Rhode Island Sea Grant

About

Rhode Island Sea Grant is an award-winning organization that works in the state, the region, and beyond to discover answers to issues affecting coastal resources and the people who depend on them. Rhode Island Sea Grant has a 40-year history of funding coastal and ocean research as well as running high-quality outreach and education programs that address the needs of resource managers and users. The program has two focus areas-Sustainable Coastal Communities & Ecosystems and Sustainable Fisheries & Seafood.

Rhode Island Sea Grant is located at the University of Rhode Island Graduate School of Oceanography, and funds research at other institutions throughout the state. It is also home to one of only four Sea Grant Legal Programs in the country, and the only one in the Northeast, located at Roger Williams University School of Law.

Rhode Island Sea Grant is one of over 30 programs that make up the National Sea Grant College Program, a part of the National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration.