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Aquatic Science
The DNR Aquatics Science Program is composed of two teams: the Aquatics Assessment and Monitoring Team (AAMT) and the Nearshore Habitat Program (Nearshore). These teams monitor aquatic lands and design research projects, analyzing the data to inform the science-based management of state-owned aquatic lands and associated species and habitats. The work of the Aquatic Science Program supports the statutory goals of the DNR Aquatics Division - to Ensure Environmental Protection and Foster Water-Dependent Uses. Below are 2-page fact sheets that showcase some of the work that is conducted by the Aquatic Science Program in support of the DNR Aquatic's mission
Ensure environmental protection
Aquatic vegetation
Eelgrass
Eelgrass research
Kelp
Kelp monitoring
Kelp research
Changing ocean conditions
Anthropogenic alterations to the environment
Fostering water dependent uses
Aquaculture
Aquaculture research