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The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) awarded a $1,513,141 Cooperative Agreement to The Ocean Foundation under the CFDA 11.999 Marine Debris Program. The 4-year project will implement large-scale removals of lost or abandoned derelict fishing gear, with a goal of 200 removals to collect an estimated 160,000 lbs of debris from the seafloor in the U.S. Caribbean. The project will also develop outreach and education activities with local fishers and rangers, implement a fishing...

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration awarded a $10.6 million cooperative agreement to the Institute For Socio-Ecological Research to construct five acres of coral reef habitat at three locations in Puerto Rico through the Habitat Conservation (CFDA 11.463) federal grant program. Under this award, the Institute and its subawardees will strengthen ecosystem resilience by addressing the current state of low coral cover and diversity in Puerto Rico's reefs. They will accomplish this...

The Department of Commerce's National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) awarded a $219,342 cooperative agreement to Scuba Dogs Society, Inc. under the Marine Debris Program (CFDA 11.999) to implement a management plan for coastal communities in Puerto Rico focused on the removal and awareness of marine/estuarine debris. The cooperative agreement, awarded December 1, 2021 with a completion date of March 31, 2024, will support Scuba Dogs Society's delivery of products and services to...

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration will provide $351,900 under the Marine Debris Program (CFDA 11.999) to Wildcoast through a cooperative agreement from October 1, 2021 to September 30, 2023. The funding will support a project to reduce marine debris originating in Los Laureles Canyon, a tributary of the Tijuana River, from entering the Pacific Ocean at the United States-Mexico border over two years. Specific services will focus on decreasing trans-border pollution to improve...

This $677,554 Cooperative Agreement award from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) Marine Debris Program supports a 3-year pilot project to address marine debris pollution in the St. Andrew Sound and St. Joe Bay Estuary Program (SASJBEP) watershed. The project aims to reduce man-made debris, such as single-use plastics and macro-plastics, entering local waterways through a two-pronged approach. First, the project will install up to 60 litter interception devices...

This Cooperative Agreement award, funded by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) under the Coral Reef Conservation Program (CFDA 11.482), provides $100,000 to support the development of coral reef action plans and stewardship partnerships for the U.S. Caribbean jurisdictions of Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. The lead executing entity is Sail for Reefs Inc., a non-profit organization, which will facilitate the establishment of the coral reef stewardship...

The Environmental Protection Agency Region 4 awarded a $654,271 Project Grant to the University of Miami under the South Florida Geographic Initiatives Program (CFDA 66.484). The grant will support the University's project to combine coral reef restoration tools with citizen science engagement to establish a showcase restoration site in Miami-Dade County, Florida. Key deliverables include outplanting over 10,000 Acropora corals from at least 80 genotypes and 4,000 juveniles and fragments from...

The Environmental Protection Agency Region 4 awarded $100,000 to the National Marine Sanctuary Foundation through the Surveys, Studies, Investigations, Demonstrations, and Training Grants and Cooperative Agreements program under the Clean Water Act Section 104(b)(3). The project aims to reduce threats to coral reefs, mangroves, and marine life in the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary by removing underwater marine debris and promoting stewardship partnerships through March 2024....

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) awarded a $407,469 Cooperative Agreement under the Sea Grant Support (CFDA 11.417) program to Cornell University to build a local partnership to address marine debris prevention and removal in two of New York City's most environmentally distressed areas - Arverne and Far Rockaway in Queens, and Canarsie in Brooklyn. The project, titled "B-Q Clean Up", will develop a coordinated and collaborative systems approach to (a)...

The U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service awarded a $172,000 Formula Grant under the State Wildlife Grants (CFDA 15.634) program to the Puerto Rico Department of Natural and Environmental Resources (DNER), doing business as Hilo, to continue developing the first land-based restoration facility on the east coast of Puerto Rico. The goal of this 1-year project is to successfully rear and restore the long-spined sea urchin (Diadema antillarum) and important framework-building...