Cooperative Agreement NA13NMF4720279

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 National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration awarded Sustainable Seas Technology Inc. a $599,998 two-year Project Grant under the Fisheries Development and Utilization Research and Development Grants and Cooperative Agreements Program (CFDA 11.427). The grant will support testing of subsea buoy retrieval systems in three Southeastern states to provide a detailed performance analysis and economic effectiveness evaluation of ropeless fishing gear configurations. Project partners will test...

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...

This cooperative agreement award of $299,100 from the Department of Commerce National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration seeks to identify methods for protecting fish catches from whale depredation and develop low-cost protective designs that can be deployed using current longline fishing techniques. The International Pacific Halibut Commission will conduct a workshop with industry stakeholders to identify the top two or three catch protection designs. Functional prototypes of the selected...

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) awarded a $3,217,367 Cooperative Agreement grant under the NOAA Marine Debris Program to the Center for Coastal Studies, Inc. (doing business as Provincetown Center for Coastal Studies), a non-profit organization, to establish a regional coalition across New England to address abandoned, lost, or discarded fishing gear (ALDFG) and end-of-life fishing gear. The 3-year project will involve conducting at-sea sonar surveys, grappling for...

Federal Cooperative Agreement Award Summary Blue Planet Strategies LLC received a $191,853 Cooperative Agreement from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) under the Cooperative Research Program (CFDA 11.472), awarded July 1, 2025, with completion targeted for December 31, 2026. The project engages commercial fishermen from gillnet, lobster, and mobile fishing fleets in collaborative gear redesign activities to develop ropeless gillnet fishing technologies. Blue Planet...

Federal Grant Award Summary The South Atlantic Fishery Management Council (SAFMC) received a $137,356 Project Grant from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) under the Atlantic Coastal Fisheries Cooperative Management Act (CFDA 11.474) to continue and expand the SAFMC Release Project, a citizen science initiative focused on collecting fishery-dependent data from commercial, for-hire, and recreational fishing sectors. The project provides participating fishers with a...

Federal Cooperative Agreement Award Summary Fishnext Research LLC received a $599,994 Cooperative Agreement award from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) under the Cooperative Research Program (CFDA 11.472), effective May 1, 2025 through October 31, 2027. The award supports the acceleration of Active Selection (ACTSEL) systems adoption among commercial trawlers as a bycatch reduction technology. The primary deliverables include ensuring successful early-stage vessel...

Federal Cooperative Agreement Award Summary The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) awarded $200,000 under the Cooperative Research Program (CFDA 11.472) to the U.S. Virgin Islands Department of Planning & Natural Resources, Division of Fish and Wildlife, effective June 1, 2025 through December 31, 2026. This cooperative agreement supports collaborative gear redesign activities that engage fixed and mobile gear fishermen in developing and improving ropeless gillnet fishing...

The North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality (NCDEQ) received a $153,600 project grant award from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) under the Atlantic Coastal Fisheries Cooperative Management Act program (CFDA 11.474). The grant will support enhancements to North Carolina's biological databases to prepare for transmitting data to the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission (ASMFC) from July 1, 2021 through June 30, 2023. The Atlantic Coastal Fisheries...