- Administration
means the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
- Board
means the National Sea Grant Advisory Board established under section 1128 of this title.
- Director
means the Director of the national sea grant college program, appointed pursuant to section 1123(b) 1 of this title.
- director of a sea grant college
means a person designated by his or her institution to direct a sea grant college or sea grant institute.
- field related to ocean, coastal, and Great Lakes resources
means any discipline or field, including marine affairs, resource management, technology, education, or science, which is concerned with or likely to improve the understanding, assessment, development, management, utilization, or conservation of ocean, coastal, or Great Lakes resources.
- institution
means any public or private institution of higher education, institute, laboratory, or State or local agency.
- ocean, coastal, and Great Lakes resources
means the resources that are located in, derived from, or traceable to, the seabed, subsoil, and waters of—
- person
means any individual;
- project
means any individually described activity in a field related to ocean, coastal, and Great Lakes resources involving research, education, training, or extension services administered by a person with expertise in such a field.
- resource
means—
- sea grant college
means any institution, or any association or alliance of two or more such institutions, designated as such by the Secretary under section 1126 of this title.
- sea grant institute
means any institution, or any association or alliance of two or more such institutions, designated as such by the Secretary under section 1126 of this title.
- Sea Grant Institution
means a sea grant college or sea grant institute, as those terms are defined in section 1122 of this title.
- sea grant program
means a program of research and outreach which is administered by one or more sea grant colleges or sea grant institutes.
- Secretary
means the Secretary of Commerce, acting through the Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere.
- State
means any State of the United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Mariana Islands, or any other territory or possession of the United States.
- Tribal organization
has the meaning given the term “tribal organization” in section 5304 of title 25.
- young fisherman
means an individual who—