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The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) awarded a $202,280 Project Grant under the Pacific Coast Salmon Recovery Pacific Salmon Treaty Program (CFDA 11.438) to the Washington State Department of Fish & Wildlife. The goal of this 22-month project, starting September 1, 2024, is to thoroughly review and, where possible, improve current stock assessment methods and estimates for Nooksack spring Chinook salmon. Key objectives include assessing escapement methodologies,...

This $682,107 Project Grant awarded by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) under the Pacific Coast Salmon Recovery Pacific Salmon Treaty Program (CFDA 11.438) is funding a multi-faceted effort to mitigate economic impacts from reductions in Chinook salmon harvests in Southeast Alaska. The key components of the program include: Hatchery fish marking, tagging, and evaluation; hatchery enhancement projects; and hatchery research. Sub-awards to entities like the Alaska...

This $758,500 federal Project Grant award from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) under the Pacific Coast Salmon Recovery Pacific Salmon Treaty Program (CFDA 11.438) will fund the Alaska Department of Fish & Game (ADF&G) to maintain or increase coded-wire-tag sampling rates for chinook salmon caught in Southeast Alaska commercial fisheries. The key objective is to ensure that at least 20% of chinook salmon caught in the commercial fisheries of Southeast Alaska are...

This $512,630 federal Project Grant award from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) under the Pacific Coast Salmon Recovery Pacific Salmon Treaty Program (CFDA 11.438) will support the Alaska Department of Fish & Game (ADF&G) in conducting scientific research and conservation efforts for the Chilkat River stock of Chinook salmon. The funding will be used to estimate smolt abundance, adult escapement, and harvest of this salmon population, allowing for the...

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration awarded a $1.19 million project grant to the Alaska Department of Fish & Game through the Pacific Salmon Treaty Program (CFDA #11.438) to support assessment and data collection activities for Chinook salmon stocks in Alaska from July 1, 2022 to June 30, 2023. Specifically, the grant will fund projects to estimate abundance, age/sex composition, outmigration numbers of smolt, and future marine harvest of Chinook salmon in the Chilkat River...

This $176,327 Project Grant award from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) under the Pacific Coast Salmon Recovery Pacific Salmon Treaty Program (CFDA 11.438) supports the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) in verifying and recalibrating the estimated escapement of fall Chinook salmon within the Grays Harbor indicator stock. The key objectives are to compare the current approach with three alternative methods: redd counts across the entire spawning...

The University of California San Diego, through its Scripps Institution of Oceanography division, was awarded a $259,996 cooperative agreement from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to evaluate ocean demographic parameters and salmon stock forecasts. Funded through NOAA's $11.4 million Sea Grant Support program, the two-year project will develop hierarchical models integrating cohort data across California salmon stocks. Researchers will reconstruct past cohorts, estimate...

This Project Grant awarded by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) under the Congressionally Identified Awards and Projects program (CFDA 11.469) will fund three projects to monitor the migratory behaviors, overwintering areas, and movements of Kenai River Chinook salmon juveniles and smolt into the Kenai River estuary. The award will also support estimation of annual smolt abundance, marine survival, and the influence of size and outmigration timing of Anchor River or...

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration awarded a $115,881 project grant to the Alaska Department of Fish & Game through the Fisheries Development and Utilization Research and Development Grants and Cooperative Agreements Program (CFDA 11.427). The grant will fund work to improve the genetic baseline of western Alaska Chinook salmon for mixed stock analysis in the Bering Sea from September 1, 2021 through August 31, 2023. The project aims to increase understanding of salmon stock...

Federal Project Grant Award Summary The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) awarded $283,418 to the Alaska Department of Fish & Game under the Pacific Salmon Treaty Program (CFDA 11.438) beginning September 1, 2025, with a completion date of August 31, 2028. This three-year project supports salmon management and recovery efforts aligned with the Pacific Salmon Treaty by focusing on five Alaskan river systems: the Chilkat, Unuk, Chickamin, Blossom, and Keta Rivers. The...