ral plants and animals that exist in the marshlands. Thus, the technology of 

 raising shrimp has been taken out of the laboratory and transferred success- 

 fully to the field ; it is now possible to conduct the experiments under larger 

 scale, more natural conditions. In addition, the experiments brought into the 

 program those individuals from the industry with potential interest in exploit- 

 ing this technology. 



Last year saw the establishment of the Pacific Sea Grant Advisory Pro- 

 gram, which encompasses California, Oregon, Washington, Alaska, Hawaii, 

 and British Columbia. Up to this point, various marine advisor)' programs 

 existed in State universities, servicing principally the State in which the uni- 

 versity was located. The creation of the regional program is the first time that 

 local advisory groups have been able to join forces to solve regional problems 

 such as, for example, those of the Northwestern Pacific fisheries. 



This year Sea Grant brought lawyers into active consultation with their 

 communities. Legal studies in Sea Grant institutions have provided a base for 

 development of legislation, alerted State and local officials to problems posed 

 by existing legal regimes, provided advice to conservation groups, translated 

 legal technicalities into a form useful to fishermen and others, and contrib- 

 uted substantially to the development of background on international law 

 of the sea. Sea Grant economists have conducted studies ranging from the 



University of Washington graduate students and a student from France discuss 

 the production of pen-raised trout and salmon of marketable size. Trout tagging 

 {shown at right) identifies individual fish in this experiment. 



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