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SC&E Member Consortia

SC&E, through LSU, is a member of LUMCON and of COL(Consortium for Ocean Leadership).

LUMCON, the Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium—LUMCON provides a stimulus for research and education in the marine sciences in Louisiana by being a service facility for all Louisiana schools with interests in marine research and education, and by conducting research and education programs. The LUMCON Marine Center provides well-equipped research and teaching laboratories in coastal Cocodrie. The setting is perfect for fieldwork on marine organisms and coastal ecosystems. A research vessel for the continental shelf and the open waters of Gulf of Mexico and one for coastal waters operate out of the Cocodrie center. Additional facilities are located on Vermilion Bay south of Lafayette and at Port Fourchon near Grand Isle. Many LUMCON researchers hold adjunct appointments with LSU and with the University of Louisiana at Lafayette Biology Department.

The Consortium for Ocean Leadership The Consortium for Ocean Leadership is a Washington, DC-based nonprofit organization that represents 94 of the leading public and private ocean research and education institutions, aquaria and industry with the mission to advance research, education and sound ocean policy. The organization also manages ocean research and education programs in areas of scientific ocean drilling, ocean observing, ocean exploration, and ocean partnerships.