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Georgia
Contents…………………………………………………………………………………………...2
Recommendations…………………………………………………………………………………3
Institutions and Programs
1. Georgia Sea Turtle Center………………………………………………………...4
2. University of Georgia Marine Institute……………………………………………5
3. Skidaway Institute of Oceanography……………………………………………...8
4. Georgia Institute of Technology School of Biology……………………………..12
5. Georgia Research Council……………………………………………………….13
Other Organizations
6. Georgia Aquarium……………………………………………………………….14
7. Georgia Department of Natural Resources………………………………………16
8. Ossabaw Island Foundation……………………………………………………...17
Mississippi
Contents………………………………………………………………………………………….18
Recommendations………………………………………………………………………………..19
Institutions and Programs
9. Gulf Coast Research Laboratory at the University of Southern Mississippi…….20
10. U.S. Marine Shrimp Farming Program…………………………………………..24
11. NOAA Southeast Fisheries Science Center, Mississippi Laboratory……………25
12. The Institute for Marine Mammal Studies……………………………………….28
Other Organizations
13. Mississippi Department of Marine Resources…………………………………...30
14. Gulf States Marine Fisheries Commission………………………………………32
New Hampshire
Contents………………………………………………………………………………………….35
Recommendations………………………………………………………………………………..36
Institutions and Programs
15. University of New Hampshire…………………………………………………...37
Other Organizations
16. New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services Coastal Program……..42
17. Great Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve………………………………...43
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Georgia
Contents
Institutions and Programs
1. Georgia Sea Turtle Center
 Georgia SEANET Program
2. University of Georgia Marine Institute
 Georgia Coastal Ecosystems LTER
 Sapelo Island Microbial Observatory
 Sapelo Island National Estuarine Research Reserve
3. Skidaway Institute of Oceanography
 SRiMP
 BOTTOMS-UP
 CoOP
 Ossabaw Barrier Island Observatory
4. Georgia Institute of Technology School of Biology
5. Georgia Research Council
Other Organizations
6. Georgia Aquarium
7. Georgia Department of Natural Resources
8. Ossabaw Island Foundation
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Recommendations
An eligible use of the National Endowment for the Oceans funding is coastal restoration
and research to understand and maintain the marine resources in these habitats. The University of
Georgia’s Marine Institute supports and conducts research on the coastal processes in the
distinctive surrounding ecosystems. Funding the Institute’s Georgia Coastal Ecosystems Long
Term Ecology Research (LTER) Foundation from the National Endowment for the Oceans
would be used for their research projects focusing on protecting the region from sea level rise
and understanding long-term patterns of environmental forcing to the coastal zone. By
supporting the Marine Institute and the LTER program we better enable them to study and
maintain the important links between uplands and salt marsh estuaries to the coastal zone.
The Georgia Coastal Research Council provides mechanisms for improved scientific
exchange between coastal scientists and decision makers in the State of Georgia and promotes
the incorporation of best-available scientific information into State and local resource
management. Funds from the National Endowment for the Oceans would be applied for coastal
restoration and protection. By supporting the Research Council, we help to ensure the protection
of the environmental integrity of the area through their regional planning programs in response to
marsh dieback and projects assessing water quality from increased storm intensity and runoff
effects. Funding would support their overall mission and restoration efforts by allowing the
Research Council to research practical solutions to environmental issues through aquaculture
programs and shellfish conservation.
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Georgia Sea Turtle Center
214 Stable Road,
Jekyll Island, Georgia 31527
http://www.georgiaseaturtlecenter.org/
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Hospital for ill and injured sea turtles and coastal research center, opened 2007
Research
o Integrates the fields of Ecology, Wildlife Health, and Environmental Education
o Directly center on conservation and developing the management tools needed for the
persistence of the native wildlife populations
 Focus on nesting loggerhead sea turtles (Caretta caretta)
 Nest monitoring
 Saturation tagging
 Human impact assessments
 Regional genetics study led by University of Georgia researchers
o Diamondback terrapin (Malaclemys terrapin) road mortality conservation program
 Jekyll Island, established 2007
o Georgia SEANET Program
 Monitors marine bird health and disease along the coast
o Field Ecology
 Nest Monitoring and Saturation Tagging
 Beach Lighting
 Human impact studies
 Wildlife Baseline Assessments
o Wildlife Health
 Nutritional analysis of the diet of loggerhead sea turtles
 Surveillance of the health and diseases of marine birds through participation
in the SEAnet program
 Oil Spill in the Gulf of Mexico and the effects of crude oil on sea turtle
ecology, physiology, etc.
 Satellite Tagging and Telemetry
 Disabled Turtle Syndrome
 Critical Care and Emergency Medicine in Rehabilitation
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University of Georgia Marine Institute
1 Turkey Fountain Way
Sapelo Island, GA 31327
http://ugami.uga.edu/
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Founded 1953
Programs and Facilities
o Georgia Coastal Ecosystems Long Term Ecology Research Foundation (LTER)
 http://gce-lter.marsci.uga.edu/public/research/research.htm
 Member of NSF Long Term Ecological Research Network, established 2000
 Understand the mechanisms by which variation in the quality, source and
amount of both fresh and salt water create temporal and spatial variability in
estuarine habitats and processes, in order to predict directional changes that
will occur in response to long-term shifts in estuarine salinity patterns
 Study domain encompasses three adjacent sounds (Altamaha, Doboy, Sapelo)
on the coast of Georgia
 upland (mainland, barrier islands, marsh hammocks) habitats
 intertidal (fresh, brackish and salt marsh) habitats
 submerged (river, estuary, continental shelf) habitats
 Research Areas
 Salt Marsh Herbivores
 Sea Level Rise
 Nitrogen to the Coast
 Microbes and Nitrogen
 Abundance and genetic diversity of larvae variance from inland to
offshore
 Long-term patterns of environmental forcing to the coastal zone
 Spatial and temporal patterns of biogeochemical processes, primary
production, community dynamics, decomposition, and disturbance
variance across the estuarine landscape
 Underlying mechanisms by which the freshwater-saltwater gradient
drives ecosystem change along the longitudinal axis of an estuary
 Relative importance of larval transport versus the conditions of the
adult environment in determining community and genetic structure
across both the longitudinal and lateral gradients of the estuarine
landscape
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o Sapelo Island Microbial Observatory
 http://simo.marsci.uga.edu/
 Study the fate of terrestrial and marine-derived dissolved organic matter in the
coastal ocean through a focus on bacterial community gene expression
patterns
 Funded by NSF, 2007
 Current Research
 Seasonal Surveys of bacterioplankton community gene expression
using direct mRNA retrieval and sequencing (metatranscriptomics)
 Identification of bacterial functional assemblages driving marine
carbon cycling using flow cytometric cell sorting and targeted DNA
sequencing
 Seasonal surveys of bacterial and archaeal diversity by deep
sequencing of amplified 16S rRNA genes
 Statistical and bioinformatic tool development for environmental
sequence analysis
 Microarray-based studies of metabolism of carbon cycle-relevant
compounds by model bacterioplankton
o Sapelo Island National Estuarine Research Reserve
 http://www.sapelonerr.org/
 Dedicated to research, education, stewardship, and sound management of
coastal resources in Georgia
 Focus on the natural, cultural, and historical resources of Sapelo Island
and the Duplin River estuary
 Administered by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
(NOAA), managed by Georgia Department of Natural Resources, Wildlife
Resources Division
 Research
 Promote and provide support for coastal environment, specifically
estuarine, research efforts within the NERR System and the SINERR
 Representatives of University of Georgia Marine Institute, University
of Georgia School of Marine Programs, Skidaway Institute of
Oceanography, University of Georgia Marine Extension Program,
Georgia Tech, and Georgia Southern University are among those
pursuing research on the Reserve
 Habitat restoration
 Oyster reef ecological studies
 Invasive species monitoring
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Participates in the Georgia Coastal Ecosystems Long Term Ecological
Research program
 Involved with the development of International Ocean Observing
Systems efforts
 Monitoring
o Water quality, nutrient, and weather
o National Atmospheric Deposition Program
Stewardship – long-term protection of natural resources
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Skidaway Institute of Oceanography
10 Ocean Science Circle
Savannah, GA 31411
http://www.skio.usg.edu/
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Multidisciplinary research institution within the University System
created in 1967 by a commission of the Georgia General Assembly
Overall research goals
o Provide research results and modeling tools that can be used to assess alternative
management strategies for mitigating impacts of eutrophication, to maintain
environmental quality, biodiversity, and healthy ecosystem function
Funding is project based from NSF, NOAA, Sea Grant, respective universities and
institutions
Research Areas
o Biological Oceanography
 Black Seabass
 Aquaculture
 Mariculture
 Nitrogen cycle effects on arctic climate in Barrow, Alaska
 Coastal ecosystem health
 Georgia estuaries
 Preventative, diagnostic, and prognostic aspects of ecosystem
management
 Provide research results and modeling tools that can be used to assess
alternative management strategies for mitigating impacts of
eutrophication, to maintain environmental quality, biodiversity, and
healthy ecosystem function
 Georgia Oyster Watch
o Interrelationships of chemical and microbial indicators, and
initiating an environmental observation system for coastal
Georgia
 Marine Diseases
 Primary focus has been on hematodinium disease in blue crabs
 Marine food webs
 Research focus on the roles that bacteria, metazoan, and protozoan
zooplankton play in these processes, respectively
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Molecular Biology
 Focus project on Molecular Approaches for In Situ Studies of Nitrate
Utilization by Marine Bacteria
 Management of zebra mussel
o Developing a molecular approach for the detection of zebra
mussel larvae in diverse environments
 Skidaway River Monitoring Program (SRiMP)
 Since 1986
 Maintained a time series observation dataset of hydrography, nutrients,
phytoplankton, heterotrophic microbial communities,
mesozooplankton, representative gelatinous nekton, and dissolved
oxygen as well as meterological data
 Toxicology
 Assess the genotoxicity (DNA strand breaks - Comet assay) and
embryotoxicity of sediments
 Urban runoff and Oxygen dynamics on salt marsh platforms
 Phytoplankton and Zooplankton ecology
o Chemical Oceanography
 Organic biogeochemistry
 Reactivity of organic matter in aquatic environments by examining the
molecular and isotopic composition of lipids in rivers, lakes and
oceans
 Optical (UV-visible absorbance, fluorescence)
 Isotopic (d13C, D13C)
 Structural (Fourier transform infrared and nuclear magnetic resonance)
 Molecular (high resolution mass spectrometry and biomarkers)
 Tracked through time in rivers, glaciers, sediments, the open ocean,
and at hydrothermal vents
 Global ecology
 Focus on determining the mechanisms controlling the flow of C, N,
and P in ecosystems, from extremely large basin-wide scales to
nanoscales
o Geological Oceanography
 Processes and products of sedimentation, dominantly in the fine-grained
environments of estuarine, coastal and continental margin regions
 Biogeoscience
 Interactions between biologically reactive elements and organisms
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Arsenic Biogeochemistry in Oceanic Surface Waters
COASTES – Ecological Complexity to Predicting Effects of Multiple
Stressors on Coastal Systems
o Multidisciplinary program, funded by the National
Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration, designed to
improve the understanding of the effects of multiple stressors
in coastal systems and the role that the complexity of natural
systems plays in influencing responses to anthropogenic stress
o Focus on Patuxent River and Chesapeake Bay
 Sedimentatology
o Physical Oceanography
 Circulation in the open ocean, on continental shelves and in estuaries, and the
processes and forces affecting that circulation
 Gulf Stream variability
 Transport and mixing in shallow coastal waters and estuaries
 Shelf circulation and deep ocean western boundary currents
 Coastal ocean optics and observatories
 Coastal physics
 Accounting for Circulation Complexities in Georgia Estuaries
o Estuarine circulation
 The competing effects of density and tidally-driven circulation in estuaries
 The Salinity Response of a Shallow Coastal Plain Estuary to River Discharge ,
the Spring-Neap Cycle and Coastal Winds
o Estuarine-ocean exchange
 Processes that govern exchange of water between estuaries and oceans
 Competition and Lateral Distribution of Tide- and Discharge- Induced Flows
in a Coastal Lagoon with Multiple Inlets
o Larval transport
 Circulation that affects the transport of larvae on the continental shelf and in
estuaries
o South Atlantic Bight Synoptic Offshore Observational Network (SABSOON)
 Real-time observational network developed on the U.S. Southeastern
continental shelf
o Tidal asymmetry
 Factors that distort tidal currents in estuaries and tidal creeks
 Spatial Variability in Tidal Current Asymmetry in a Shallow Tidal Creek
Programs
o Benthic Observatory and Technology Testbed on the Mid Shelf – Understanding
Processes (BOTTOMS-UP)
 http://www.skio.usg.edu/?p=research/phy/bottomsup/bottomsup
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Benthic Observatory
Characterize the seabed response to physical forces acting across a spectrum
of time scales
 The frequency, intensity, and timing of energetic events are detected within
the water column, and their manifestation within the BBL
o Coastal Oceans Processes (CoOP)
 Coastal benthic exchange dynamics
 Benthic Boundary Layer Geochemistry and Physics at the Kilo Nalu
Observatory
 Integrated Benthic Exchange Dynamics: Further Development of the
Eddy Correlation Technique
 Multi-Disciplinary Benthic Exchange Dynamics
 Buoyancy-driven transport processes
 River Influences on Shelf Ecosystems
 Lagrangian Transport and Transformation Experiment
 Wind-driven transport processes
 Coastal Ocean Advances in Shelf Transport
 Wind Events in Shelf Transport
o Ossabaw Barrier Island Observatory
 Establishing a network of sensor packages linked by radio transmission to
provide real-time visual and data on environmental processes occurring on
and around a undeveloped barrier island along the coast of Georgia
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Georgia Institute of Technology
310 Ferst Dr.
Atlanta, Georgia 30332
http://www.biology.gatech.edu/index.php
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School of Biology Priest Landing Marine Facility
o Research Areas
 Marine chemical ecology
 Marine ecology
 Coastal ecology
 Behavioral processes
 Marine molecular microbiology
 Algae and zooplankton
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Georgia Coastal Research Council
Marine Sciences Building
The University of Georgia
Athens, GA 30602-3636 USA
http://www.gcrc.uga.edu/index.htm
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Mechanisms for improved scientific exchange between coastal scientists and decision makers
in the State of Georgia
Promote the incorporation of best-available scientific information into State and local
resource management by providing unbiased, objective information about scientific issues
Receives funding from NOAA, Georgia Sea Grant, Georgia Coastal Resources Division,
NSF, Georgia Coastal Ecosystems LTER
Research focus areas
o Regional planning
 Delineate the coastal research needs of the southeast region and implement a
plan to address them
o Marsh dieback
 Investigate causes and extent of saltmarsh vegetation thinning along the
Georgia coast
o Coastal water quality
 Including freshwater inflow
 Watershed assessments
 Coastal water quality indicators
 Dissolved Nitrogen concentrations in the Altahama River Estuary
 Southeast Coastal Water Quality Metadata Project
o Marsh hammocks
 Coastal uplands also known as back-barrier islands
o Coastal stakeholder issues
 Works with The Coastal Resources Division (CRD) of the Georgia
Department of Natural Resources
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Georgia Aquarium
225 Baker Street NW
Atlanta, GA 30313
http://www.georgiaaquarium.org/
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World’s largest Aquarium, opened 2005
“Georgia Aquarium provides an entertaining, engaging and educational experience inspiring
stewardship in conservation, research and the appreciation for the animal world."
Research Projects and Programs
o Whale sharks
 Partners include Mexican government. Mote Marine Laboratory, University of
South Florida, Georgia State University, Emory University, Georgia Institute
of Technology
 Satellite and visual tags
 Growth, behavior, health and genetics
 Project Domino – Consortium led by the Mexican Department of Protected
Areas
 Studies, monitors, conserves whale sharks in Quintana Roo
o Belugas
 Partners in the National Marine Fisheries Service
 Health assessments for beluga whales in Alaska in 2008
 Understanding nutrition and research on whales in Bristol Bay relative to the
population in Cook Inlet
 Belugas’ diet based on stable isotopes in their blood and biopsies
 Test for any exposure to pollution
o Dolphins
 Conservation Field Station, St. Augustine, FL
 Veterinary care, rehabilitation, and release of dolphins
o Coral Restoration
 Partnership with the Coral Restoration Foundation (CRF) in the Upper Florida
Keys
 Restore Staghorn (Acropora cervicornis) and Elkhorn (Acropora palmata)
corals using ocean-based aquaculture nurseries and transplantation
methodologies
o Penguins
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partnered with non-profit wildlife rehabilitation group The Southern African
Foundation for the Conservation of Coastal Birds
 health of free-ranging African penguins, Namibia, South Africa
Manatees
 Heavy metal contamination in manatee populations in Quintana Roo
Turtle nesting
 Rehabilitate and release loggerhead sea turtles back into their natural habitats
 Satellite tagging for turtles
Spotted eagle rays
 Partnership with Shark Research group at Mote Marine Laboratory
 Population size, make-up and movements near Sarasota, FL
Right whales – Georgia’s State Mammal!
 Partner with scientists from Woods Hole
 Monitor right whale populations
Veterinary Research – Correll Center for Aquatic Animal Health
 surgery suite, commissary, scrub rooms, life support and maintenance tech
rooms, pathology records room, water quality lab, treatment and quarantine
space, and diagnostic lab
4R Program – rescue, rehabilitation, research and responsibility
 beluga whales, loggerhead sea turtles, coral reef, sea otters and dolphins
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Georgia Department of Natural Resources
2 Martin Luther King, Jr. Drive, S. E., Suite 1252
East Tower
Atlanta, GA 30334
http://www.gadnr.org/
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Management and conservation of Georgia’s natural and cultural resources
Five Divisions that have statutory authority over the management and protection of Georgia’s
natural and cultural resources
o Coastal Resources Division
 http://coastalgadnr.org/
 Administers permitting programs under the Coastal Marshlands Protection
Act and Shore Protection Act
 Revocable licenses for use of state-owned water bottoms
 Monitors coastal water quality
 Manages shellfish harvest areas
o Generating Enchanced Oyster Reefs in Georgia's Inshore Areas
(GEORGIA)
o The Southeast Aquatic Resources Partnership (SARP)
 Regional collaboration of natural resource and science
agencies, conservation organizations and private
interests
 Management and development activities associated with recreational
and commercial fishery resources
 Represents Georgia on regional marine fishery boards and
commissions
 Builds boat ramps, artificial reefs, and fishing piers
 Conducts research
o Georgia Coastal Management Program
 Water quality monitoring
o Sustainability Program
 http://www.gasustainability.org/
o Environmental Protection Division
 http://www.georgiaepd.org/
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Ossabaw Island Foundation
305 Fahm Street
Savannah, GA 31401
http://www.ossabawisland.org/
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Operate through a use agreement with the State of Georgia
o administered through the Department of Natural Resources
Funded through private donations, grants, and program fees
Independently, and with The Ossabaw Island Education Alliance, assist outside entities in
securing grants for education, research, historic preservation, culture, science and other
activities on or related to Ossabaw Island
o Ossabaw Island Education Alliance brings colleges and universities to study and for
cultural and scientific programs and resources for students, teachers, researchers in
science, ecology, and history, and other educators engaged in active learning
experiences
Research Projects
o Sea Turtle Research
 Nest monitoring
o Climatology
o Barrier Island Observatory
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Mississippi
Contents
Institutions and Programs
9. Gulf Coast Research Laboratory at the University of Southern Mississippi
 Anadromous Fish Project
 Center for Fisheries Research and Development
 Aquatic Research Consortium
 Coastal Ecosystems Group
 Marine Microbiology Group
 Shoemaker Toxicology Lab
 Gulf of Mexico Aquaculture Park
 Beach Monitoring Project
 Mississippi Shellfish Sanitation Program
10. US Marine Shrimp Farming Program
11. NOAA Southeast Fisheries Science Center, Mississippi Laboratories
 SRiMP
 BOTTOMS-UP
 CoOP
 Ossabaw Barrier Island Observatory
12. Institute for Marine Mammal Studies
Other Organizations
13. Mississippi Department of Marine Resources
 The Grand Bay national Estuarine Research Reserve
 Coastal Preserves Program
14. Gulf States Marine Fisheries Commission
 Interjurisdictional Fishery Program
 SEAMAP
 Sport Fish Restoration Administrative Program
 Aquatic Nuisance Species Program
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Recommendations
An eligible use of the National Endowment for the Oceans funding is the analyses of, and
planning for, current and anticipated uses of the ocean and coastal areas. The Gulf Coast
Research Laboratory at the University of Southern Mississippi is renowned as a leader in marine
and coastal research in the Gulf Coast especially in regards to aquaculture and restoration.
Supporting the GCRL Anadromous Fish Project, Center for Fisheries Research and
Development, or Marine Aquaculture research programs would greatly benefit the planning for
and managing coastal resources and preserving critical ecosystem services. Supporting the
GCRL will best enable their efforts in increasing the sustainability and the functionality of the
livelihood in the gulf coast ecosystem and maintaining regional, sub-regional, and site-specific
resources.
The Mississippi Department of Marine Resources focuses on the protection and
conservation of the natural coastal habitat. The National Endowment for the Oceans could
support the Department’s restoration and conservation efforts through their Coastal Preserves
Program. An eligible use of the Endowment is the analyses of and planning for current and
anticipated uses of the ocean and coastal areas. The Department’s Gulf Ecological Management
Site program identifies and manages the area’s most suitable for various types of classes and
activities, while their research focuses on compatible restoration and preservation to protect
critical ecosystem services to meet ecological, environmental, security and social objectives.
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Gulf Coast Research Laboratory at the University of Southern Mississippi
703 East Beach Drive
Ocean Springs, MS 39564
http://www.usm.edu/gcrl/index.php
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o Anadromous Fish (Striped Bass) Project
 Designed to re-introduce striped bass into local waters
 Funded through the Anadromous Fish Act of 1965
 “to conserve and enhance America’s fisheries for salmon, shad, striped
bass and other anadromous fish that live in the sea or Great Lakes and
migrate up streams to spawn” – DOI
 The project has continued since 1967 without interruption
 In 2005, Hurricane Katrina destroyed all of the project facilities at the Gulf
Coast Research Laboratory – Cedar Point site
 Funding from the National Marine Fisheries Service and the Fish and Wildlife
Service
 Partnerships with local sport fishers and state agencies are being developed in
preparation for reestablishing and accelerating the stocking program
o Center for Fisheries Research and Development
 Biological research on marine recreational and commercial fishery resources
 Collaborate with Mississippi Department of Marine Resources
 Provide to the Department of Marine Resources biological information critical
to the assessment and management of the state’s marine recreational and
commercial fisheries
o Marine Aquaculture – developing technologies for environmentally sustainable
approaches to marine aquaculture and marine stock enhancement
 Aquaculture of Cobia Rachycentron canadum in Closed Systems, 1993
 Funding partner The National Sea Grant College Program
 Marine Shrimp Aquaculture, 1985
 Red Snapper Aquaculture
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Culture of Spotted Seatrout for a Pilot Stocking Program, 2004
 Tidelands Trust Funds administered by the Mississippi Department of
Marine Resources
Marine Ecology – assessing and predicting changes in marine and coastal ecosystems
 Identification and Characterization of Spotted Seatrout Spawning Habitat in
Two Mississippi Estuaries: Biloxi Bay and Grand Bay - Utilizing passive
acoustics to understand spawning site selection
 Regional Native Plant Nursery for Habitat Restoration
 Partners with the Mississippi Department of Marine Resources
 Funded by the Mississippi Coastal Impact Assistance Program,
administered by the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality
 Seagrass Indicators Development
 Whale Shark Research in the Northern Gulf of Mexico, 2006
Landscape Ecology – examining ecosystem dynamics and spatial variation under
disturbances such as hurricanes, oil spills, land cover/land use changes, and climate
change
Marine Pathology – investigating the infectious diseases of wild and farmed marine
organisms
 Shrimp Disease Research
Aquatic Research Consortium
 Marine Toxicology – investigating the environmental health of living coastal
and ocean resources
Coastal Ecosystems Group
 Research areas
 Botany of saltmarshes, submerged aquatic vegetation, seagrasses and
marine algae
 Benthic ecology both soft sediment and hard bottom environments
including oyster reefs
 Life history and ecophysiology of fishes in relation to coastal gradients
 Marine fungi and decomposers of coastal vegetation.
 Hydrology and biogeochemical cycling of nutrients
 Restoration of coastal habitats including saltmarshes, seagrasses, and
oyster reefs
Marine Microbiology Group
 Research areas
 Bacteriology
 Virology
 Mycology
 Parasitology
 Phycology
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Planktology
Population ecology
Remote sensing of coastal aquatic systems
Chemical and physical oceanography as they relate to the fields above
Role of marine fungi in estuarine function, restoration success, and
assessment
Use of remote sensing and molecular detection to predict the risk of
infection Vibrio parahaemolyticus (human pathogen) and other
pathogenic vibrios
Ecology and epidemiology of parasites and pathogens of marine
organisms
Phylogenetic relationships among human and animal pathogens found
in marine and coastal environments
Animal models of bacterial infection
Mechanisms and detection of antimicrobial resistance
Research in biology and systematics, diagnosis and disease
management, pathogenesis, host-parasite relationships that are relevant
to a wide array of agents including viruses, bacteria, fungi, and
numerous protozoan and metazoan groups
Taxonomic and systematic studies of digeneans, nematodes,
myxosporans, coccidians, microsporans and haplosporans
Biogeochemical cycling of carbon and nutrients in coastal ecosystems,
especially nitrogen dynamics in surface waters of the Mississippi
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Investigation of the outwelling of organic matter from terrestrial
watersheds and wetlands
Remote sensing technology used to predict densities of marine
organisms and to understand marine and coastal habitats
Facilities
o Shoemaker Toxicology Lab
 In continuous operation since the 1970's
 Supported during this time with grants, contracts, and cooperative agreements
from state, federal, and local government agencies, academic institutions, and
private industry
 Central facility devoted entirely to animal husbandry and exposure activities
o Gulf of Mexico Marine Aquaculture Park
 Develop and transfer technology for management agencies, stock
enhancement, and the commercial development of Gulf of Mexico marine
species
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Facilitate the maturation, broodstock-rearing, marine shrimp grow-out, and
finfish grow-out processes
 Focuses of research and development
 Culture of marine shrimp
 Culture of Gulf marine fishes (cobia, spotted sea trout, red drum, red
snapper, striped bass, southern flounder, tripletail)
 Culture of marine invertebrates (shrimp, clams, oysters, crabs)
 Culture of marine algae
 Health and genetics
Beach Monitoring Project
o Since 1997, year round
o Works with Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality
o Assess the water quality of the bathing beaches of the Mississippi Gulf Coast
 GCRL provides field and analytical support only. GCRL is not associated
with management decisions regarding beach closure
Mississippi Shellfish Sanitation Program
o Since 1987, under the National Shellfish Sanitation Program
o Works with Mississippi Department of Marine Resources
Marine Education Center – education and outreach arm
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U.S. Marine Shrimp Farming Program
41-202 Kalanianaole Highway
Waimanalo, HI 96795 USA
http://usmsfp.org/
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Formed as congressional initiative, 1984
o Identify and solve problems which constrain the profitability and expansion of the
U.S. marine shrimp farming industry
Sponsored by USDA/NIFA
Allows leading investigators and their institutions, working in partnership with industry, to
engage in projects directed at developing profitable and environmentally sustainable shrimp
farming
o Member Institutions: University of Southern Mississippi, Gulf Coast Research
Laboratory; Oceanic Institute; Tufts University; the South Carolina Department of
Natural Resources, Waddell Mariculture Center; Texas AgriLife Research
Mariculture Laboratory, Texas A&M System,; the University of Arizona; and
Nicholls State University
Research
o Shrimp genetic improvement, including selection for fast growth and viral resistance
o Molecular immunology, including the characterization of shrimp hemocytes
o Disease research, including developing diagnostic tools, conducting disease
challenges, and providing disease diagnostic services
o Shrimp production, such as Recirculating Aquaculture System management and feeds
development
o Solid waste disposal issues and on characterization/control of pathogenic bacteria
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NOAA Southeast Fisheries Science Center, Mississippi Laboratory
3209 Frederic Street
Pascagoula, MS 39567
Stennis Space Center, MS 39529
http://www.sefsc.noaa.gov/labs/mississippi/
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Established in 1950 under the Department of Interior as a Bureau of Commercial Fisheries
field station. In 1970, the laboratory was transferred to the Department of Commerce,
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Marine Fisheries Service
Resource Surveys
o Groundfish Surveys – Monitor inter-annual estimates of relative abundance for
demersal species occurring in the northern and western Gulf of Mexico
 Shrimp and bottomfish surveys
 Since 1950s
 SouthEast Area Monitoring and Assessment Program (SEAMAP) first
used in 1982, has been used ever since
 Red Snapper, Grey Triggerfish, Vermilion Snapper, Greater
Amberjack, Mackerel (King and Spanish), Sharks (several species),
Shrimp (brown, pink, and white)
o Longline Surveys – conduct longline surveys to monitor interannual variability of
shark populations of the Atlantic coast and the Gulf of Mexico
 Sharks are tagged
o Marine Mammal Surveys – assess the stock structure, distribution and abundance of
marine mammals in the U.S. Atlantic, Gulf of Mexico, and Caribbean Sea
 Large-scale surveys – utilize ships and aircraft
 Visual sampling
 Passive Acoustic Monitoring
 Sperm whale dive interval protocol
 Biopsy sampling
 Smaller scale surveys – utilize small vessels
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 Photographic Identification
 Biopsy sampling
o Plankton Surveys – Sample fish eggs, larvae and juveniles, their zooplankton
predators and prey, and measure the physical properties of their pelagic habitat in
order to provide a time series of fishery-independent estimates of relative abundance,
as well as, ecosystem-relevant data on early life history and ecology, habitat, and
recruitment characteristics of both fishery and non-fishery species
 SEAMAP Plankton Sampling – State and Federal Cooperative Research
Program
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 Larval Indices
 Tuna Spawning and Larval Habitat Studies
 Ichthyoplankton (fish eggs and larvae) of the Gulf of Mexico
 Expanding Plankton Sampling
 Primary Production
 Invertebrate Zooplankton
o Reef Fish Surveys – provide an index of the relative abundances of fish species
associated with topographic features (banks, ledges) located on the continental shelf
of the Gulf of Mexico in the area from Brownsville, Texas to Dry Tortugas, Florida
Harvesting Systems Unit – research into critical problems of fisheries resource management
as it relates to commercial and recreational fishing gear
o Provide national fisheries gear engineering support in the development, fisherydependent assessment and implementation of more efficient and environmentally
friendly fishing gear
o Research accomplishments
 Development and standardization of resource survey sampling gears including
a quantified efficiency value (q) for a sampling trawl
 Development of SCUBA diving and photographic techniques for fishing and
sampling systems evaluations;
Development, evaluation, certification, and national and international
technology transfer of turtle excluder devices (TEDs) for trawling gear
 Publishing the first comprehensive summary of commercial shrimp trawl
designs employed in the Southeastern U.S.
 Development of trawling gear and techniques for sampling and harvesting
coastal pelagic fish in the Gulf of Mexico
 Development, assessment and technology transfer of bycatch reduction
devices (BRDs) to reduce finfish bycatch in shrimp trawls
 Development of artificial reefs as refuge for juvenile red snapper
 Development of selective seine gear for the catfish aquaculture industry
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Development, testing and national and international technology transfer of
new selective longline gear to reduce pelagic longline bycatch of endangered
sea turtles and other bycatch species
 Development of modified gear and techniques for reducing sea turtle
interactions in gill nets
Response to resource management, environmental, and utilization needs
o By design inherently responsive to various legislative and fishing industry needs
o Seafood sampling by NOAA in response to the BP/Gulf Oil Spill
 NOAA Seafood Inspection Program
 Under authority in the 1946 Agricultural Marketing Act
 Fee-for-service basis
NOAA Southeast Fisheries Science Center All Labs Collaborative Research Areas/Projects –
NC, TX, LA, FL, MS
o Fishing quotas
o Interviews with fishermen
o Invasive/Exotic species
o Larval fish research
o Marine mammal research
 Photo ID
 Aerial and ship surveys
o Pelagic observers
o Reef fish assessments and monitoring
o Research expeditions
o Sea turtles
o Stock assessments
o Social science research
 Economics
 Socio-cultural
o Tagging
o Habitat science
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The Institute for Marine Mammal Studies
10801 Dolphin Lane
Gulfport, MS 39503
http://www.imms.org/index.php
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Non-profit organization, established in 1984
o purposes of public education, conservation, and research on marine mammals in the
wild and under human care
Participant of the National Stranding Network
Research
o Conducted studies in cooperation with scientists from the University of Southern
Mississippi, Mississippi State University, Oklahoma State University, Portland State
University, University of Miami, University of California, Berkeley, National Marine
Fisheries Service, Naval Ocean Systems Center, Naval Research Laboratory, Jackson
State University and Louisiana State University
o Assessments of population dynamics of wild bottlenose dolphins
 Habitat use and population structure patterns of bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops
truncatus) in the Mississippi Sound and adjacent waters
 Genetic diversity of bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) in the
Mississippi Sound and adjacent waters
 Long-term monitoring of Atlantic bottlenose dolphin population abundance in
the Mississippi Sound
o Medical studies
 Etiology and treatment of certain diseases of dolphins
 Parasites as indicators of bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) health and
biology
 Epidemiological study of hemosiderosis (iron storage disease) in a captive
population of Atlantic bottlenose dolphins
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The impact of long-term storage of the fish fed to dolphins - changes in food
composition, blood chemistry, and systemic immune fxn
 Development of a non-invasive approach to detect gastric ulcers in dolphins
 Evaluating the role of dietary supplementation on iron absorption in the
Atlantic bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus)
 Study to measure baseline levels of immunoglobulin classes in captive
dolphins
Behavioral studies
 Emphasis on understanding how observed behaviors can be applied to better
manage populations in the wild.
 The effects of human activity on the behavior of free-ranging dolphins
(Tursiops truncatus) in the Mississippi Sound
 Does participation in dolphin-interaction programs affect the behavior of
bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus)?
Communicative capacities of dolphins
 Recognition of gestural cues across the senses of echolocation and vision in
the bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus)
 The correlation of Atlantic bottlenose dolphin acoustic signatures with their
observed behavior and ambient noise conditions
Dolphin and sea lion self-awareness
Social development and social interaction in bottlenose dolphins
Comparing the capacity for relational learning in various species
 Mother-calf interactions among captive dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) during
the first year of life: A developmental perspective
Ambient noise measurements in and around the Gulfport, MS harbor and its potential
influence on marine mammals
Anthropogenic noise in the Mississippi Sound; sources, monitoring and the potential
impact on resident bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus)
Bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) food habits in the Northern Gulf of Mexico
Age and growth of bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) in the Mississippi Sound
and adjacent Gulf of Mexico waters
Evaluating trends and causes of mortality for stranded Atlantic bottlenose dolphins
(Tursiops truncatus) in the Mississippi Sound
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Mississippi Department of Marine Resources
1141 Bayview Ave
Biloxi MS, 39532
http://www.dmr.ms.gov/home
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Formed by the Mississippi Legislature, 1994
Separate governing agency to enhance, protect and conserve marine interests of the state
o Manage all marine life, public trust wetlands, adjacent uplands and waterfront areas,
and provide for the balanced commercial, recreational, educational and economic
uses of these resources consistent with environmental concerns and social changes
The Grand Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve
o http://grandbaynerr.org/
o Local, state and federal partnership, established 1999
o Promote estuarine research and education within Mississippi's Coastal Zone and its
adjacent ecosystems
Coastal Preserves Program – Preserve, conserve, restore, and manage Mississippi's coastal
ecosystems to perpetuate their natural characteristics, features, ecological integrity, social,
economic and aesthetic values for future benefit
o Developed 1992 by Wetlands Protection Act
o Acquire, protect, and manage sensitive coastal wetland habitats along the Mississippi
Gulf Coast
o Gulf Ecological Management Site
 Program developed by the EPA and Gulf of Mexico Foundation
 Research support for the sites in the Coastal Preserves Program and
restoration projectes
o Research Goals
 Restore, enhance, protect, and manage Mississippi's remaining coastal
estuarine marsh ecosystems
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Protect and preserve habitat of any rare, threatened, or endangered species of
plants and animals present on Coastal Preserves
Promote increased opportunities for public appreciation and enjoyment of
Mississippi’s coastal estuarine wetlands that are compatible with protecting,
preserving, and enhancing the natural resources
Monitor populations of non-indigenous species and protect native species
from deleterious effects of non-indigenous species
Contribute to the viability and natural biodiversity of coastal estuarine marsh
ecosystems through management
Develop coastal preserve management strategies that foster improved
coordination among federal, state, and local entities with jurisdiction and
interests in coastal wetland protection
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Gulf States Marine Fisheries Commission
2404 Government St
Ocean Springs, MS 39564
http://www.gsmfc.org/#:links@1:content@2
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Compact of the 5 gulf states established by act of Congress (P.L. 81-66), 1949
o Three members from each of the five Gulf States
Promote better utilization of the fisheries, marine, shell and anadromous, of the seaboard of
the Gulf of Mexico, by the development of a joint program for the promotion and protection
of such fisheries and the prevention of the physical waste of the fisheries from any cause
Empowered to make recommendations to the states are based on scientific studies made by
experts employed by state and federal resource agencies
o And advice from law enforcement officials and the commercial and recreational
fishing industries
o states do not relinquish any of their rights or responsibilities in regulating their own
fisheries
Funded through dues from its member states, federal grants and special contracts
Coordination and administration for cooperative state/federal programs regarding marine
fisheries resources
Research Programs
o Interjurisdictional Fishery Program
 Develop management plans for transboundary stocks that migrate freely
through state and federal jurisdictions
 Evolved from Commercial Fisheries Research and Development Act of 1965
 Amended as The Interjurisdictional Fisheries Act (IFA) of 1986
 Funding under the Act supports states' monitoring and assessment
programs and other research efforts to gauge the health of various
commercially and recreationally important fish stocks
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Funding for the three marine interstate commissions to develop and
revise interjurisdictional FMPs that are used by the states to enact
appropriate management strategies with conservation standards that
will maintain fishable stocks throughout the Gulf of Mexico
 Research efforts for inshore and nearshore species, such as spotted seatrout,
striped mullet, blue crabs, and oysters
Southeast Area Monitoring and Assessment Program (SEAMAP)
 State/federal/university program for the collection, management and
dissemination of fishery-independent data and information
 SEAMAP-Gulf of Mexico, 1981, SEAMAP-South Atlantic, 1983 and
SEAMAP-Caribbean, 1988
 Planning and conducting surveys and information dissemination in accordance
with administrative policies and guidelines cooperatively established by the
GSMFC and the National Marine Fisheries Service's Southeast Regional
Office
 Funding allocations to participants are administered through State/Federal
cooperative agreements, managed by NMFS Southeast Regional Office and
the Southeast Fisheries Science Center, NMFS
Sport Fish Restoration Administrative Program
 Designed to provide coordination of the recreational fisheries programs
 Established by The Federal Aid in Sport Fish Restoration Act, 1950
 Provides funding for fisheries work important to the states
Aquatic Nuisance Species Program
 Identifying and monitoring aquatic invasive nuisance species
Habitat Program
 Joint program between the Gulf States Marine Fisheries Commission and the
Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council
 Coordinate work involved in identifying and characterizing habitat in
order to avoid duplication of effort and to take advantage of the
combined resources of state and federal agencies
 Reviewing projects that affect habitat throughout the Gulf of Mexico region
 Council’s Habitat Protection Advisory Panels or the Council’s Habitat
Protection Committee
Fisheries Information Network
 Consists of the Commercial Fisheries Information Network and the
Recreational Fisheries Information Network
 State-federal cooperative program
 cooperative programs to plan and effect the collection, management,
and dissemination of statistical data and information
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Provide sound scientific information on catch, effort, and participation that
managers need to prudently conserve and manage marine commercial
fisheries resources
 Current research operational activities
 Coordination and Administration of FIN Activities
 Collecting, Managing and Disseminating Marine Recreational
 Head Boat Port Sampling in Texas and Florida
 Gulf Menhaden Port Sampling
 Operation of FIN Data Management System
 Trip Ticket Program Implementation and Operation
 Biological Sampling
o Fisheries Economic Data Program
 Administers specific economic data collection projects throughout the 5
member states
Fisheries Enforcement
Emergency Disaster Recovery Program
o Funded by Congress, 2006
 5 year initiative
o Aid in the rehabilitation and recovery of marine fisheries in the Gulf of Mexico
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New Hampshire
Contents
Institutions and Programs
15. University of New Hampshire
 Sea Grant College Program
 Piscataqua Region Estuaries Partnership
 Cooperative Institute for Coastal and Estuarine Environmental Technology
 Center for Coastal Ocean Mapping/Joint Hydrographic Center
 Cooperative Institute of New England Mariculture and Fisheries/
Open Ocean Aquaculture Demonstration Project
 Northeast Consortium
 UNH Center for Excellence in Coastal Ocean Observation and Analysis
 Ocean Process Analysis Laboratory
 Hubbard Center for Genome Studies
 Water Systems Analysis Group
 Marine Debris Research
Other Organizations
16. New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services Coastal Program
17. Great Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve
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Recommendations
An eligible use of the National Endowment for the Oceans funding is research,
assessment, monitoring, observation, modeling, and sharing of information that contributes to the
understanding of the ocean and coastal ecosystems. The Marine Program at the University of
New Hampshire serves to integrate marine research with public service such as conservation and
restoration. Funding UNH’s Sea Grant College Program serves as a catalyst for marine research
activities. Supporting UNH’s Ocean Process Analysis Laboratory and their Cooperative Institute
of New England Mariculture and Fisheries/Open Ocean Aquaculture Demonstration Project
would also be beneficial for restoration, protection, and maintenance of living ocean resources
and ensure analyses of and planning for, uses of these resources. The Endowment can be used for
ocean and coastal restoration and protection in the face of increasing marine debris from the
land, estuaries, and sea through their Marine Debris Research Program.
The New Hampshire Coastal Program would be eligible for funding from the National
Endowment for the Oceans to plan for and manage coastal development and anticipated uses of
the ocean and coastal environments. In reaction to sea level rise and ocean acidification along
with increased contaminants from runoff, the Coastal Program would be able to support towns
and cities, and other local and regional groups who protect clean water, restore coastal habitats,
and help make communities more resilient to flooding and other natural hazards. Supporting the
Coastal Program would be greatly beneficial to the region's economy by helping preservation of
environmental health of the coastal and estuarine ecosystems. This would ensure conservation of
fishing and shellfishing, and assist with the maintenance of harbors and tidal rivers for
sustainable commercial and recreational uses.
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University of New Hampshire
24 Colovos Road
Durham, N.H. 03824
http://marine.unh.edu/index.html
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Formed in 1974
Programs and partnerships are guided by a Memorandum of Understanding with the National
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
o Researchers carry out basic and applied research through funding from numerous
federal agencies and private partners
Programs and Partnerships
o Center for Marine Biology
o Center for Ocean Engineering
o Center for Ocean Science
o Sea Grant College Program
 Established 1970, support for innovative marine research programs and plays
a leading role in translating research to users through both informal education
and outreach efforts
 Current Research
 Matching alternative market opportunities with the N.H. Commercial
Fishing Industry’s Alternative Marketing Capacity
 Understanding the mechanisms controlling storm event nitrogen fluxes
from the Lamprey River watershed using continuous in situ sensors
 Alewife Population Assessment and Aquaculture
 Recruitment and retention of lobsters in a New England estuary
 Interactions between salinity and the resident microbial community in
excluding pathogenic Vibrio from oysters
o Piscataqua Region Estuaries Partnership
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Established 1997, develop and apply new environmental technologies and
techniques
 Current Research
 UV Disinfection of Municipal and Industrial Wastewater
 Assessing the 100-year freshwater floods in the Lamprey River
watershed of NH resulting from changes in climate and land use
 Use of Permeable Reactive Barriers to Reduce the Release of Nitrate
from Existing Septic Systems to Groundwater and Estuaries
Cooperative Institute for Coastal and Estuarine Environmental Technology
 Established 1999, coastal hydrography and advanced coastal ocean mapping
 Law of the Sea Mapping Program
 Bathymetry of the Great Bay Estuary
 DDAY – Providing the Third Dimension: High-resolution Multibeam Sonar
as a Tool for Archaeological Investigations
 The Scapa Flow Marine Archaeology Project (ScapaMAP)
Center for Coastal Ocean Mapping/Joint Hydrographic Center
Cooperative Institute of New England Mariculture and Fisheries/Open Ocean
Aquaculture Demonstration Project
Northeast Consortium
 Created 1999, encourage and fund effective, co-equal partnerships among
commercial fishermen, researchers, and other stakeholders to become active
participants in cooperative research and development of selective fishing gear
technology
 Participating Institutions
 University of New Hampshire
 Massachusetts Institute of Technology
 University of Maine
 Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute
 Collaborative Research and Project Areas
 Groundfish – Gillnet, hook and trap gear
 Goundfish – Trawl gear
 Groundfish – Stock assessment and tagging
UNH Center for Excellence in Coastal Ocean Observation and Analysis
 Established 2002 as one of nine partner institutions comprising NOAA’s
Coastal Observation Technology System
 Develop and implement new methodologies for coastal ocean observing
across the spectrum from data acquisition, analysis, integration and synthesis;
methodologies that will be central to the success of new national and
international efforts in coastal ocean observation
Ocean Process Analysis Laboratory
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Focal point for interdisciplinary ocean science research focusing on a range of
physical, geochemical, and biological processes
 Marine ecosystems ranging from the near-shore western Gulf of Maine to the
global ocean
 Direct measurements, remote sensing, and modeling, the research
spans physical and biological disciplines "from photons to fish" and
includes optical physics, air-sea gas exchange, nutrient dynamics,
plankton ecology, fisheries ecology and fishing gear technology as
well as ocean policy
 Research Areas
 Bio-optical oceanography
 Physical oceanography
 Estuarine and coastal chemistry
 Plankton ecology and fisheries oceanography
 Fish behavior and gear technology
o Hubbard Center for Genome Studies
 Established 2001, understanding the structure and function of genomes from
across the spectrum of life, and has a particularly strong focus on marine and
aquatic organisms
 Research foci
 Host/Microbial interactions
 Genome maintenance, repair and recombination
 Proteomics
 Glycomics
 Bioinformatics core
o Water Systems Analysis Group
 Formal, active research and advanced training unit within the Institute for the
Study of Earth, Oceans, and Space at the University of New Hampshire
 Analysis of the critical global change issue of water systems and their
alteration by anthropogenic activities
 Research Areas
 Arctic hydrology
 Humans and the global water cycle
 Monitoring inland and coastal waters
 Land-river-coastal systems
o Marine Debris Research
 Project Partners
 NOAA
 Blue Ocean Society for Marine Conservation
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Current research
 Marine debris from land to sea: holistic characterization, reduction and
education efforts in New Hampshire
 An integrated PDA-GPS protocol for marine debris and oil spill
cleanup, mitigation and decision-making
 A systematic approach to marine debris reduction efforts and
education in New Hampshire
Laboratories
o Jackson Estuarine Laboratory
 Research center for resident faculty
 Funding support
 Federal
o NOAA
 NH Coastal Program
 NH Sea Grant
 Cooperative Institute for Coastal and Estuarine
Environmental Technology, Coastal Ocean Program,
National Estuarine Research Reserve Program National
Marine Fisheries Service
o US Environmental Protection Agency
o US Navy
o US Geological Survey
o US Dept. of Agriculture
o National Science Foundation
 State
o NH Department of Environmental Services
o NH Fish and Game Department
o NH Department of Transportation (Port Authority)
 National Institutes of Health
 David and Lucile Packard Foundation
 Internal UNH sources of funding
o Hubbard Foundation, Center for Marine Biology, Center for
International Education, Office of Sustainability Programs
 Research topics
 Aquaculture of bivalve mollusks and seaweed
 Biodegradation of oil and other toxic organic pollutants
 Biology, behavior and physiology of lobsters
 Bottom habitat mapping and characterization
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Community ecology and landscape interactions of dynamic coastal
wetlands
 Ecology of faunal benthos, bivalve molluscs and marine and estuarine
fish
 Ecology and physiology of bacterial pathogens of humans, finfish and
shellfish
 Ecology, ecophysiology and systematics of seaweeds and of
seagrasses
 Enhancement of wetland functions through community-based
programs
 Environmental technologies
 Estuarine water quality monitoring
 Microbial cycling and community responses to mercury in marine
environments
 Modeling of seagrass habitat change
 Monitoring, restoration and analysis of seagrass habitats and impacted,
created and restored wetlands
 Physiology of plants in stressful environments (flooding, salinity,
disease)
 Pollution source and pathogen identification using ribotyping, gene
probes and polymerase chain reaction (PCR)
 Restoration of shellfish habitats
 Sea level impacts on coastal environments
 Stormwater impacts and treatment technologies
o Shoals Marine Laboratory
 Operated jointly by UNH and Cornell University located on Appledore Island
 Undergraduate and graduate opportunities and visiting scientist research
facilities
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New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services Coastal Program
29 Hazen Drive
PO Box 95
Concord, NH 03302-0095
http://des.nh.gov/organization/divisions/water/wmb/coastal/index.htm
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Federally approved coastal programs authorized under the Coastal Zone Management Act
o Administered by New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services
Balance the preservation of natural resources of the coast with the social and economic needs
of this and succeeding generations
o To prevent and abate water pollution
o To improve and sustain public access to lands and waters
o To foster community stewardship and awareness of coastal resources
o To protect and restore natural resources
o To encourage a viable economy with adequate infrastructure
o To increase community awareness and resilience to natural hazards
Program focus areas
o Coastal estuarine land conservation program
o Coastal federal consistency program
o Coastal and ocean policy
o Coastal hazards and adaptation
o Coastal nonpoint pollution control program
o Coastal restoration program
o Costal watershed invasive plant partnership
Other Programs
o Beach Inspection Program
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Dredge Management Task Force
Great Bay Siltation Commission
Partnership to Restore New Hampshire Estuaries
Tidal Energy Commission
Great Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve
225 Main Street
Durham, NH 03824
http://nerrs.noaa.gov/Reserve.aspx?ResID=GRB
http://www.greatbay.org/
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Protected areas established for long-term research, education and stewardship created under
the Coastal Zone Management Act
o Partnership program with NOAA
o New Hampshire Fish and Game Department manages the Great Bay Reserve,
designated in 1989
Programs
o Research
 Water quality
 Land use change
 Biological communities
 Climate change
o Education
o Stewardship
 Land use and habitat change
 Changes in biological communities
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