Cooperative Agreement NA04NMF4550381

This $381,114 Cooperative Agreement award from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) under the Sea Grant Support program (CFDA 11.417) aims to enhance domestic striped bass aquaculture production and economic feasibility. The key activities include: Evaluating the impact of dietary thiamine supplementation on growth performance and size variation of striped bass during a production cycle. Assessing the effects of reduced frequency feeding regimes compared to daily feeding on...

The U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service awarded a $206,260 Formula Grant under the Sport Fish Restoration program (CFDA 15.605) to the Virginia Marine Resources Commission (VMRC) to conduct an annual survey of juvenile striped bass in major Virginia nursery areas. The project will use standardized seine netting methods to assess striped bass recruitment in the James, York, and Rappahannock River drainages, providing continuity of data for this key Chesapeake Bay species. In...

This federal Formula Grant award from the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service under the Sport Fish Restoration program (CFDA 15.605) provides $214,738.00 to the Virginia Marine Resources Commission (VMRC) to conduct an annual survey of juvenile (young-of-year) striped bass populations in the major Virginia nursery areas of the Chesapeake Bay. The funding supports standardized sampling methods, including seine hauls, to assess the relative abundance and size composition of...

This Cooperative Agreement award, funded by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) under the Unallied Science Program (CFDA 11.472), will support outreach, research, and development related to turtle excluder devices within the summer flounder fishery of the Greater Atlantic region. The $179,262 award to Cornell Cooperative Extension Association of Suffolk County will fund two regional workshops to present a preliminary flexible grid design and solicit fishing industry input,...

This $252,421 Formula Grant award from the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service under the Sport Fish Restoration program supports research and monitoring activities focused on the sustainability of striped bass populations in Virginia. The key products and services delivered through this one-year award, which began on December 1, 2024, include: Monitoring the abundance, size, and sex of striped bass on the Virginia spawning grounds during the spring spawning season through...

This $626,499 federal Formula Grant award from the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service under the Sport Fish Restoration program (CFDA 15.605) will provide fishery-dependent catch composition data, fishery-independent indices of relative abundance, and biological and movement data for striped bass stocks in North Carolina. The data collected will be used to examine long-term demographic trends, improve bycatch estimates, evaluate management measures, and assess habitat usage...

The Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission (ASMFC) was awarded a $6,910,276 Cooperative Agreement by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) under the Unallied Science Program (CFDA 11.472). The project aims to test the feasibility of removing vertical lines in fixed gear fisheries to reduce the risk of large whale entanglement. The project goals are to provide fixed gear fishermen with experience using technologies that reduce protected species risk, assist gear...

The University of Vermont & State Agricultural College (UVM) received a $179,717.41 Cooperative Agreement award from the Department of the Interior U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) under the Cooperative Research Units program (CFDA 15.812). This 5-year project aims to use genetic mark-recapture and acoustic telemetry to test hypotheses and collect data to develop a life-cycle model for guiding Atlantic salmon restoration efforts in the Lake Champlain basin. Key activities include implanting...

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) awarded a $4,901,226 Cooperative Agreement under the Cooperative Fishery Statistics program (CFDA 11.434) to the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission (ASMFC). The purpose of this funding is to coordinate, plan, and administer ACCSP activities, provide recreational fishing information, and conduct recreational fisheries statistical catch surveys from Maine through Georgia. Key activities include catch sampling, for-hire effort data...

The Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 5 awarded $173,541.45 under the Sport Fish Restoration Formula Grant program (CFDA 15.605) to the Virginia Marine Resources Commission for the period of April 1, 2021 through March 31, 2022. The funding supports estimation of juvenile striped bass relative abundance in the Virginia portion of Chesapeake Bay. A sub-award of $173,541.45 was provided to the Virginia Institute of Marine Science to conduct field sampling and data...