Cooperative Agreement NA17NMF4720312

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) awarded a $461,945 Cooperative Agreement to the Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission (PSMFC) under the Pacific Fisheries Data Program (CFDA 11.437). The purpose of this 5-year award, with a performance period from August 1, 2024 to July 31, 2029, is to involve the fishing industry in collecting West Coast fisheries data to support responsible management of the nation's fisheries. Under this Cooperative Agreement, PSMFC will conduct...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) under the Unallied Science Program (CFDA 11.472) will examine historic community-level measures of commercial fishing engagement on the West Coast. The $118,672 project will include a Climate, Ecosystems, and Fisheries Initiative (CEFI) summit to affirm CEFI's purpose, goals, and implementation, as well as review and prioritize requirements, expected products, workflows, timelines, and performance...

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 awarded a $389,994 cooperative agreement to the University of Washington under the Sea Grant Support federal grant program (CFDA 11.417) from August 1, 2022 to July 31, 2025. The award will support research investigating methods to improve stability in U.S. commercial and recreational fisheries through management strategy evaluation and simulation modeling. Specifically, the University of Washington will explore how management strategies can...

This $647,641 Project Grant award, issued by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) under the Fisheries Development and Utilization Research and Development Grants and Cooperative Agreements Program (CFDA 11.427), will fund a 20-month initiative by the non-profit organization Positively Groundfish to establish a start-up accelerator program. The program aims to entice U.S. domestic entrepreneurs to develop innovative value-added products using West Coast groundfish, and...

This federal Cooperative Agreement award, totaling $2,095,000.00 and funded by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) through the Unallied Science Program (CFDA 11.472), supports the Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission (PSMFC) in promoting and sustaining the management of valuable Pacific Ocean fishery resources. PSMFC, an interstate compact agency representing 5 states, will coordinate research activities, monitor fishing, and facilitate a variety of projects to...

The Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission (PSMFC) will receive $3.1 million through May 2027 under a cooperative agreement from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to continue and expand vessel monitoring system (VMS) data collection efforts in support of sustainable fisheries management. Funded through NOAA's Pacific Fisheries Data Program (CFDA 11.437), the PSMFC will leverage its experience facilitating VMS data acquisition to build upon existing programs and assist in...

This $128,483 Cooperative Agreement awarded by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) under the Sea Grant Support program (CFDA 11.417) will fund a two-year project at the University of California San Diego's Scripps Institution of Oceanography. The project aims to investigate how commercial fishing effort diversifies across fisheries in the U.S. Pacific and North Pacific regions in response to climate change. The research will focus on understanding diversification along...

This $233,305 Cooperative Agreement award from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) under the Sea Grant Support program (CFDA 11.417) will fund research at Oregon State University (OSU) to evaluate the ecosystem impacts of bottom trawling in the California Current Ecosystem. The key objectives are to refine the California Current Atlantis Model (CCAM) by developing a detailed benthic sub-model that parameterizes the physical impacts of bottom trawling on benthic...

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...