Cooperative Agreement NA18NMF4390039

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...

This Cooperative Agreement award, funded by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) under the Unallied Science Program (CFDA 11.472), aims to advance the state of telemetry tag technology for monitoring North Atlantic right whales (NARW). The $679,552 project, with a period of performance from August 1, 2024 to July 31, 2027, will focus on developing a new bioinspired adhesive mounting tag platform to enable longer-duration attachment of telemetry sensors on cetaceans. Key...

This Project Grant award of $266,894 from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration will fund the Alaska Sealife Center to maintain its marine mammal stranding response capabilities in Alaska through September 2023. Specifically, the Center will admit, care for, and release stranded marine mammals when possible in Alaska, assisting with stranding events. Through monitoring stranded patients, the Center will test for diseases and effects of warming ocean conditions in the state. The...

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...

This federal Project Grant award, totaling $184,488, was provided by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) under the Marine Mammal Data Program (CFDA 11.439). The grant supports the National Marine Life Center, a non-profit organization in Buzzards Bay, Massachusetts, to: Continue a rehabilitation program for live-stranded pinnipeds (seals) in the New England region; Enhance the quality, consistency, and sharing of marine mammal stranding data through diagnostic sampling,...

The National Marine Life Center, a non-profit organization, received a $133,334 Project Grant award from the Department of Commerce's National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) under the Marine Mammal Data Program (CFDA 11.439). This 1-year award, effective August 1, 2023, supports the Center's objectives to: 1) continue and restore capacity for rehabilitating live-stranded pinnipeds, 2) enhance the efficiency of marine mammal stranding data management and sharing, and 3) improve the...

The Atlantic Marine Conservation Society (AMSEAS) was awarded a $270,114 Project Grant from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration under the Marine Mammal Data Program to provide continued implementation and updating of the Long Island Sound Large Whale Response Plan. Specifically, AMSEAS will work with staff, volunteers, and network partners to enhance response capabilities for stranded marine mammals in New York waters, including large whales, seals, dolphins, and porpoises....

The Seacoast Science Center, Inc. received a $100,319 two-year project grant award from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration under the Marine Mammal Data Program to ensure safe and reliable response and transport for marine mammals in New Hampshire and northeastern Massachusetts through September 2023. The grant funding will support the collection and analysis of information on marine mammals that interact with state-managed fisheries and other marine resources, as well as...

This Project Grant award of $339,584 from the Department of Commerce National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration will support the Hubbs-Sea World Research Institute in enhancing data collection, analysis, and reporting related to stranded marine mammals in California and the mid-Atlantic region from August 1, 2022 through July 31, 2023. Specifically, the awardee will work to improve the quality, quantity, and sharing of data from stranded marine mammals under the NOAA Marine Mammal Data...

Through a Cooperative Agreement with the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), a component of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), the St. George Traditional Council will address issues of common concern related to marine mammals. The $103,925 award, effective April 1, 2025 through March 31, 2026, will fund activities including northern fur seal and Steller sea lion harvest monitoring and tissue sampling; island sentinel monitoring; northern fur seal habitat management...