DARTMOUTH, Mass. — April 28, 2015 — UMass Dartmouth Chancellor Divina Grossman and officials from the University’s School for Marine Science & Technology (SMAST) praised legislators in the House of Representatives Tuesday for their continued commitment to invest in fisheries research to pursue accurate data.
An amendment, filed by Rep. Antonio F.D. Cabral, would provide $450,000 for the Division of Marine Fisheries in collaboration with UMass Dartmouth to assess the biomass of fish.
“I want to thank Chairman Cabral and his House colleagues who have demonstrated how valuable this funding is to the important collaborative research at SMAST,” said Grossman in a news release. “UMass Dartmouth is fully committed to research that strengthens the scientific basis for fisheries management, which is critical to the social and economic development of the region.”