Cooperative Agreement NA20NMF4720270

The Alaska Bering Sea Crabbers were awarded a $703,203 Project Grant from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration under the Fisheries Development and Utilization Research and Development Grants and Cooperative Agreements Program (CFDA 11.427). The grant will fund the production of marketing materials to educate consumers about the sustainable management of Bering Sea crab fisheries and combat misinformation that negatively impacts public perception. Key deliverables include a...

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration awarded $1.5 million under the Pacific Fisheries Data Program to the Alaska Department of Fish and Game for the Bering Sea Crab Research XXI project. The project will support research, data collection, and distribution activities through June 2023 to provide fishery managers with information needed to sustainably manage commercial crab fisheries in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands consistent with state and federal regulations. As the primary...

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...

This $2,750,000 Project Grant from the Department of Commerce National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (CFDA 11.469 Congressionally Identified Awards and Projects) supports research by the Bering Sea Fisheries Research Foundation to improve understanding of two economically critical Bering Sea crab stocks that are experiencing sharp declines or fishery closures. The 4-year grant, running from August 2023 to July 2027, aims to fill high priority information gaps on seasonal crab population...

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration awarded a $301,818 project grant under the Fisheries Development and Utilization Research and Development Grants and Cooperative Agreements Program (CFDA 11.427) to Cornell Cooperative Extension Association of Suffolk County. The grant aims to quantify bycatch reduction benefits of an excluder device in small mesh fisheries in the Northeast region, with a focus on red hake. Specifically, the grantee will conduct research to test an excluder...

The Alaska Department of Fish and Game was awarded an $804,949 Project Grant from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration under the Pacific Fisheries Data Program (CFDA 11.437) to conduct Bering Sea crab research from July 1, 2021 to June 30, 2022. This grant supports the department's efforts to enhance fisheries data collection and analysis in Alaska to meet coastwide and insular area fisheries management needs as outlined under the Pacific Fisheries Data Program. Specifically,...

This $386,590 cooperative agreement from the Department of Commerce National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration will support Puget Buoy LLC's project to evaluate pop-up buoy technology as an alternative crab fishing gear. The funding will allow Puget Buoy to test 150 of its pop-up buoy units on five commercial Dungeness crab fishing vessels in California state fisheries from August 1, 2022 through January 31, 2024. Key tasks include collecting data on performance indicators such as...

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration awarded an $860,000 cooperative agreement to the Innerspace Exploration Team from September 1, 2022 to August 31, 2024 under the Marine Debris Program (CFDA 11.999). The purpose of this project is to successfully remove derelict fishing gear in Sequim and Discovery Bays, Washington while engaging the local community in identification and removal activities and creating sustained education and prevention efforts in the broader community. Key...

This federal Cooperative Agreement award, provided by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) under the Unallied Science Program (CFDA 11.472), will evaluate the efficacy of longline-configured crab gear compared to conventional single-pot gear. The $245,752 award, effective April 1, 2025 through July 31, 2026, will be performed by the Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission (PSMFC). The research will examine and test longline configurations for both larger-sized...

This Cooperative Agreement award of $197,595 from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Unallied Science Program (CFDA 11.472) supports research to reduce or eliminate killer whale mortalities and serious injuries caused by net entanglements in the Bering Sea deep-water flatfish trawl fishery. The award to the University of Alaska Fairbanks (UAF) will fund: (1) a second trip to a flume tank to update or modify a net barrier gear design based on initial field testing; (2)...