All of the graduate student travel funding provided by Rhode Island Sea Grant has been awarded for 2018. We view this as a very successful initiative, and we will continue to look for opportunities to fund grad student travel.    Here is the list of awardees. The work of these students demonstrates the terrific breadth of work being done in the department, and these students will represent us well.    Student: Eva Touhey Title: Marine debris removal technology bringing together sailing community and marine trade with a focus on prevention Meeting: Sixth International Marine Debris Conference Location: San Diego, CA Date: March 11-16, 2018   Student: Rennie Meyers Title: Artificial reefs: Designing and debating resilience in the South China Sea Meeting: Social Coast Forum Location: Charleston, SC Date: February 2-8, 2018   Student: Danielle Bilecki Title: Why corals need legal rights Meeting: Asia-Pacific Coral Reef Symposium Location: Cebu City, Phillippines Date: June 4-8, 2018   Student: Jerry Bove Title: A GIS inventory and exposure assessment for critical coastal transport infrastructure land use in the Caribbean Small Islands Developing States Meeting: Fifth Biennial Marine Transportation System Research and Technology Conference Location: Washington, DC Date: June 19-21, 2018   Student: Kaytee Canfield Title: Influence and tourism: Experiences with legitimacy and access over time on Catalina Island Meeting: Association for Environmental Studies and Sciences 2018 Conference Location: Washington, DC Date: June 20-23, 2018   Student: Corinne Truesdale Title: Collecting fishers’ knowledge to inform management of a data-poor fishery: Jonah crab in southern New England Meeting: Annual Meeting of the American Fisheries Society Location: Atlantic City, NJ Date: August 19-23, 2018