Date

Invitation for Public Comment
Alaska Sea Grant College Program

Comment Deadline: Friday, 18 August 2006

For more information, please contact:
Brian Allee, Ph.D., Director
Alaska Sea Grant College Program
Phone: 907-474-7086
E-mail: allee [at] sfos.uaf.edu

or visit:
http://seagrant.uaf.edu/


The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Alaska Sea
Grant College Program is a marine research, education, outreach, and
advisory service headquartered at the University of Alaska Fairbanks
School of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences. This fall, Alaska Sea Grant will
undergo a National Sea Grant review of its programs and activities
conducted from late 2001 to present. In advance of this review,
scheduled for 10-14 September 2006, public comment on the performance of
Alaska Sea Grant toward meeting its mission goals and objectives is
invited. Written comments from interested individuals, groups,
associations, and others are welcome. These may include, but are not
limited to, fishermen and fishing associations, resource managers,
seafood processors, arctic and sub-arctic marine and fisheries
scientists, oceanographers, coastal engineers, K-12 and university
educators, Alaska Native groups, community and environmental activists,
tourism industry groups, harbormasters, city planners, and others.

Written comments must be received by the close of business on Friday, 18
August 2006. Comments can be submitted online or in writing to:
Jerry Schubel, Ph.D., Chairman
Program Assessment Team c/o Brian Allee
Alaska Sea Grant College Program
PO Box 755040
Fairbanks, AK 99775-5040

or to:
Megan Agy, NSGO Program Officer
National Sea Grant College Program
NOAA R/SG
1315 East-West Highway
Silver Spring, MD 20910

Alaska Sea Grant is funded by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration in partnership with the State of Alaska and private
industry.