### Question
How is the term field related to ocean, coastal, and Great Lakes resources defined?


### Answer
The term **field related to ocean, coastal, and Great Lakes resources** is defined in *33 U.S.C. § 1122* as the following:

> any discipline or field (including marine science (and the physical, natural, and biological sciences, and engineering, included therein), marine technology, education, marine affairs and resource management, economics, sociology, communications, planning, law, international affairs, and public administration) which is concerned with or likely to improve the understanding, assessment, development, utilization, or conservation of ocean, coastal, and Great Lakes resources

#### Citation:
  - *33 U.S.C. § 1122*
  - Heading: **CHAPTER 22-SEA GRANT COLLEGES AND MARINE SCIENCE DEVELOPMENT > SUBCHAPTER II-NATIONAL SEA GRANT COLLEGE PROGRAM**

