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National Sea Grant College Program
National Sea Grant Plan
The National Sea Grant College Program completed its 2009-2013
national plan. The plan outlines four focus areas, including:
A Safe and Sustainable Seafood Supply, Sustainable Coastal
Development, Healthy Coastal Ecosystems and Hazard Resilience
in Coastal Communities.
See: http://www.seagrant.noaa.gov/other/admininfo/documents/0209_StratPlan.pdf
(strategic plan)
http://www.seagrant.noaa.gov/other/admininfo/documents/09_13_implementationplan.pdf
(implementation plan)
National Sea Grant Advisory Board Appointments
Former Commerce Secretary Carlos M. Gutierrez appointed five
new members to the National Sea Grant Advisory Board: Jeremy
Harris, Nancy Rabalais, Rolland Schmitten, Michel Orbach,
Richard Vortmann and Harry Simmons.
Harris began his career as a marine biologist serving as
a Sea Grant Extension Agent at the University of Hawaii. His
graduate training is as an environmental scientist specializing
in urban ecosystems. Mayor Harris served as Managing Director
of the City of Honolulu for 9 years before being elected Mayor
for three terms from 1994 to 2005.
Rabalais is a professor at Louisiana Universities Marine
Consortium in Chauvin, La., where she conducts research efforts
on estuarine and coastal interactions and environmental impacts
of habitat alterations and contaminants. She also is chair
of the Ocean Studies Board of the National Research Council,
National Academy of Sciences in Washington, D.C.
Schmitten has served four U.S. presidents as U.S. tuna commissioner
and U.S. Atlantic salmon commissioner, and served 10 years
as head of the U.S. delegation to the International Whaling
Commission. He served as the Washington state director of
fisheries, NOAA deputy assistant secretary for international
affairs, assistant administrator for NOAA’s Fisheries Service,
and the national director of marine habitat conservation.
Orbach is a Professor of the Practice of Marine Affairs and
Policy in the Division of Marine Science Conservation at the
Nicholas School of the Environment at Duke University. He
has performed research and has been involved in coastal and
marine policy on all coasts of the U.S. and in Mexico, Central
America, the Caribbean, Alaska and the Pacific, and has published
widely on social science and policy in coastal and marine
environments.
Vortmann recently retired after a 30 year career with National
Steel and Shipbuilding Company (NASSCO) based in San Diego,
California where he served as President for 22 years. He also
retired after six years as Vice President of General Dynamics
(GD).
Simmons is in his 8th year as Mayor of the Town of Caswell
Beach, North Carolina, and in 2007 was named “Elected Official
of the Year” by Cape Fear Council of Government. He currently
serves as a member of North Carolina’s Coastal Resources Advisory
Council, chairman of the Brunswick Beaches Consortium, as
executive director of North Carolina Beach, Inlet & Waterway
Association, and as President of the American Shore & Beach
Preservation Association.
Board website: http://www.seagrant.noaa.gov/leadership/advisory_board.html
NOAA Spotlight Articles
Recent Sea Grant stories include: Connecticut Sea Grant's
"Project Limulus: Bringing Insights to Horseshoe Crab
Conservation and Sustainable Harvest," Illinois-Indiana
Sea Grant's “Local Decision Maker: Helping Indiana Communities
Plan Their Future,” and Wisconsin Sea Grant's "Sea Grant-Funded
Researcher 'Fingerprints' Wild Rice."
See: http://www.oar.noaa.gov/spotlite/archive/
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