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— fintifl iBd ao»indiaffnoM aaeciiea research to andentaod m4 wtiflatt 

 UvasloM of tpeclea SKk m tke aebri wsoel ia tha Great Utai, vMcIt 

 represeat a billion-dollar threat to water soppliea and ecoeratca ^alitf. It 

 is estiaated that over 350 noa-aative apecies of Marine and esturiae orsaoisa 

 have be«a iatrodiiced to U.S. mtera, aanr of Mfuch are kaoia to coavete aflaiast 

 ladigenoua apeciea, altariofl eooarateaa and ooatributing to the dacliae of 

 iaportaiit fisheries. A significaat effort will be required to stop the 

 istroductioa of soch apeciea aad to identifr wars of control lisg harafil 

 popolatioaa that have alreadr bees iatrodoced. 



— aMUlMhlB coaatal devrlnpafnt to eipower saall bosiaeases aid local 

 fovernaeota to footer eoviroaaentallfaoaod •coaoiic growth. It la eatiaatad 

 tliat bf the rear 2808, aorc thaa half the U.S. populatioo will live ia ooaaUl 

 areas. Sea Grant la aalqvelr prepared to aaaiat coastal oooanitiea ia 

 raapoadiag to developaeot preaaorea, to aaaiat buaineaaea aad local goveraaeita 

 ia eooooaioallr disadvaotaaed arena, to proaote new aariae techsologies, aad to 

 fioetar BBaafleaeat practices that are cosaiataat with a aoaad coastal 

 eaviroaaeat. 



mjoiiisuti 



After Mre than a decade of aeglect. Sea Graat ia bedlr la aeed of 

 rovitalliatloa aad aopport br the aew Adaioiatratioa. Sea Oraat reaponda 

 tfiraotlr to aaar of the objectivta that haw beea ootliaed br the Cliatoa/Cort 

 oavai8> ia the areaa of techaoloor traaafer. eovlroaaeatal protactloa. aad 

 aooaoaio srowth. Ita partioipatiafl aaiveraitiea are anllbelr to aooept the 

 biirdea of a persisteat deoliae ia federal aapport. aad withoat c renei«ed 

 ooaaltaBat Saa Graat ia at aeriooa riak. 



Sea Grait haa the iafrastractarc to reapoad to the iaitiativea of the aev 

 Adaiaiatratioa. To revitalise Sea Graot and provide adeqoate fvadias for the 

 oora prograa, inclodiog the aew initiativea deaoribed above, aa iacreaaa of the 

 oarreat Sea Graat appropriatioa froa Ml aillioa to at leaat 108 aillioa ia 

 revilred. Althovgh reaoorcea are scarce, thia inveataeat aoald be mbU 

 Jiatiflad br Sea Graat a deaooatrated eicelleaoe ia reaearch, ita ooaaitaeat to 

 caviroeaeatal protectioo. aad ita hiatorr of eitraordiaarr eooaoaio retoraa. 



aooMmcAnoM m m km AOiarafnAnoii 



!• taphaalsa a reaewsd ooaaitaeat to the Natiooal Sea Graat College Prograa 

 as ae Adaiaiatratioa priori tr. 



8. rallr stillsa the Natloaal Saa fraat leviaw Paaal, a iraap of ovtsida 

 adviaora eatabliahed ia the Sea Graat Aot Hhoae aeabera are appoiatcd bp 

 the Secretarr of CoaMroa. aad who caa plar aa iaportaat adviaorp rola. 



3. (toe Sea Graat aa a vehicle for iaproved Coaaeroe Bepertaeat interaotioa 

 with acadeaia, particalarlr ia the area of industrr/go^itr&Beat/acadeaio 

 partnerships. 



4. Forge close ties between Sea Grant and the National lastitates for 

 Staadarda and Technolour (NIST), particalarlr to footer the tranafer of 

 aariae technologies. 



