Graduate Catalogue - UPRM
Graduate Catalogue - UPRM
Graduate Catalogue - UPRM
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22 Special Programs<br />
UPR Sea Grant College Program<br />
Since 1980, the University of Puerto Rico Sea<br />
Grant College Program has been working to<br />
promote the conservation, sustainability and wise<br />
use of the coastal and marine resources of Puerto<br />
Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. This is one of<br />
31 programs which conform the National Sea<br />
Grant Program created in 1966 with the signing<br />
of Public Law 89-688, the National Sea Grant<br />
and College Program Act. The aim of UPR Sea<br />
Grant is to better inform public policy makers,<br />
change resource user attitudes and practices,<br />
develop educational curricula and promote<br />
conservation and sustainable economic<br />
development. The UPR Sea Grant program<br />
achieves its mission through a multifaceted<br />
approach which includes research, outreach and<br />
formal (K-12) education programs.<br />
UPR Sea Grant links the university setting,<br />
which focuses on the development of theoretical<br />
and applied research, with regional and national<br />
agencies, and stakeholders producing a better<br />
understanding of marine technologies, seafood<br />
production (including marine aquaculture),<br />
coastal ecosystem health, and coastal economic<br />
development (including human environmental<br />
impact, and public safety). Sea Grant provides<br />
research and educational opportunities to<br />
graduate and undergraduate students of all fields<br />
related to conservation of marine resources. The<br />
information produced by research activities is<br />
organized and disseminated through workshops<br />
and activities developed by the Marine Outreach<br />
Program and the education component of our<br />
program.<br />
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<strong>Graduate</strong> <strong>Catalogue</strong> 2010-2011