Research
Northeast Consortium
The Northeast Consortium (NEC), based at UNH, was created in 1999 to encourage and fund effective, co-equal partnerships among commercial fishermen, researchers, and other stakeholders to become active participants in cooperative research and development of selective fishing gear technology.
The Northeast Consortium consists of four research institutions (University of New Hampshire, University of Maine, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution) which are working together to foster this cooperative research initiative between academic researchers and the fishing community; an approach that parallels the UNH mission to link research and user communities in collaborative programs.
The Northeast Consortium currently supports 2 Marine Science Graduate Fellowships within the Marine Program for exceptional students undertaking graduate research related to the NEC mission. For more information on the Northeast Consortium, contact Dr. Christopher Glass, Director, or follow the link on the top of this page to the Northeast Consortium home page.