Grut projects to date. Ia each of these areas, Sea Grant 

 is providing global leadership oa a topic that is not being addressed by any 

 other prograa: 



— ^p<ii» hin^f^hlw^lngT to develop new aaterials, better seafood products, 

 eavironaental reaediatioa. and sew pharaaoeuticals froa the sea. This is 

 videly regarded as the aoat proaising ares for applied aarise raaearek, with 

 Kaarkable benefits already haviag been shown in the following areasi 

 disease prevention, both ia huaans and in aarine organisaai 

 aquacaltore to prodooe both new and iaproved products froa the sea, 

 seafood safety and boaan health, to rapidly detect oontaainated seafood 



and enhance its shelf iifei 

 o protection and restoration of the aquatic eovironaeat; 

 o redaction of fouling aad corrosion of ships aad aarine structures! ud 

 e bioaaterialB and bioprooessiag to eiploit aarine natural products for 

 hoaan benefit. 

 Largely because of the wrk of Sea Grant, the U.S. is csrreotly the Morld 

 leader ia aarine biotectaology. BMiever, a significaat new effort will be 

 repaired to trail reaearcKen, and to vnaott cooperation between iidostry, 

 aeadeaia, and govenaeat ii Mriae biotechaology. Other oovntriea ara 

 capitaliiiig oa the opportoaity which aarine biotechnology represeatsi Japaa 

 is spending $i billion auoallr oa biotechnology, ia iharp ooitrast to the 

 BBagar 11.8. investaeot of less thaa |3t aillioa a year, liotechaology 

 re p r esea ts for the aariae ooaaoaity what the ooaputer chip did to the 

 electroaica lidistry a few decades ago. 



~ ^htnoA Mfijty to eiswe that oonsuaers have a safe asd high quality 

 supply of seafood and that seafood businesses can be aore coapetitive. Sea 

 Grant is working closely with Congress to convene a workshop in Nay 1333 which 

 will bring together representatives of the seafood processing industry, 

 coosuaer groups, the fishing industry, and researchers with the goal of 

 adopting a plan to inprove the quality and safety of our nation's seafood 

 BHpply. 



~ «»Mw»«i rMm»t» mnA iu»»i^h resesrch to asslst coastal residents in 

 preparing for hurricanes, stora surges and tsunaais, coastal erosion aad 

 sibaideioe, aid sea level rise, with proven savings in the billions of doUan. 



