Florida’s new Office of Ocean Economy — a statewide effort to harness public and private research, education, technology and business applications involving water — will be housed at Florida Atlantic University.
The effort, which envisions a collaboration among all state universities and businesses, was sponsored by Democratic and Republican state lawmakers from South Florida.
State Rep. Chip LaMarca, R-Lighthouse Point, described the program last week during a Broward Legislative Delegation gathering in Davie.
He worked with and credited his House co-sponsor, state Rep. Kelly Skidmore, a Palm Beach County Democrat, and state Sen. Jason Pizzo, a Democrat who represents parts of Broward and Miami-Dade counties.
Florida is establishing the ‘Office of Ocean Economy’ at FAU, pushing to advance discoveries
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Source:
Sun Sentinel
