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Celebrating 25 Years as a
National Sea Grant CollegeEstablished in 1968, the University of Wisconsin Sea Grant Program is a unique partnership of federal, state, university and private sectors that reflects "The Wisconsin Idea" in action.
In October 1972, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Peter G. Peterson designated the University of Wisconsin a Sea Grant College for its "sustained excellence in research, education and public service dedicated to wise use of America’s marine resources."
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Research for the Real World | Sea Grant and the Inland Seas | Sea Grant in Wisconsin | A Statewide Program | Fulfilling ‘The Wisconsin Idea’ | Internationally Recognized Research | More Information
For a free copy of our 25th anniversary publication describing these UW Sea Grant Institute accomplishments,
please contact:
Linda Campbell
UW Sea Grant Communications Office
Goodnight Hall, 1975 Willow Drive
Madison, WI 53706-1177
USA
Phone (608) 263-3259
See also: Milestone Accomplishments, 1972-1997
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Long-term economic development, wise stewardship and responsible use of Great Lakes and coastal resources is at the heart of the University of Wisconsin Sea Grant College Program mission. Sea Grant’s challenge is to guarantee optimal benefits from these resources while ensuring they provide sustainable long-term growth.
The UW Sea Grant program meets this challenge through issue-oriented, interdisciplinary university research, outreach and education aimed at providing objective scientific information for anyone concerned with the management, development, use and protection of these resources. UW Sea Grant focuses on science-based resource management, non-regulatory problem-solving and exploration of the untapped potentials of the Great Lakes environment.
Containing 95 percent of the surface fresh water in the United States, the Great Lakes are among our nation’s most precious assets.
More than 25 million Americans depend on the Great Lakes for their drinking water. These inland seas are the cornerstone of the U.S. steel and auto industries. The Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Seaway provides a crucial link between the nation’s agricultural/industrial heartland and overseas markets. The Great Lakes also support a world-class recreational fishery worth $4 billion a year, and the lakes’ commercial fisheries provide the nation with nearly 90 million pounds of fish annually.
The goal of Sea Grant research and outreach in Wisconsin is to increase human understanding of the Great Lakes system for the protection, sustainable development and wise stewardship of Great Lakes resources.
Over the last 25 years, Wisconsin Sea Grant research has focused on addressing Great Lakes pollution problems, determining the human health risks of toxic contaminants in Great Lakes fish, improving scuba diving safety, reducing property losses caused by coastal flooding and shore erosion, improving fisheries management, assisting the development of freshwater aquaculture, and finding better ways to process and market fish and other seafood.
Headquartered at the University of Wisconsin-Madison — one of the United States’ leading public research institutions — UW Sea Grant is one of the largest Sea Grant programs in the nation in terms of federal funding, with a total budget currently averaging more than $3 million a year.
Each year, more than 150 Wisconsin faculty, staff and students participate in some three dozen Sea Grant- sponsored research, outreach and education projects at various University of Wisconsin System campuses as well as at the state’s top-quality private colleges and universities.
Fulfilling ‘The Wisconsin Idea’
UW Sea Grant represents full extension of "The Wisconsin Idea" — the idea that the boundaries of the university are the boundaries of the state — because Wisconsin’s true boundaries lie halfway across Lake Michigan and some 50 miles out on Lake Superior.
Strategically located at UW System campuses in Green Bay, Madison, Manitowoc, Milwaukee and Superior, UW Sea Grant Advisory Services specialists convey research needs and research results between Great Lakes users and university scientists. These specialists also assist Wisconsin residents interested in aquaculture, fisheries management, coastal engineering, marine education, water safety, water quality and coastal business development.
Internationally Recognized Research
The University of Wisconsin Sea Grant College Program is internationally recognized for its leading edge research in living resources (fisheries), toxic microcontaminants and water quality, aquaculture and seafood technology, biotechnology, estuarine and coastal processes, diving physiology, policy studies, and innovative research initiatives.
Wisconsin Sea Grant scientists and staff are regularly called upon to provide objective technical advice to regional federal agencies and laboratories, including the U.S.-Canadian International Joint Commission and Great Lakes Fishery Commission, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, USDA North Central Regional Aquaculture Center and NOAA’s Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory, among others.
For more information, contact:
Anders W. Andren, Director
University of Wisconsin Sea Grant Institute
Goodnight Hall, 1975 Willow Drive
Madison, WI 53706-1103Phone (608) 262-0905
Fax (608) 262-0591
Headquartered at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, the UW Sea Grant Institute is a part of a national network of 29 university-based programs of research, outreach and education dedicated to the protection and sustainable use of the United States' coastal, ocean and Great Lakes resources. The National Sea Grant Network is a partnership of participating coastal states, private industry and the National Sea Grant College Program , National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration , U.S. Department of Commerce .
Written by Stephen Wittman
Web page created August 1997 by Wittman
Last revised 03/19/01
by
Wittman
© 1997 University of Wisconsin Sea Grant Institute
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