News & Events
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Recent News and Events
- February 22nd, 2023
Sea Grant Law Diversity Internship Program Applications Open! -
The National Sea Grant Law Center (NSGLC) at the University of Mississippi School of Law in Oxford, MS is seeking applicants for the 2023 Sea Grant Law Diversity Internship Program (SGLDIP). The summer internship seeks to provide experiential learning opportunities to a law school student from a diverse background in the field of ocean, coastal, and Great Lakes law, with an emphasis on issues facing underrepresented or indigenous communities.
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- January 13th, 2023
January 2023 Issue of The SandBar Published 
The January 2023 (volume 22:1) issue of The SandBar has been published. The lead story is "Lobster Lovers Mourn as American Lobster Added to Seafood Watch's Red List".
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- December 15th, 2022
Legal Challenge to NWP 56: False Alarm or More to Come? -
On January 13, 2021, the Corps issued Nationwide Permit 56, which authorizes structures in marine and estuarine waters designed for use in finfish mariculture. (NWP 56). This permit allows permittees to, after providing pre-construction notice to the Corps and the Coast Guard, install structures such as cages, net pens, anchors, floats, buoys, etc. in navigable waters of the United States.
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- December 5th, 2022
Court Affirms Public Rights to Connecticut Beach -
In 2017, the Miami Beach Association built a fence with an entry gate and implemented a permitting system for access to Miami Beach in Old Lyme, Connecticut due to an increase of inappropriate behavior and trash. As this system placed restrictions on the public’s use of the beach, residents of Old Lyme living near Miami Beach sued the Association.
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- October 28th, 2022
October 2022 Issue of The SandBar Published 
The October 2022 (volume 21:4) 20th Anniversary Issue of The SandBar has been published.
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- October 17th, 2022
Meet Our New Ocean and Coastal Law Fellow: Lourdes Carreras-Ortiz -
Meet our new Ocean and Coastal Law Fellow: Lourdes Carreras-Ortiz! We asked Lourdes several questions to get to know her better.
