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sea grant, a grant-in-aid to an American academic or scientific institution to enhance development of coastal and marine resources in the Great Lakes and the oceans around the United States. The sea-grant program was established by act of U.S. Congress in 1966 and was originally administered by the National Science Foundation; from 1970 it was administered by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration of the U.S. Department of Commerce. The sea-grant program is based in states near the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, the Gulf of Mexico, and the Great Lakes and also in Puerto Rico. In the mid-1990s it involved ...(100 of 203 words)

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