in Mississippi and other States concerned with research in the Gulf 

 of Mexico. The University of Mississippi (UM) is affiliated with 

 GCRL, is a member of the Mississippi-Alabama Sea Grant Consortium 

 (MASGP), and a member of the Gulf Universities Research Consortium 

 (GURC). Mississippi State University (MSU) is also affiliated with 

 GCRL. 



440. NEW HAMPSHIRE 



The State's Department of Fish and Game (DFG) is responsible 

 for much of the State's program in marine research. 



The University of New Hampshire (UNH) is a Sea Grant Program 

 participant. It operates the Jackson Estuarine Laboratory (JEL) and 

 the Engineering Design and Analysis Laboratory (EDAL). EDAL designed 

 an underwater habitat known as EDALHAB. 



441. NEW JERSEY 



New Jersey's Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP) 

 and its Division of Fish, Game, and Shellf isheries are concerned with 

 the State's marine programs. 



Twenty-two of the universities and colleges of New Jersey form the 

 Marine Sciences Consortium (MSC), which sponsors the Sandy Hook Marine 

 Laboratory (SSML). Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey, has 

 a Marine Sciences Center (MSC) that interacts with many of the 

 departments in the university system. 



442. NEW YORK 



"New York's Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) 

 includes a Division of Fisheries and Wildldfe concerned with New 

 York's shorelines along the Atlantic and along the Great Lakes. 



The New York Ocean Science Laboratory (NYOSL), a center for 

 programs in marine sciences, particularly the development of tidal 

 and coastal waters for aquaculture, is supported by a consortium 

 of eight universities and colleges including New York University 

 (NYU) and the State University of New York (SUNY). SUNY includes 

 a number of campuses with marine science activities served by the 

 Marine Sciences Research Center (MSRC) at the Stony Brook campus. 

 SUNY and Cornell University compose a consortium responsible for the 

 New York Sea Grant Institute (NYSGI). The City University of New 

 York (CUNY) also supports marine-related research. 



A number of advisory committees and commissions have interests in 

 marine activities and include the Commercial Fisheries Advisory Com- 

 mittee (CFAC), the Marine Youth Education Advisory Committee (MYEAC), 

 the Lake Erie Advisory Commission (LEAC), the Coastal Water Resources 

 Advisory Committee (CWRAC), and the Coastal Recreation Advisory Com- 

 mittee (CRAC). 



Local regional planning boards of interest are the Erie-Niagara 

 Counties Regional Planning Board (ENCRPB) and Nassau-Suffolk Regional 

 Planning Board (NSRPB). A volunteer, nonprofit organization called 

 the Marine Environmental Council of Long Island (MECLI) is concerned 

 with protection of the Island's marine environment. 



Independent universities of interest are Columbia and Cornell. 

 Columbia's Lamont-Doherty Geological Observatory (LDGO), formerly the 

 Lament Geological Observatory (LGO), has varied interests in marine 

 biology, geology, and physical/ chemical oceanography. It is espe- 

 cially involved in the U.S. Antarctic Research Program (USARP) and 

 in several of the programs of the International Decade of Ocean 

 Exploration (IDOE). Its prime concerns are in marine geology, and 

 it maintains an extensive collection of ocean bottom photographs 

 and deep sea cores. 



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