The National Sea Grant College Program was established by the U.S. Congress in 1966 and works to create and maintain a healthy coastal environment and economy. The Sea Grant network consists of a federal/university partnership between the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and 34 programs in every coastal and Great Lakes state, Puerto Rico, and Guam.

The Northeast Sea Grant Consortium is a regional collaboration that includes 8 Sea Grant programs in 7 Northeast states: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, Rhode Island, and Vermont.

The Northeast Sea Grant Consortium collaborates on regional initiatives in research, education, extension, and communications—leveraging local expertise to create regional benefits and accomplishments.

Find the Sea Grant program(s) in your state below:


Connecticut


Maine

Lobster boats and sailboats in a harbor with a spit of land in the distance

Massachusetts

An aerial view of many small boats surrounding a large sailing vessel off of Boston harbor

New Hampshire

An aerial view of the New Hampshire coastline with green marsh and houses and roads backing up to a beach and ocean

New York

A woman wearing waders and a black t shirt pulls a seine net in waist deep water in front of the New York City skyline
An intern pipettes liquid into a tube held by another person, while four others watch wearing safety goggles, sitting in a forest

Rhode Island

The yellow base structure of a wind turbine extends out of the ocean in front of the coast of Block island

Based at Rhode Island Sea Grant, the Rhode Island Sea Grant Legal Program provides law and policy research to stakeholders and communities in Rhode Island. Additionally, the Rhode Island Sea Grant Legal Program assists other Sea Grant programs in the Northeast with questions of law and policy.


Vermont

A green tree-covers peninsula extends into deep blue Lake Champlain

The National Sea Grant College Program is administered by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) in the U.S. Department of Commerce:

National Sea Grant Office