Cooperative Agreement 22AN11100500055

The Alaska Department of Fish and Game was awarded a $179,540 cooperative agreement from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service under the Alaska Subsistence Management program (CFDA 15.636) to document contemporary salmon harvest and use patterns in Manokotak, Alaska. Over the three-year period from April 2022 to December 2025, ADF&G will collaborate with the Bristol Bay Native Association and Manokotak Nunaniq School to administer a comprehensive household harvest survey, conduct key respondent...

Federal Cooperative Agreement Summary The Alaska Department of Fish & Game received a $164,450 cooperative agreement from the Department of the Interior's Office of Subsistence Management under the Alaska Subsistence Management program (CFDA 15.636) for the period July 1, 2025 through June 30, 2026. The project documents traditional ecological knowledge (TEK) from residents of Ambler, Noorvik, and Kotzebue regarding changes in salmon distribution, abundance, migration, and timing in the...

The Alaska Department of Fish and Game will receive $828,000 through a Cooperative Agreement award from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration under the Pacific Fisheries Data Program (CFDA 11.437) from March 1, 2023 to February 29, 2024. The Department will conduct field research on Bering Sea red king crab to understand seasonal movements and population distributions in Bristol Bay. This will involve tagging and surveying red king crab to provide updated data to inform the North...

Federal Cooperative Agreement Summary The Alaska Department of Fish & Game received a $214,951 Cooperative Agreement from the Department of the Interior (Interior Business Center) under the Alaska Subsistence Management program (CFDA 15.636) for the period July 1, 2025 through June 30, 2026. This award supports the continuation of the Kuskokwim River Subsistence Salmon Fishery monitoring project, which has operated since 1988 to track subsistence salmon harvests across approximately 27...

The Alaska Department of Fish and Game will receive $253,116.68 through December 31, 2025 from the National Park Service under the Cooperative Research and Training Programs – Resources of the National Park System grant program to conduct the Copper Basin Community Harvest Assessment. The assessment will provide updated information on the harvest and use of subsistence resources by residents of Copper Basin communities in Alaska through household surveys, ethnographic interviews, and analysis....

Federal Cooperative Agreement Summary The Alaska Department of Fish & Game received a $149,699 Cooperative Agreement from the Department of the Interior's Interior Business Center under the Alaska Subsistence Management program (CFDA 15.636), awarded July 1, 2025, with completion targeted for March 31, 2026. This award supports continued operation of a weir facility on the George River in the Kuskokwim River drainage to monitor and index Chinook, chum, and coho salmon escapement. The weir...

The Alaska Department of Fish and Game (ADF&G) will receive $600,000 under a five-year Project Grant from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) to support marine research surveys of Chinook and chum salmon from the Arctic-Yukon-Kuskokwim region of Alaska. The funding will help ADF&G co-lead the longstanding Northern Bering Sea survey with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration through June 2028. This survey is critical for forecasting Yukon River salmon stocks up to...

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration awarded $1.5 million under the Pacific Fisheries Data Program to the Alaska Department of Fish and Game for the Bering Sea Crab Research XXI project. The project will support research, data collection, and distribution activities through June 2023 to provide fishery managers with information needed to sustainably manage commercial crab fisheries in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands consistent with state and federal regulations. As the primary...

The Yukon River Drainage Fisheries Association received a $825,000 project grant award from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration under the Congressionally Identified Awards and Projects federal grant program (CFDA 11.469). Through this two-year award ending April 2025, the Association will conduct a comprehensive assessment of habitat alterations in the Yukon River watershed and prioritize restoration needs. This work incorporates consultation with local communities and...

The Kuskokwim River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission (KRITFC) received an $880,000 cooperative agreement award from the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) under the CFDA 15.808 Research and Data Collection program. The award funds the implementation of an intertribal federal subsistence cooperative management program for the Kuskokwim River region in western Alaska. Key activities include: Initiating a chum salmon radio telemetry study ($300,000) Reestablishing the Tatlawiksuk River weir ($240,000)...