A state and federally-funded program providing science-based information to people making and influencing decisions for the wise development, management and use of our coastal resources - now and in the future.

Our extension specialists work with a variety of audiences throughout Long Island, Manhattan, and New York's Hudson Valley, and along the shores of Lake Ontario, Lake Erie, Lake Champlain, the St. Lawrence River and the Niagara River on these issues:

• Fostering coastal businesses
• Improving the quality of Seafood
• Maintaining recreational and marine fisheries
• Preparing for and responding to coastal hazards and water level changes
• Responding to the spread and impacts of aquatic nuisance species
• Providing K-12 educators with Sea Grant resources
• Protecting, enhancing and restoring coastal habitats

• Fact sheets, periodicals, books, and videos
• Seminars, training programs and demonstration projects
• Engaging and informing the general public, government officials, coastal managers, scientists, industry, the media and schools

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