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Since its establishment in 1969 (before the formal Florida Sea Grant College Program was organized as a statewide consortium), the University of Miami Sea Grant Program has served as a bridge between scientific discovery and the practical needs of Florida's coastal communities. Created under the vision of the National Sea Grant College Program, which was authorized by Congress in 1966 to advance marine research, education, and public service, the University's program was among the early institutional efforts to translate ocean science into real-world solutions. Building upon the Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science's internationally recognized expertise in oceanography, marine biology, fisheries, engineering, and coastal processes, the program quickly became a catalyst for interdisciplinary research and technology transfer. Early Sea Grant initiatives focused on fisheries development, aquaculture, marine technology, coastal engineering, and workforce training, reflecting South Florida's growing dependence on healthy marine and coastal resources. The program also produced an influential series of technical reports, special bulletins, educational publications, and extension materials that connected university research with government agencies, industry, educators, and the public.

Over the following decades, the University of Miami Sea Grant Program expanded its mission to address many of the most pressing environmental challenges facing Florida and the wider Caribbean region. Faculty, researchers, students, and extension specialists have contributed to advances in coral reef conservation, fisheries management, coastal resilience, marine ecosystem restoration, hurricane preparedness, water quality, climate variability, sea-level rise, and sustainable coastal development. Through collaborative partnerships with NOAA, state and local agencies, nonprofit organizations, and coastal stakeholders, the program has translated cutting-edge research into practical applications that benefit communities, support informed public policy, and strengthen marine industries. Today, the University of Miami remains an important partner within the Florida Sea Grant network, continuing a tradition of scientific excellence and public engagement that spans more than five decades. As coastal populations grow and climate-related challenges intensify, the program remains committed to its founding mission: advancing knowledge, educating future marine leaders, and ensuring the sustainable stewardship of our ocean and coastal resources for generations to come.

Annual Reports

Bader, Richard G. (1973) University of Miami Sea Grant Annual Report July 1972 - June 1973. No. 1

Man, Eugene H. (1974) University of Miami Sea Grant Annual Report July 1973 - June 1974. No. 2

Man, Eugene H. (1975) University of Miami Sea Grant Annual Report July 1974 - June 1975. No. 3

Volker, Al (1976) University of Miami Sea Grant Annual Report July 1975 - June 1976. No. 4

Volker, Al (1977) University of Miami Sea Grant Annual Report July 1976 - June 1977. No. 5

Coastal Zone Management Series

Caillouet, Charles W. Jr.; Higman, James B. (1973) Accuracy of sampling procedures and catch rates in sport fishing. University of Miami. Sea Grant Coastal Zone Management Bulletin; no. 1

Lee, Thomas N.; McGuire, James B. (1973) The use of ocean outfalls for marine waste disposal in southeast Florida's coastal waters. University of Miami. Sea Grant Coastal Zone Management Bulletin; no. 2

Lee, Thomas N.; Rooth, Claes (1973) Water movements in shallow coastal bays and estuaries. University of Miami. Sea Grant Coastal Zone Management Bulletin; no. 3

Tabb, Durbin C.; Heald, Eric J. (1973) The coastal interceptor waterway. University of Miami. Sea Grant Coastal Zone Management Bulletin; no. 4

 

Field Guide Series

Opresko, Lee; Opresko, Dennis; Thomas, Ronald; Voss, Gilbert (1973) Guide to the lobsters and lobster-like animals of Florida, the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean region. University of Miami. Sea Grant Field Guide Series; no. 1

Voss, Gilbert L.; Opresko, Lee; Thomas, Ronald (1973) The potentially commercial species of octopus and squid of Florida, the Gulf of Mexico, and the Caribbean region. University of Miami. Sea Grant Field Guide Series; no. 2

Hanlon, Roger; Bayer, Frederick; Voss, Gilbert (1973) Guide to the mangroves, buttonwood, and poisonous shoreline trees of Flordia, the Gulf of Mexico, and the Caribbean region. University of Miami. Sea Grant Field Guide Series; no. 3

Hanlon, Roger; Voss, Gilbert (1975) A guide to the sea grasses of Florida, the Gulf of Mexico, and the Caribbean region. University of Miami. Sea Grant Field Guide Series; no. 4

Opresko, Lee; Thomas, Ronald; Bayer, F. M. (1976) A guide to the larger marine gastropods of Florida, the Gulf of Mexico, and the Caribbean region. University of Miami. Sea Grant Field Guide Series; no. 5

Cairns Stephen D.; Voss, Gilbert L. (1977) Guide to the commoner shallow-water gordonians (sea whips, sea feathers and sea fans) of Florida, the Gulf of Mexico, and the Caribbean region. University of Miami. Sea Grant Field Guide Series; no. 6

Hess, Steven C.; Voss, Gilbert L. (1978) Guide to the commoner shallow-water asteroids (starfish) of Florida, the Gulf of Mexico, and the Caribbean region. University of Miami. Sea Grant Field Guide Series; no. 7

Information Bulletins

Idyll, C. P.; Tabb, Durbin C.; Yang, Won Tack; Iversen, E. S. (1969) Shrimp and pompano culture facilities at the University of Miami. University of Miami. Sea Grant Information Bulletin; no. 2

Knopf, G. Miller (1970) Opportunities in the shrimp fishing industry of the southeastern United States. University of Miami. Sea Grant Information Bulletin; no. 3

Robas, Ann K. (1970) South Florida's mangrove-bordered estuaries: their role in sport and commercial fish production. University of Miami. Sea Grant Information Bulletin; no. 4

Special Bulletins

Martin, Cabot (1971) Formulating an oceanic jurisprudence. University of Miami. Sea Grant Special Bulletin; no. 1

Limitone, Anthony (1971) The registration of ships by international and intergovernmental organizations. University of Miami. Sea Grant Special Bulletin; no. 2

Rooth, Claes; Lee, Thomas N. (1972) A method for estimating thermal anomaly areas from hot discharges in estuaries. University of Miami. Sea Grant Special Bulletin; no. 3

Lee, Thomas N.; Rooth, Claes (1972) Exchange processes in shallow estuaries. University of Miami. Sea Grant Special Bulletin; no. 4

Clingan, Thomas A. (1972) National and international fisheries management policy: a decision seminar report - November 1971. University of Miami. Sea Grant Special Bulletin; no. 5

Chitty, Nicholas; Davis, Charles W. (1972) The effects of the discharge of secondarily treated sewage effluent into the Everglades ecosystem. University of Miami. Sea Grant Special Bulletin; no. 6

Tabb, Durbin C.; Yang, Won Tack; Hirono, Yosuke; Heinen, John (1972) A manual for culture of pink shrimp, Penaeus duorarum, from eggs to postlarve suitable for stocking. University of Miami. Sea Grant Special Bulletin; no. 7

Benson, Richard C. (1973) The Marine Technician - past, present, and future. University of Miami. Sea Grant Special Bulletin; no. 10

Anderson, Lee G. (1973) Benefit cost analysis of alternative expansion sites for the Virginia Key sewerage treatment plant. Univesity of Miami. Sea Grant Special Bulletin; no. 11

O'Connor, Dennis M. (1973) Final report of the task force on Dade County waterway regulation. University of Miami. Sea Grant Special Bulletin; no. 12

 

Special Reports

Wilson, Susan Uhl (1975) Biscayne Bay: environmental and social systems. University of Miami. Sea Grant Special Report; no. 1

Rosendahl, Peter C. (1975) A bibliography of Biscayne Bay, Florida monitoring and research programs. University of Miami. Sea Grant Special Report; no. 2

Berkeley, Steven A.; Houde, Edward D.; Williams, Francis (1975) Fishery and biology of Ballyhoo on the southeast Florida coast. University of Miami. Sea Grant Special Report; no. 4

Thorhaug, Anitra; Volker, Al (editors) (1976) Biscayne Bay: past/present/future, a symposium presented by the University of Miami, April 2-3, 1976. University of Miami. Sea Grant Special Report; no. 5

McKenry, Carl E. B. (1976) Consensus: Biscayne Bay Symposium II. University of Miami. Sea Grant Special Report; no. 6

Bilhorn, Thomas W. (1975) Biscayne Bay and its environs: an analysis of its present and future uses for Metropolitan Dade County. University of Miami. Sea Grant Special Report; no. 7

Austin, C. Bruce; Brugger, Robert; Davis, J. Conner; Siefert, Linda (1977) Recreational boating in Dade County, 1975-76. University of Miami. Sea Grant Special Report; no. 9

Clingan, Thomas Akroyd Jr. (1977) Law of the Sea: Four monographs for the general reader. University of Miami. Sea Grant Special Report; no. 10

Stepien, Walter P. Jr.; Fernandez, Segundo J. (1977) Wetlands-related legislation in the United States. University of Miami. Sea Grant Special Report; no. 11

Browder, Joan A. (1977) The Fishery Act of 1976: a summary. The management councils: a description. University of Miami. Sea Grant Special Report; no. 12

O'Connor, Craig R. (1978) The Fishery Conservation and Management Act of 1976: the need for state and federal cooperation. University of Miami. Sea Grant Special Report; no. 13

Austin, C. Bruce; Browder, Joan A; Brugger, Robert D.; Davis, J. Conner (editors) (1977) Mackerel Workshop report. University of Miami. Sea Grant Special Report; no. 14

O'Connor, Craig R. (1978) The Fishery Conservation and Management Act of 1976: the regulatory framework for Gulf of Mexico fishery management. University of Miami. Sea Grant Special Report; no. 15

Austin, C. Bruce; Davis, J. Connor; Brugger, Robert D.; Browder, Joan A. (editors) (1977) Crocker Workshop report and socio-economic profile. University of Miami. Sea Grant Special Report; no. 16

Cook, Cheryl; Green, Joseph T. (1979) Marine science teachers research experience, two reports. University of Miami. Sea Grant Special Report; no. 17

Nugent, Richard S. (1970) The effects of thermal effluent on some of the macrofauna of a subtropical estuary. University of Miami. Sea Grant Technical Bulletin; no. 1

Kane, Thomas E. (1970) Aquaculture and the law. University of Miami. Sea Grant Technical Bulletin; no. 2

Heald, Eric J. (1970) Fishery resources atlas I - New York to Flordia. University of Miami. Sea Grant Technical Bulletin; no. 3

Heald, Eric J. (1970) Fishery resources atlas II - West Flordia to Texas. University of Miami. Sea Grant Technical Bulletin; no. 4

Gehring, William Richard (1971) Sound perception and production in the pink shrimp. University of Miami. Sea Grant Technical Bulletin; no. 5

Heald, Eric J. (1971) The production of organic detritus in a South Florida estuary. University of Miami. Sea Grant Technical Bulletin; no. 6

Odum, William E. (1971) Pathways of energy flow in a South Florida estuary. University of Miami. Sea Grant Technical Bulletin; no. 7

Clark, Stephen H. (1971) Factors affecting the distribution of fishes in Whitewater Bay, Everglades National Park, Florida. University of Miami. Sea Grant Technical Bulletin; no. 8

Sastrakusumah, Sumardi (1971) A study of the food of juvenile migrating pink shrimp, Penaeus duorarum burkenroad. University of Miami. Sea Grant Technical Bulletin; no. 9

Rickards, William L. (1971) Studies of the use of vertical substrates for improving production in the culture of pink shrimp, Penaeus duorarum burkenroad. University of Miami. Sea Grant Technical Bulletin; no. 10

Jannke, Thomas E. (1971) Abundance of young sciaenid fishes in Everglades National Park, Florida, in relation to season and other variables. University of Miami. Sea Grant Technical Bulletin; no. 11

Fox, William W. (1971) Temporal-spatial relationships among tunas and billfishes based on the Japanese Longline Fishery in the Atlantic Ocean, 1956-65. University of Miami. Sea Grant Technical Bulletin; no. 12

Wulf, Norman A. (1971) Contiguous zones for pollution control: an appraisal under international law. University of Miami. Sea Grant Technical Bulletin; no. 13

McNichols, Walter J. (1971) Legal problems regarding the extraction of minerals (including oil and gas) from the Continental Shelf. University of Miami. Sea Grant Technical Bulletin; no. 14

Teytaud, Anton Robert (1971) The laboratory studies of sex recognition in the blue crab Callinectes Sapidus Rathbun. University of Miami. Sea Grant Technical Bulletin; no. 15

Auffhammer, Ida W.; Deichmann, Wm. B. (1971) Abstracts and summaries of the literature on drugs from the sea, 1967-1970. University of Miami. Sea Grant Technical Bulletin; no. 16

Austin, C. Bruce (1971) An economic inventory of the Miami River and its economic and environmental role in Biscayne Bay. University of Miami. Sea Grant Technical Bulletin; no. 17

Vosper, William J. (1971) A fishing zone delimitation of the Alaskan coast: introducing fishery baseline. University of Miami. Sea Grant Technical Bulletin; no. 18

Legg, Billy J. (1971) Seabed regimes and the limits of national jurisdiction. University of Miami. Sea Grant Technical Bulletin; no.19

Scott, Marshall S. (1971) Florida's seaward boundaries: a dilemma. University of Miami. Sea Grant Technical Bulletin; no. 20

Eisenbud, Robert (1972) An examination of the law relating to the water rights of the Everglades National Park: a case study in legal problems of the coastal zone. University of Miami. Sea Grant Technical Bulletin; no. 21

Post, Thomas R. (1971) Private compensation for injuries sustained by the discharge of oil from vessels on the navigable waters of the United States. University of Miami. Sea Grant Technical Bulletin; no. 22

De Rocher, Frederic G. (1972) Freedom of passage through international straits: community interest amid present controversy. University of Miami. Sea Grant Technical Bulletin; no. 23

Sampedro, Ruth Mercedes (1972) Costs and benefits of the abatement of pollution of Biscayne Bay, Miami, Florida. University of Miami. Sea Grant Technical Bulletin; no. 24

Serkin, Howard C. (1972) The effects of tilt on a savonius rotor exposed to a turbulent flow regime. University of Miami. Sea Grant Technical Bulletin; no. 25

Smith, Theodore I. J. (1973) The commercial feasibility of rearing Pompano Trachinotus Carolinus (Linnaeus), in cages. University of Miami. Sea Grant Technical Bulletin; no. 26

D'Amato, Richard (1973) The movement of effluent from the City of Miami sewage ocean outfall. University of Miami. Sea Grant Technical Bulletin; no. 27

Mallon, Lawrence G. (1974) A multi-disciplinary analysis of the various proposals presented for the 1974 Law of the Sea Conference on Exclusive Fisheries Zones. University of Miami. Sea Grant Technical Bulletin; no. 28

O'Connor, Dennis M. (1975) An anonymous draft treaty on the Law of the Sea. University of Miami. Sea Grant Technical Bulletin; no. 29

Newell, Steven Y.; Fell, Jack W. (1975) Preliminary experimentation in the development of natural food analogues for culture of detritivorous shrimp. University of Miami. Sea Grant Technical Bulletin; no. 30

Yang, Won Tack (1975) A manual for large-tank culture of Penaeid shrimp to the postlarval stages. University of Miami. Sea Grant Technical Bulletin; no. 31

Houde, Edward D.; Berkeley, Steven A.; Klinovsky, J. J.; Dowd, C. E. (1976) Ichthyoplankton survey data report: summary of egg and larvae data used to determine abundance of clupeid fishes in the eastern Gulf of Mexico. University of Miami. Sea Grant Technical Bulletin; no. 32

Anderson, Andrew W.; Bissell, William K. (1975) International cooperation for the prevention of marine oil pollution. University of Miami. Sea Grant Technical Bulletin; no. 33

Thorhaug, Anitra (1976) Transplantation techniques for the seagrass Thalassia Testudinum. University of Miami. Sea Grant Technical Bulletin; no. 34

Yang, Won Tack; Krantz, George E. (1976) "Intensive" culture of the stone crab Menippe Mercenaria. University of Miami. Sea Grant Technical Bulletin; no. 35

Krantz, George E.; Norris, James P. (1976) Culture of pink shrimp, Penaeus duorarum at the Turkey Point Experimental Mariculture Laboratory. University of Miami. Sea Grant Technical Bulletin; no. 36

Swakon, Edward A.; Wang, John D. (1977) Modeling of tide and wind induced flow in South Biscayne Bay and Card Sound. University of Miami. Sea Grant Technical Bulletin; no. 37

Johnson, Donald R.; Lee, Thomas N. (1977) Density-induced motions in shallow lagoons. University of Miami. Sea Grant Technical Bulletin; no. 38

Sengupta, Subrata; Lee, Samuel S.; Miller, Harvey P. (1978) Three-dimensional numerical investigations of tide and wind induced transport processes in Biscayne Bay. University of Miami. Sea Grant Technical Bulletin; no. 39

Harlem, Peter Wayne (1979) Aerial photographic interpretation of the historical changes in northern Biscayne Bay, Florida: 1925 to 1976. University of Miami. Sea Grant Technical Bulletin; no. 40