AST Sponsors

The Advanced Survey Technologies Program is partially funded by the Fisheries Resources Division at Southwest Fisheries Science Center.  Additional funding for AST is routinely acquired through inter-divisional, inter-agency, and inter-institutional collaborations, and competitive grants from government funding agencies.  Past sponsors include:

• National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) Advanced Sampling Technologies Working Group (ASTWG)
• National Science Foundation (NSF) Polar Programs
• Office of Naval Research (ONR)
• Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission (PSMFC)
• United States Antarctic Marine Living Resources Program (USAMLR)