The department of environmental protection's division of fish & wildlife (njdep) is partnering with the new jersey department of agriculture (njda) and the new jersey department of health (njdh) to…

The Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Marketing Service awarded $826,807 under the Pandemic Relief Activities: Farm and Food Worker Relief Grant Program (CFDA 10.181) to the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection's Division of Fish & Wildlife on January 24, 2022. The funding will support reimbursements to New Jersey seafood processors, dealers, and processing vessels for eligible COVID-19 related expenses incurred between January 27, 2020 and December 31, 2021. Eligible activities for reimbursement include workplace safety measures, retrofitting facilities for worker and consumer safety, market pivots, and medical costs associated with COVID-19 testing. The subawards aim to minimize the financial strain on seafood businesses impacted by the pandemic while ensuring worker and consumer safety at processing facilities. The funding will be distributed through January 24, 2024.

The department of environmental protection's division of fish & wildlife (njdep) is partnering with the new jersey department of agriculture (njda) and the new jersey department of health (njdh) to distribute direct subaward payments to new jersey seafood processors, dealers, and seafood processing vessels. Eligible entities will apply for reimbursement of eligible covid-19 related expenses through new jersey's online grant portal, known as sage.seafood processors, dealers, and seafood processing vessels will be able to receive funding to reimburse expenses incurred between january 27, 2020 and december 31, 2021. Eligible activities for reimbursement include workplace safety measures, retrofitting facilities for worker and consumer safety, market pivots, and medical costs associated with providing or purchasing covid-19 testing. These eligible activities were chosen based on outreach to new jersey processors which showed that these three activities were the most widely funded and would therefore maximize the output of assistance to the program's beneficiaries. The purpose of these subawards is to minimize the financial strain covid-19 has put on seafood processors and dealers whose market was hard HIT throughout the pandemic, while also ensuring that workers and consumers are as safe as possible while at processing facilities.