NOAA's National Sea Grant Office

News in Brief

October 7 - 23, 2009

Newsletter Archive

http://www.seagrant.noaa.gov/other/admininfo/nsgonewsletters/index.html

Online Calendar

http://www.seagrant.noaa.gov/other/admininfo.html

Deadlines

  • November 6: 2010 Omnibus Proposals due for all programs
  • November 16-20: Knauss Placement Week

DIRECTOR’S UPDATE

  • Sea Grant Association (SGA) Meeting
    Last week, the SGA met in Easton, MD. The meeting was kicked off with a presentation from NOAA Administrator, Professor Jane Lubchenco. Lubchenco spoke to the SGA about the Agency's renewed emphasis on scientific research, improved technology and better analysis of data in order to protect waterways. She emphasized the need to forge strong bonds with the Sea Grant universities and reaffirmed our emphasis on climate change and the economic well-being of coastal communities.
  • Strategic Plan Alignment
    As part of the planning process, state programs are required to align their planning documents with the 4-year National Sea Grant Plan. This week, the National Advisory Board committee with responsibility for reviewing the state Sea Grant Program alignment efforts met for the second time. The plans for most programs are either approved or require only minor revision. We anticipate getting the results of the review out by the end of October.
  • PIE Comments
    Comments on the draft evaluation policy are due today, Friday, October 23. We anticipate finalizing the policy paper by the end of October. We will begin scheduling site visits starting in April 2010. All visits will be completed by July 2011. Programs will work with their Program Officers to schedule the site visits; we are hoping to plan two site visits each month.
  • Focus Team Meeting
    Prior to last week’s Sea Grant Association Meeting, the Sustainable Coastal Development focus team met for a one-day workshop to review and synthesize the impacts reported in this year’s annual reports. Their preliminary report indicated that there were about a dozen powerful stories that could be drawn out of the more than 300 pages of impacts. They expect to have a final report by the end of the year.

Please read on for:

  • Weekly Highlights
  • Events & Announcements
  • Sea Grant In the
  • Awards

WEEKLY HIGHLIGHTS

  • Regional Plan Update
    Three plans are complete (West Coast, Gulf of Maine, and Gulf of Mexico) and one is nearing completion (South Atlantic). You can download the plans or access more information about these plans on the National Sea Grant webpage: http://www.seagrant.noaa.gov/regional/. As more plans are completed, they will be updated on this page.
  • NOAA Climate Portal Opportunity
    NOAA is working to develop a Climate Portal that is intended to serve as a "one-stop shop" for NOAA information about climate variability and change. The expected public release of the Climate Portal is January and there is a need for additional coastal climate material. Bottom line - this is a great opportunity for Sea Grant to showcase our climate-related work. There are five types of contributions we can make: Articles for Climate Watch Magazine; News Shorts; Trainings; Publications; Websites; Other resources (videos, images, etc.) The Coastal Climate group is interested in FY09 climate deliverables, as well as projects that will have FY10-11 deliverables. Sea Grant Knauss Fellow, Steven McMurray has compiled a list of ongoing climate projects. However, there may be additional content that your programs have recently completed or are in the process of completing. To fill this gap, and make a large Sea Grant presence on the Climate Portal, we would appreciate your help in identifying other projects that state programs may be working on. Please contact Steven McMurray (Steven.McMurray@noaa.gov) re. any climate-related projects you are working on.
  • NSGO Social Scientist Position
    We are continuing our search for a social scientist. A new job announcement will be posted by the end of October.
  • Continuing Resolution (CR)
    A CR is in effect under 2009 funding levels. There may be a budget by the end of October.

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EVENTS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS

  • 33rd Annual Seafood Science & Technology (SST) Conference and National Focus Team Meeting
    October 26-28, 2009, New Orleans, Louisiana
    The Sea Grant Safe and Sustainable Seafood Supply focus team will hold its annual meeting (October 28 - 30) in conjunction with the SST conference in order to take advantage of the discussions and aid the focus team with its future direction. In addition to current technology, seafood safety and product quality topics, the SST agenda includes a special, full day “State of the Union” program addressing the status of support for USA’s Domestic Fisheries and Seafood Industry. All concerned with the future of USA’s seafood industry from vessels and ponds to processing, retail and restaurants should attend. More information and tentative agenda can be found at the SST’s website http://sst.ifas.ufl.edu
  • Sea Grant Climate Network Workshop and Meeting
    November 9-11, 2009, Charleston, South Carolina
    The Sea Grant Climate Network invites members of the Sea Grant network to participate. To learn more, visit the climate change network website (Climate Workshop tab): http://sgccnetwork.ning.com/page/sea-grant-climate-change A limited number of participants may receive financial support, but all are welcome to attend. Details are provided on the ning site. Please direct questions to Jessica Whitehead (Jessica.whitehead@scseagrant.org) or Chris Conger (Chris.L.Conger@hawaii.gov).

    Funding Opportunities
  • Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR)
    The FY 2010 NOAA SBIR Solicitation has been released and is posted on both http://www.fedbizopps.gov and the ORTA website (http://www.oar.noaa.gov/orta). The Proposals are due January 14, 2010. Please note that a majority of the project and the lead PI must be from a Small Business. Please pass this information on to anyone you think might be interested in submitting. If you have any questions please contact jonathan.eigen@noaa.gov
  • Fishing for Energy Partnership
    The National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, in partnership with Covanta Energy Corporation and the NOAA Marine Debris Program, announces the availability of grant funding to Fishing for Energy Partnership ports, their partners, or other commercial fishing ports to provide capacity and incentives to address old, abandoned or derelict fishing gear. More information on the Fishing for Energy Partnership can be found at http://www.nfwf.org/fishingforenergy. Deadline: 11:59 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time on November 1, 2009. For more information please contact Michelle Pico at pico@nfwf.org or 262-567-0601.
  • Broad Agency Announcement (BAA)
    NOAA's BAA is scheduled for release mid-November.
  • Federal Funding Opportunity (FFO): NOAA Restoration Center Announces Funding Opportunities
    The NOAA Restoration Center is accepting applications through its Community-based Restoration Program. Opportunities include: FY 2010 Community-Based Marine Debris Removal Project Grants, due October 31, 2009. To learn more: http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/habitat/restoration/projects_programs/crp/index.html
  • Sea Grant Federal Funding Opportunities Published
    • 2010 NMFS—Sea Grant Fellowships in Marine Resource Economics
    • 2010 NMFS—Sea Grant Fellowships in Population Dynamics
    • 2011 National Sea Grant College Program Dean John A. Knauss Fellowship
    To learn more: http://www.seagrant.noaa.gov/funding/rfp.html

SEA GRANT IN THE NEWS

Send your press releases and stories to oar.sg.news@noaa.gov. All submissions are added to Hot Items and submitted to a variety of NOAA communications outlets.

Highlights:

  • New York Sea Grant Story Featured in NOAA World magazine
    "Former Sea Grant Scholar Follows the Fish and Finds Himself at NOAA" features Doran Mason, a former Sea Grant scholar who is the director of the Science Division and chief scientist at NOAA’s Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory
    Read the story: http://www.noaaworld.noaa.gov/people/oct2009_people_1.html

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AWARDS

  • Alaska Sea Grant's Chuck Crapo Receives International Awards
    Alaska Sea Grant seafood technology specialist, Chuck Crapo, received two prestigious international awards for his accomplishments in the seafood industry. The Atlantic Fisheries Technology Conference bestowed the 2009 Earl P. McFee award on Crapo for his dedication to seafood science and technology transfer to the public and industry. Crapo was also presented with the International Association of Fish Inspectors Award for his exceptional outreach and service to the industry.
  • New Jersey Sea Grant's Claire Antonucci Receives Award
    New Jersey Sea Grant acting executive director and education leader, Claire Antonucci received the Champion of the Ocean Award from Monmouth University’s Urban Coast Institute. Ms. Antonucci was honored for her 13 years as leader of the NJMSC’s education department.
  • See 2009 Sea Grant Awards and Awards Archive

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