Cooperative Agreement NA17FM1704

This Cooperative Agreement award, provided by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) under the Marine Mammal Data Program (CFDA 11.439), will support small cetacean intervention and post-release monitoring services across the United States. The $133,748 award, effective August 1, 2024 through July 31, 2025, will enable the Chicago Zoological Society/Brookfield Zoo to: Obtain, prepare, and distribute electronic tags for post-release monitoring of injured, out-of-habitat, or...

Through a Cooperative Agreement with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) National Marine Fisheries Service, the ST. George Traditional Council will address issues of common concern by developing education, outreach, and mentoring programs and materials related to marine mammals and associated research, subsistence harvest, and co-management. The $103,925 award under the CFDA 11.439 Marine Mammal Data Program supports activities such as northern fur seal and Steller sea...

The Texas Marine Mammal Stranding Network (TMMSN) received a $136,103 project grant award from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) under the Marine Mammal Data Program (MMDP) to support continued rescue, rehabilitation, and research operations from September 1, 2021 through August 31, 2022. As the sole recipient of MMDP funding in Texas, TMMSN will utilize the award to carry out its mission of responding to marine mammal strandings in Galveston waters and coordinating...

The Northcoast Marine Mammal Center (NMMC) will receive $261,006 under a Project Grant award from the Department of Commerce National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Marine Mammal Data Program (CFDA 11.439). NMMC will maintain staff that have increased efficiency and enhanced data collection to contribute more to the national database. They will also attend NOAA conferences and training in California. Equipment vital to rehabilitating marine mammals along 210 miles of northern...

This Cooperative Agreement award of $132,078 from the Department of Commerce National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) supports diagnostic testing services for the Marine Mammal Health and Stranding Network and Unusual Mortality Events through July 31, 2022. Funded under NOAA's Marine Mammal Data Program (MMDP), the award recipient University of California Davis will provide diagnostic testing to support the MMDP's mission of collecting and analyzing information on marine mammals...

This federal Cooperative Agreement award, provided by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) under the Marine Mammal Data Program (CFDA 11.439), funds $162,765.00 in diagnostic testing, histopathology support, and surveillance activities for the Marine Mammal Health and Stranding Network. The key objectives are to: 1) Provide diagnostic and histopathology services to the Stranding Network, wildlife biologists, and marine mammal scientists; 2) Conduct diagnostic testing and...

This Project Grant award of $119,542 from the Department of Commerce National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration supports the New York Marine Rescue Center's marine mammal rescue and rehabilitation program through August 31, 2023. The funding will assist the Center's collection, reporting and sharing of stranded marine mammal data from New York State under NOAA's $11.439 Marine Mammal Data Program. Specifically, the grant will help enhance live animal triage, treatment and care for...

The Marine Mammal Center (TMMC) was awarded a $138,596 project grant from the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 9 Headquarters. The grant was awarded under the Prescott Marine Mammal Rescue Assistance program (CFDA 15.683) to enhance TMMC's capacity for southern sea otter response and rehabilitation from October 1, 2021 to September 30, 2022. The Prescott Marine Mammal Rescue Assistance program provides financial assistance to eligible entities for response,...

This Project Grant award from the Department of Commerce National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration provides $286,592 to Oregon State University to support activities under the Marine Mammal Data Program. The funding will facilitate response to, treatment of, and data collection from living and dead stranded marine mammals found along the Oregon coast through November 2023. Specifically, the university will continue investigations of dead animals including diagnostics and tissue...

This Project Grant award from the Department of Commerce National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) under the Marine Mammal Data Program (CFDA 11.439) provides $101,500.00 to Atlantic Marine Conservation Society LTD, a non-profit organization, for the period of Sep 1, 2023 to Aug 31, 2024. The key products and services to be delivered under this award include: Continued implementation and updating of the Long Island Sound Large Whale Response Plan to enhance response capabilities, in...