The Mississippi-Alabama Sea Grant Legal Program has conducted legal research, education, and outreach since 1972 and is now operated in conjunction with the National Sea Grant Law Center, created in February of 2002.

As the legal research arm of the Mississippi-Alabama Sea Grant Consortium, the Program conducts research on marine laws and policies, coordinates ocean and coastal law researchers, and disseminates information to coastal and ocean policy-makers in the Gulf of Mexico.

The Mississippi-Alabama Sea Grant Legal Program publishes a legal reporter, Water Log, which comes out quarterly.

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