United States Department of Commerce
Aquaculture Programs and Services
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) directs its aquaculture efforts toward managing common property resources and contributing to the restoration and protection of endangered species of stocks. It accomplishes this primarily through in-house research at several NMFS laboratories in the United States. In addition, NMFS disseminates aquaculture-related information and technological advances gained from its fishery research. NMFS cooperates with Federal and State agencies, international bodies, foreign governments, university and private interests, and promotes the development and expansion of domestic and international markets for products produced by the U.S. aquaculture industry.
NMFS Office of Industry and Trade
The National Sea Grant College Program conducts research, extension, and educational programs with universities in all coastal and Great Lakes States. Sea Grant aquaculture research is conducted in many areas: genetics, biotechnology, endocrinology, physiology, pathology, engineering, nutrition, policy, economics, and others. The Program chooses research projects on the basis of scientific merit, peer review, and the present needs of the aquaculture industry. It gives priority to projects that fit both the National Aquaculture and Sea Grant Aquaculture Development Plans. The extension aspect, called the Sea Grant Extension Service, utilizes a corps of area agents and specialists to provide public education, technology transfer, and demonstration projects in aquaculture. The Program develops information generated by Sea Grant and other research for use by groups in the private sector to develop marine aquaculture. The Program is operated through 30 Sea Grant Programs in the coastal and Great Lake States. Investigators interested in research support should contact the State Sea Grant Directors of their respective States.
For Further Information on the National Sea Grant College Program's Aquaculture Program, contact: Dr. James P. McVey, Program Director Aquaculture, 1315 East West Highway, Room 11839, Silver Spring, Maryland 20910 (301) 713 2451 ext 160, FAX (301) 713 0799, email: Jim.McVey@NOAA.gov
The National Sea Grant Depository (NSGD), located in the Pell Marine Science Library (University of Rhode Island), was established in 1970 as an archive of all Sea Grant funded documents. Library services are provided as well and today the NSGD staff lends its documents all over the world to aid scientists, teachers, fishermen, and many other individuals in their research and studies. The NSGD is unique in that it houses the only complete collection of Sea Grant funded work which now includes 72,000 documents.
Access to this literature is provided through the publications database, as well as through the quarterly, Sea Grant Abstracts, which announces the availability of new Sea Grant documents.
The HACCP Digital Library lists Sea Grant documents that are arranged alphabetically by title, followed by the NSGD document number. The responsible Sea Grant program can be identified by the institution code in the document number.
This site is under construction. Links will be provided as the electronic versions of these documents become available. You may contact the National Sea Grant Depository or the issuing Sea Grant institution printed copies of those not yet digitally available.
Much of the statistical, economic, and demographic information collected by the Federal Government is made available to the public through the bureaus and offices of the Department of Commerce that are known collectively as the . Economics and Statistics Administration (ESA).
The Economic Development Administration (EDA) programs are designed to help alleviate conditions of sustainable and persistent unemployment and underemployment in economically distressed areas and regions of the Nation. Public Works projects contribute to the creation or retention of private sector jobs. Such assistance is designed to help communities achieve lasting improvements by stabilizing and diversifying local economies, and improving local living conditions and the economic development of the area. EDA can and has, funded aquaculture type projects under its Public Works and Development Facilities Program and Technical Assistance Program. The applicant must meet the Agency regulations, applicant eligibility requirements, and project selection criteria. General policies that affect EDA programs during the fiscal year are published in an annual announcement in the Federal Register.
For More Information, Please Contact: Cheryl Peters, Program Management Specialist, 14th & Constitution Avenue, NW/Room H7326, Washington, D.C. 20230 Phone: (202) 482-4975 Fax: (202) 482-0466 email: CPeters@doc.gov
The National Environmental Satellite Data and Information Service has Internet access to several geostationary weather satellites including the GOES-8 stationed over the eastern US and Caribbean (Global view).
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