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This Cooperative Agreement award from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) under the Unallied Science Program (CFDA 11.472) provides $458,154 to The Ocean Foundation to continue their research program on electronic tagging, movement ecology, genetic stock identification, and fisheries modeling for marine species. The work will include acoustic, archival, and satellite tagging, as well as other research activities. No grant funding will be used for normal tagging operations....

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) awarded a $4,000,000 Project Grant to the Coonamessett Farm Foundation under the Congressionally Identified Awards and Projects program (CFDA 11.469) to provide Massachusetts fishers with training to collect and disseminate oceanographic and fisheries data. This project aims to utilize the fishers' ecological knowledge to advance the understanding of climate change. The program will also collect and analyze data to inform fishers on...

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration awarded a Cooperative Agreement totaling $2,492,916 to Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission on October 1, 2025, under the Fisheries Data Program (CFDA 11.437) to advance fisheries data collection, storage, analysis, and dissemination in the Pacific Islands region. The award funds support to Pacific Islands regional stakeholders—American Samoa, Guam, Hawaii, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and other U.S. Pacific...

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration awarded the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission $3,353,271 under the Fisheries Data Program (CFDA 11.437) on August 1, 2026, to support marine fisheries data collection and analysis systems serving Atlantic Coast fisheries management. The Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission operates the Atlantic Coastal Cooperative Statistics Program (ACCSP), a state-federal partnership established in 1995 comprising 15 Atlantic Coast states,...

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration awarded the University of Florida a $289,977 cooperative agreement on October 1, 2025, under the Cooperative Research Program (CFDA 11.472) to develop a conceptual and analytical framework for assessing protected species bycatch interactions in the Pacific Islands region. The award funds four key objectives: maintaining, improving, and innovating a near real-time oceanographic covariate pipeline for dataset enhancement; conducting retrospective...

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration awarded the Department of Marine Resources Maine $1,032,141 through the Atlantic Coastal Fisheries Cooperative Management Act (CFDA 11.474) on October 1, 2025, to collect information about Maine's important marine species and associated fisheries in order to assess resource status, monitor trends in fisheries, and provide information for the management of commercial and recreational fisheries. The award funds activities integral to the...

This federal Project Grant award from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) under the Fisheries Development and Utilization Research and Development Grants and Cooperative Agreements Program (CFDA 11.427) provides $128,524.00 to the Cape Cod Commercial Fishermen's Alliance, Inc. to develop and deliver a "Fishing 101" introductory course for 15 students and a series of 7 advanced workshops for 30 fishermen. The training will cover topics such as local fisheries,...

Federal Cooperative Agreement Summary The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) awarded The Ocean Foundation a Cooperative Agreement valued at $498,793 under the Cooperative Research Program (CFDA 11.472) for the period September 1, 2025, through August 31, 2026. The award supports refinement of the Management Strategy Evaluation (MSE) framework through improved natural mortality estimates and reduced stock movement uncertainties for fisheries management. The recipient will...

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration awarded the Potomac River Fisheries Commission $296,482 on February 1, 2027, under the Fisheries Data Program (CFDA 11.437) to complete Year 6 maintenance funding for electronic trip-level reporting implementation in the commercial fisheries sector through the Atlantic Coastal Cooperative Statistics Program. The recipient will finalize the transition to electronic reporting using ACCSP eTrips and the PRFC SAIL cloud-based system, enabling...

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) awarded a $1,200,000 Project Grant under the Congressionally Identified Awards and Projects program (CFDA 11.469) to the Alaska Department of Fish & Game (ADF&G) Division of Commercial Fisheries. The funding will allow ADF&G to maintain and improve its fleet of large research vessels used to conduct critical marine surveys that provide the scientific data and fish stock assessments needed for the sustainable management of...