Cooperative Agreement NA11NMF4630056

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...

This Cooperative Agreement award, funded by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) under the Coral Reef Conservation Program (CFDA 11.482), will 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 $100,000 award, spanning from February 2025 to January 2027, will be led by the non-profit organization Sail for Reefs, Inc. The key objectives are to (1) establish coral...

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 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 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 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...

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 awarded a $1,180,177.94 cooperative agreement to the Parley Foundation under the Marine Debris Program (CFDA 11.999) for the period of September 1, 2021 through August 31, 2023. The project aims to protect the Gulf of Mexico and Mexican Caribbean waters by implementing strategies to avoid, intercept, and redesign marine debris, with a focus on fishing gear, in order to prevent it from entering these bodies of water and to remove existing...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) under the Sea Grant Support program (CFDA 11.417) provides $407,469 in funding to Cornell University to build local partnerships to address marine debris prevention and removal in two underserved communities in New York City - Arverne/Far Rockaway and Canarsie. The project aims to achieve cleaner beaches and engage diverse community members in environmental stewardship activities through beach...

This $1,339,868 federal Cooperative Agreement award, issued by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) under the Ocean Exploration grant program (CFDA 11.011), supports a research project to characterize the mesophotic coral ecosystems (MCEs) and associated fish assemblages along the western coast of Puerto Rico. The project aims to leverage advanced technologies like deep diving, genomics, and underwater imaging to comprehensively describe the biodiversity, habitat use, and...