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The
Issue: More
than
80 percent
of Earth’s
living
organisms
are found
only
in aquatic
ecosystems,
and yet
we know
little
about
their
biochemical
characteristics.
Another
issue
with
marine
biotechnology
is the
fact
that
about
40 percent
of coastal
waters
are currently
unfit
for swimming
because
of bacteria
and pollutants.
Sea
Grant: Sea
Grant aims
to identify
and catalyze
research
applying
new marine
biotechnologies
to improve
and protect
human and
environmental
health in
coastal America,
and to create
economic
benefits
nationwide
by fostering
the development
of novel
industrial
processes
and products.
By enlisting
the talents
of our nations
universities
and through
industry
and governmental
partnerships
at the national,
state and
local levels,
Sea Grant’s
efforts in
biotechnology
have catalyzed
both a greater
understanding
of our coastal
resources
and the development
of novel
products
and processes
with impacts
that extend
from the
aquatic realm
to human
health.
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