Anderson speaks with BDN about vote to continue Sea Grant funding
Paul Anderson, director of the Maine Sea Grant College Program, spoke with the Bangor Daily News for an article about a subcommittee of the House Appropriations Committee voting to push back on a proposal to de-fund the national Sea Grant program. The program, which is overseen by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, provides approximately $1.2 million each year to roughly a dozen full-time researchers affiliated with the University of Maine, according to the article. Anderson said a subcommittee that oversees funding for commerce, justice and science voted Thursday to support funding the national Sea Grant program at $63 million. “It’s way better than zero [dollars],” Anderson said of the subcommittee vote. “It’s very promising. We feel our advocacy [in support of the Sea Grant program] around the country has been effective.”