Who Is Clyde Tamaru and Why is He at HIMB?

Aquaculture SpecialistUH Sea Grant College Program

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Affiliate Graduate Faculty

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Creation of Sea Grant“Why not do for the cultivation of the oceans what wise men did for the land a century ago?

Why not have Sea Grant Colleges?” - Athelstan Spilhaus, 1963

President Lyndon Johnson authorizes The National Sea Grant College and Program Act of 1966.

The name “Sea Grant” emphasizes the parallel between the Sea Grant and Land Grant Program which was created more than a century earlier to develop our agricultural resources.

In 1968, the University of Hawaii Sea Grant College Program begins.

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Education: Waikalua Loko I‛a

Research:Aquaculture Complex

Artificially Propagating the Feather Duster Worm, Sabellastarte spectabilis for the Marine Ornamental Trade

World's Fish Supply Running Out,

Researchers WarnBy Juliet Eilperin

Washington Post Staff Writer

Friday, November 3, 2006

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The Secretary of Commerce notified the Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council (WPRFC) of the “over fishing” status (70 FR34452, June 14, 2005)

Under the Magnunson-Stevens Act the State SHALL…..

In August of 2007 NOAA Funding Is For Stock Enhancement and Open Ocean Aquaculture

Extramural Research Funding

• 2007• NOAA $175K• USDA $103K• CTSA $70K (Swordtail)

• CTSA $35K (Featherduster)

• 2008• NOAA $275K (Pending)• NOAA $125K (Pending)• NOAA $ 99K (EM Products

pending)• CTSA $35K (Swordtail)• CTSA $28K (Opaka)