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NC Sea Grant Seeks 2010 Fisheries Research Proposals: Workshops Scheduled


Contact: Katie Mosher, 919/515-9069, katie_mosher@ncsu.edu

Posted on Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2009

The North Carolina Fishery Resource Grant Program (FRG) and Blue Crab and Shellfish Research Program (BCSRP) invite members of the fishing and research communities to submit proposals for funding in 2010. Proposals should include North Carolina citizens actively involved in commercial or recreational fishing, handling fish products, the charter boat industry, or aquaculture/mariculture.

The FRG application deadline is Nov. 16, 2009. The BCSRP deadline is Dec. 4. North Carolina Sea Grant administers both programs. For each deadline, email or hard-copy applications are due by 4 p.m. E-mail submissions should be sent to srebach@ncsu.edu. Or mail applications and support letters to: North Carolina Sea Grant, NCSU Box 8605, 1575 Varsity Drive, Module 1, Raleigh, NC 27695-8605.

Applicants must participate in a pre-submission conference with a North Carolina Sea Grant or N.C. Division of Marine Fisheries staff member — by phone, e-mail, a one-on-one meeting or participation in one of the workshops listed below. Marc Turano — marc_turano@ncsu.edu, 919/513-0122 — is the contact for all six sessions.

Oct. 6, 7 to 9 p.m. Currituck County Cooperative Extension Center, Classroom C, 120 Community Way, Barco, NC 27917

Oct. 7, 7 to 9 p.m., Fessenden Center, Activity Room, 46830 Hwy 12, Buxton, NC 27920

Oct. 8, 4 to 6 p.m. Full Circle Crab Company, 1366 Hwy 64E, Columbia, NC 27925

Oct. 12, 7 to 9 p.m., N.C. Division of Marine Fisheries, Pamlico District Office, Annex Room, 943 Washington Square Mall, Washington, NC 27889

Oct. 13, 7 to 9 p.m., Center for Marine Science and Technology, Room 205, 303 College Circle, Morehead City, NC 28557

Oct. 14, 6 to 8 p.m., N.C. Division of Marine Fisheries, Southern District Office, 127 Cardinal Dr., Wilmington, NC 28405

More information about the FRG and BCSR programs, application instructions and forms, and submission requirements is available online at www.ncseagrant.org. Click on the headline or follow the research links. For helpful hints on writing an FRG application, download "Fishing for Good Ideas" found on the FRG Web page.

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