[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 15, Volume 3]
[Revised as of January 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 15CFR918.2]

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                  TITLE 15--COMMERCE AND FOREIGN TRADE
 
CHAPTER IX--NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT 
                               OF COMMERCE
 
PART 918--SEA GRANTS--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 918.2  Definitions.

    (a) Marine environment. The term Marine Environment means any or all 
of the following: the coastal zone, as defined in section 304(1) of the 
Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972 (16 U.S.C. 1453(1)); the seabed, 
subsoil and waters of the territorial sea of the United States, 
including the Great Lakes; the waters of any zone over which the United 
States asserts exclusive fishery management authority; the waters of the 
high seas; and the seabed and subsoil of and beyond the Outer 
Continental Shelf.
    (b) Ocean, Great Lakes, and coastal resources. The term ocean, Great 
Lakes, and coastal resources means any resource (whether living, 
nonliving, manmade, tangible, intangible, actual, or potential) which is 
located in, derived from, or traceable to, the marine environment. Such 
term includes the habitat of any such living resource, the coastal 
space, the ecosystems, the nutrient-rich areas, and the other components 
of the marine environment which contribute to or provide (or which are 
capable of contributing to or providing) recreational, scenic, 
aesthetic, biological, habitational, commercial, economic, or 
conservation values. Living resources include natural and cultured plant 
life, fish, shellfish, marine mammals, and wildlife. Nonliving resources 
include energy sources, minerals, and chemical substances.
    (c) Person. The term Person means any public or private corporation, 
partnership, or other association or entity (including any Sea Grant 
College, Sea Grant Regional Consortium, institution of higher education, 
institute, or laboratory); or any State, political subdivision of a 
State, or agency or officer thereof.
    (d) Sea Grant College. The term Sea Grant College means any public 
or private institution of higher education or confederation of such 
institutions which is designated as such by the Secretary under section 
207 of the National Sea Grant Program Act. Included in this term are all 
campuses (or other administrative entities) of a designated Sea Grant 
College, working through the established management structure of the Sea 
Grant College.
    (e) Sea Grant Program. The term Sea Grant Program means any program 
which:
    (1) Is administered by a Sea Grant College, Sea Grant Regional 
Consortium, institution of higher education, institute, laboratory, or 
State or local agency; and
    (2) Includes two or more Sea Grant projects involving one or more of 
the following activities in fields related to ocean, Great Lakes, and 
coastal resources:
    (i) Research,
    (ii) Education and training, and
    (iii) Advisory services.
    (f) Sea Grant project. A Sea Grant project is any separately 
described activity which has been proposed to the National Sea Grant 
College Program, and has subsequently been approved.
    (g) Sea Grant Regional Consortium. The term Sea Grant Regional 
Consortium means any association or other alliance of two or more 
persons as defined above (other than individuals) established for the 
purpose of pursuing programs in marine research education, training, and 
advisory services on a regional basis (i.e., beyond the boundaries of a 
single state) and which is designated as a consortium by the Secretary 
under section 207 of the National Sea Grant Program Act.
    (h) Field related to Ocean, Great Lakes, and coastal resources. The 
term field related to Ocean, Great Lakes, and coastal resources means 
any discipline or field (including marine sciences and the physical, 
natural, and biological sciences, and engineering, included therein, 
marine technology, education,

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economics, sociology, communications, planning law, international 
affairs, public administration, humanities, and the arts) which is 
concerned with, or likely to improve the understanding, assessment, 
development, utilization, or conservation of, ocean, Great Lakes, and 
coastal resources.