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            <td>Sea Grant News Alert: Aquaculture Competition</td>
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            <th align="RIGHT" nowrap="nowrap" valign="BASELINE">Date: </th>
            <td>Tue, 21 Feb 2017 10:16:47 -0500 (EST)</td>
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            <td>Sea Grant <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:brooke.carney@noaa.gov">&lt;brooke.carney@noaa.gov&gt;</a></td>
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            <td><a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:brooke.carney@noaa.gov">brooke.carney@noaa.gov</a></td>
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            <td><a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:jmcdowell@whoi.edu">jmcdowell@whoi.edu</a></td>
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                                                        style="font-size:18.6667px;">Sea
                                                        Grant announces
                                                        2017 National
                                                        Aquaculture
                                                        Initiative</span></div>
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                                                    <div>Sea Grant
                                                      welcomes proposals
                                                      for two
                                                      competitive
                                                      opportunities to
                                                      advance
                                                      aquaculture
                                                      research, address
                                                      barriers to
                                                      aquaculture, and
                                                      expand aquaculture
                                                      production. Up to
                                                      $15 million is
                                                      expected to be
                                                      available over
                                                      several years to
                                                      support projects
                                                      in the two
                                                      competitions.
                                                      Interested parties
                                                      should partner
                                                      with a <a
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                                                        target="_blank">Sea
                                                        Grant program</a>
                                                      to apply. <br>
                                                      <br>
                                                      The 2017 Sea Grant
                                                      Aquaculture
                                                      Initiative
                                                      includes two
                                                      competitive
                                                      funding
                                                      opportunities. The
                                                      first competition
                                                      is focused on
                                                      projects that show
                                                      great promise to
                                                      increase
                                                      aquaculture
                                                      production in the
                                                      near future by
                                                      clearly addressing
                                                      major constraints,
                                                      barriers, or
                                                      hurdles limiting
                                                      United States
                                                      marine, coastal,
                                                      and Great Lakes
                                                      aquaculture
                                                      production. The
                                                      second competition
                                                      is focused on
                                                      projects that may
                                                      be earlier in the
exploratory/development phase that show promise to contribute to the
                                                      expansion of
                                                      sustainable
                                                      marine, coastal,
                                                      and Great Lakes
                                                      aquaculture in the
                                                      United States.</div>
                                                    <br>
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                                                    <br>
                                                    <div>Grants.gov
                                                      Announcements:</div>
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                                                        target="_blank">NOAA
                                                        Sea Grant 2017
                                                        Aquaculture
                                                        Initiative:
                                                        Integrated
                                                        Projects to
                                                        Increase
                                                        Aquaculture
                                                        Production</a><br>
                                                      <br>
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                                                        Sea Grant 2017
                                                        Aquaculture
                                                        Initiative:
                                                        Addressing
                                                        Impediments to
                                                        Aquaculture
                                                        Opportunities</a></div>
                                                    <br>
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                                                      to advance
                                                      aquaculture by:<br>
                                                      <ul>
                                                        <li>Funding
                                                          targeted
                                                          research and
                                                          development
                                                          for issues
                                                          that challenge
                                                          sustainable
                                                          aquaculture</li>
                                                        <li>Offering
                                                          training and
                                                          technical
                                                          assistance to
                                                          improve
                                                          business
                                                          profits and
                                                          production
                                                          efficiency</li>
                                                        <li>Educating
                                                          consumers
                                                          about safe,
                                                          sustainable
                                                          seafood
                                                          choices.<span
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