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Greetings!<br>
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The National Sea Grant Office has just issued RFPs for the following competitions:<br>
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<b>National Marine Aquaculture Initiative</b><br>
The NOAA Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research, in cooperation with
the National Sea Grant College Program, the National Marine Fisheries Service,
and the National Ocean Service, is seeking preliminary proposals and full
proposals in innovative research, policy and regulatory analysis and development,
and outreach and demonstration for the development of marine and Great Lakes
aquaculture in the United States. Complete details can be found at <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.nsgo.seagrant.org/research/rfp/index.html">http://www.nsgo.seagrant.org/research/rfp/index.html</a>.<br>
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<b>Sea Grant National Strategic Investments Gulf of Mexico Oyster Industry<br>
</b>The <u>Gulf of Mexico Oyster Industry</u> Program, which is a long term,
a research-based program aimed at assisting the oyster industry in states
adjoining the Gulf of Mexico to achieve full economic recovery and sustainable
oyster production. Complete details can be found at <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.nsgo.seagrant.org/research/rfp/index.html">http://www.nsgo.seagrant.org/research/rfp/index.html</a>.<br>
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For both competitions, three copies of pre-proposals must be submitted no
later than 5:00 p.m. on Monday, December 1, 2003, to:<br>
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Dr. Judith E. McDowell<br>
Woods Hole Sea Grant Program<br>
193 Oyster Pond Road, MS #2<br>
Woods Hole, MA 02543-125<br>
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If you have any questions related to these opportunities, please contact
Judy at (508) 289-2557 or <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:jmcdowell@whoi.edu">jmcdowell@whoi.edu</a>.<br>
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Sheri DeRosa<br>
Woods Hole Sea Grant<br>
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