Sea Grant and NOAA Fisheries have announced the 2022 National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS)-Sea Grant Joint Fellowship recipients. Seven population and ecosystem dynamics fellows and one marine resource economics fellow were selected.
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The 2021 recipients of the NMFS-Sea Grant Joint Fellowship have been chosen.
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Subject to the availability of funding, Sea Grant anticipates approximately $5,000,000 will be available for research projects and programs that will significantly advance the understanding of the economics of aquaculture businesses in the U.S. and address gaps regarding important market information. The overall goal is to advance business management toward development of a sustainable marine and Great Lakes aquaculture
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NOAA is soliciting comments from the public on the development of a new set of national statistics that would provide information on the economic activity generated by ocean-related transactions in the United States. Comments are due by July 7, 2019 and may be submitted via email to OceanEconomy@noaa.gov. NOAA invites comments from the public, private industry, state and local governments, nonprofit organizations, and
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Conservation X Labs (CXL) is a Washington D.C.-based organization bringing together innovation and entrepreneurship to affect change in levels of efficiency, cost, speed, scale and sustainability of conservation efforts to end human-induced animal extinction. In an open competition, CXL is seeking hardware and software submissions, as well as any solution idea that is enabled by technology and helps achieve a
Read moreMenon Economics has named Singapore as the top maritime capital of the world in its annual report. Ranking behind Singapore are Hamburg, Oslo and Shanghai, in respective order. Experts say Singapore would remain the “most important city” come 2022, although Shanghai will likely become the second most important maritime hub. Caption: The Port of Singapore with Sentosa island in the background. (Photo Credit: Kroisenbrunner)
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