Cooperative Agreement 23AN11100500017

This federal Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service under the Alaska Subsistence Management program (CFDA 15.636) provides $215,000.00 to the Native Village of Eyak to conduct long-term monitoring of adult Chinook salmon abundance in the Copper River, Alaska from 2022-2025. The key products of this project are annual estimates of the inriver abundance of Copper River Chinook salmon, which will be generated using fishwheel data and...

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 Chilkoot Indian Association received a $224,209.53 cooperative agreement award from the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service to conduct Northern Southeast Alaska eulachon population dynamics monitoring activities from March 2022 through February 2026. The award was made under the Good Neighbor Authority federal grant program (CFDA #10.691), which permits state agencies to perform forest restoration and protection services on federal lands. Specifically, the cooperative agreement...

This Project Grant award, provided by 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 to maintain or increase coded-wire-tag sampling rates for Chinook salmon caught in commercial fisheries in Southeast Alaska. The $758,500 award, effective September 1, 2024 through December 31, 2025, aims to ensure at least 20% of Chinook salmon caught in Southeast...

The Department of Commerce National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration awarded a $2.14 million Project Grant to the Alaska Department of Fish & Game under the Pacific Coast Salmon Recovery Pacific Salmon Treaty Program (CFDA 11.438) for the period of July 1, 2022 through December 31, 2023. Funding will support maintaining or increasing coded wire tag sampling rates for Chinook salmon caught in commercial fisheries in Southeast Alaska at an objective of 20% or more each statistical...

This $564,298 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 key activities of two salmon harvest monitoring programs in Southeast Alaska (SEAK). Specifically, the grant will fund the SEAK Marine Harvest Studies (MHS) program, which will coordinate the estimation of Chinook salmon harvest by port and increase sampling rates for coded wire tags in marine...

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...

This Cooperative Agreement awarded by the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service under the National Fish Passage Program (CFDA 15.685) provides $4,000,000 to restore fish passage to up to 14 miles of high-quality habitat in Southeast Alaska. The project will address barriers at 11 culverts on Native-owned and non-federal lands to improve passage for salmonid species, which are regional priorities. The Southeast Alaska Watershed Coalition, a non-profit organization based in...

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...

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) awarded a $682,107 Project Grant under the Pacific Coast Salmon Recovery Pacific Salmon Treaty Program (CFDA 11.438) to the Alaska Department of Fish & Game. The purpose of the grant is to mitigate the economic impacts of reduced Chinook salmon harvest levels in Southeast Alaska by increasing hatchery production and survival to create more harvest opportunities. Key grant activities include hatchery fish marking, tagging, and...