Sea Grant Monthly

The e-newsletter of the
National Sea Grant College Program

June 2018
Sea Grant and partners work together to restore culturally important wild rice
Michigan, Minnesota, and Wisconsin Sea Grant programs along with NOAA's Office for Coastal Management and many tribal and local partners are working together to increase community awareness about the cultural and ecological importance of native wild rice. 
Gulf Sea Grant Programs participate in 43rd annual NOAA Fish Fry
Staff from Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi-Alabama and Texas Sea Grant programs traveled to Washington, D.C. to serve locally harvested and grown dishes to 1,000 hungry Fish Fry guests.

National Sea Grant Advisory Board Releases 2018 Biennial Report to Congress
In June, the National Sea Grant Advisory Board released the 2018 State of Sea Grant: Biennial Report to Congress. Several Board members briefed members of Congress and their staff on the Sea Grant's progress and the Board's recommendations to the program. NOAA leadership was also briefed on the report.

Aquaculture research highlight: examining commercial diets of walleye and saugeye
Researchers funded by Wisconsin Sea Grant are examining the role of commercial diets in raising healthy walleye and saugeye fry in indoor aquaculture systems.

Highlights from around the Sea Grant Network
Illinois-Indiana Sea Grant:

Sea Grant funded researchers are assessing levels of microplastic using a range of measures. 
California Sea Grant:

New study published by California Sea Grant in Transactions of the American Fisheries Society explains the research.
Funding Opportunities

The NOAA RESTORE Science Program’s funding competition on long-term trends is now open. This funding competition continues the Science Program’s commitment to producing timely and high-quality scientific findings and products to support the management and sustainability of the Gulf of Mexico ecosystem, including its fisheries. Pre-proposals are due July 30, 2018.

The NOAA Fisheries 2019 Saltonstall-Kennedy (S-K) Grant competition is currently open through July 23, 2018.

The Department of the Interior Program to Support Tribal Resilience and Ocean and Coastal Management and Planning is soliciting proposals through July 12, 2018.