Cooperative Agreement NA10NMF4410005

The Alaska Department of Fish & Game (ADF&G) was awarded a $486,067.87 Cooperative Agreement under the Bureau of Land Management's (BLM) Aquatic Resources Management program (CFDA 15.244) to coordinate with BLM staff and plan/execute a systematic field inventory of anadromous and resident fish distribution and associated aquatic/riparian habitat in select drainages of interior and Arctic Alaska. The goal is to identify and fill existing data gaps in the State of Alaska's Catalog of...

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...

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 Alaska Department of Fish and Game will receive $313,000 through a Cooperative Agreement award from the Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 7. The award is provided under the Fish and Wildlife Management Assistance program (CFDA 15.608) to support a Kenai River coho salmon telemetry project from October 1, 2021 through September 30, 2026. Funding will allow Alaska DFG to implement activities such as tagging coho salmon with telemetry devices to study migration...

The Alaska Department of Fish and Game received a $411,386 Formula Grant award from the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 7 under the Sport Fish Restoration federal grant program (CFDA 15.605). The grant will support activities from July 1, 2021 to June 30, 2022 designed to restore, conserve, manage, and enhance sport fish populations in Alaska and provide public access to recreational boating and fishing. As outlined in the program description, sixty-seven percent...

The Alaska Department of Fish and Game received a $158,700 cooperative agreement award from the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 7 under the federal Fish and Wildlife Management Assistance program (CFDA 15.608). The funding supports instream flow projects in Alaska's Matsu and Kenai regions from July 1, 2021 through June 30, 2022. The Fish and Wildlife Management Assistance program objectives include implementing state aquatic nuisance species management plans...

The Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 7 awarded the Alaska Department of Fish and Game $3,359,329 on March 2, 2026, under the Sport Fish Restoration program (CFDA 15.605) to design, manage, construct, and verify energy efficiency upgrades at the William Jack Hernandez Sport Fish Hatchery in Anchorage, Alaska. The selected efficiency measures, outlined in an investment-grade audit submitted by energy service contractor Ameresco on October 9, 2025, are intended to...

The Alaska Department of Fish and Game received a $14.5 million formula grant award from the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 7 under the Sport Fish Restoration federal grant program (CFDA 15.605). The funding supports coastal and freshwater sport fisheries investigations in Alaska from July 1, 2021 to June 30, 2022, with 59% of funding allocated to freshwater projects and 41% to marine. Activities will restore, conserve, manage, and enhance Alaskan sport fish...

The Alaska Department of Fish and Game received a $663,615.98 Formula Grant award from the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 7 under the Sport Fish Restoration federal grant program (CFDA 15.605). The grant funding will support activities from July 1, 2021 to June 30, 2022 designed to enhance sport fisheries hatcheries in Alaska with a 45% allocation for freshwater projects and 55% for marine, consistent with the goals of the Sport Fish Restoration program to...

The Alaska Department of Fish and Game received a $798,777.77 Formula Grant award from the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 7 under the Sport Fish Restoration federal grant program (CFDA 15.605). The funding supports aquatic education projects in Alaska from July 1, 2021 to June 30, 2022, with 60% of funding allocated to freshwater activities and 40% to marine. As the State of Alaska grantee, the Alaska Department of Fish and Game will implement projects...