The Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council (GMFMC) was awarded a $2,755,632 Cooperative Agreement from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) under the Regional Fishery Management Councils federal grant program (CFDA 11.441). The award, with a performance period from January 1, 2025 to December 31, 2028, supports GMFMC's comprehensive marine ecosystem research, fishery data collection, stakeholder engagement, and development of strategies for sustainable fisheries...
This federal Cooperative Agreement award is provided by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) under the Gulf Coast Ecosystem Restoration Science, Observation, Monitoring, and Technology (RESTORE Science) program (CFDA 11.451). The award totaling $6,921,319 will fund the "Optimization and Expansion of Gulf-Wide Video Survey Efforts to Better Characterize Temporal and Spatial Variability in Reef Fish Assemblages in Response to Drivers at Multiple Scales: The G-FISHER...
This Cooperative Agreement award from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) under the Coral Reef Conservation Program (CFDA 11.482) provides $930,000 in funding to the Gulf and Caribbean Fisheries Institute (GCFI) from October 1, 2024 to September 30, 2027. The purpose of the award is to support ongoing coordination of the MPAconnect learning network of marine protected area (MPA) managers. GCFI, in partnership with NOAA, will develop and implement capacity-building...
The Department of the Interior National Park Service Southeast Region awarded a $100,000 Cooperative Agreement to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission's Fish and Wildlife Research Institute under the Natural Resource Stewardship program (CFDA 15.944). The purpose of this 5-year project is to provide a general assessment of the benthic habitat condition of coral reef sites within Dry Tortugas National Park through three monitoring efforts: the Coral Reef Evaluation and Monitoring...
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) awarded a $2,287,474 Cooperative Agreement to the South Atlantic Fishery Management Council (SAFMC) under the Regional Fishery Management Councils program (CFDA 11.441). The award, spanning January 1, 2025 to December 31, 2028, supports SAFMC's efforts to develop and implement fishery management plans within the 200-mile U.S. Exclusive Economic Zone off the southeastern coast. Key activities include comprehensive marine ecosystem...
The Gulf Coast Ecosystem Restoration Council awarded a $349,885 project grant under the Oil Spill Impact Program (CFDA 87.052) to the Gulf Consortium on March 17, 2022 for applied research to increase production of locally grown shellfish. The Gulf Consortium will partner with Manatee County and the Gulf Shellfish Institute, a nonprofit sub-awardee, to conduct applied research leading to greater availability of sustainably farmed clams, oysters, and scallops for local markets in Florida. The...
This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Geosciences Program (CFDA 47.050) aims to investigate the movement of key elements such as carbon, nitrogen, and phosphorus through coral reef fish communities in Belize. The $672,065 grant awarded on September 1, 2024 will fund research to uncover the origin and flow of these vital elements, as well as reveal relationships between benthic structural complexity and elemental fluxes across different spatial scales. The project...
This $426,295 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Geosciences Program (CFDA 47.050) supports research to elucidate the ecology and adaptation of the "cryptic species" complex of the Great Star Coral (Montastrea cavernosa) in Florida coral reefs. The project aims to understand how ecological differentiation and plasticity among the cryptic species contribute to the overall resilience of this coral species, which has remained relatively stable despite the...
This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Geosciences Program (CFDA 47.050) supports research examining how chemical interactions between coral reef organisms, including corals, macroalgae, and encrusting algae, contribute to the success and biodiversity of economically important coral reef ecosystems. The $1,309,859 award to the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution aims to advance the understanding of contact-free, chemically-based interactions between benthic organisms on...
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) awarded a $725,891 Project Grant under the Coral Reef Conservation Program (CFDA 11.482) to The Nature Conservancy. The primary goal of this 4-year cooperative partnership is to increase coral conservation and resilience knowledge in American Samoa, CNMI, Florida, Guam, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, and USVI. The funding will support the development and implementation of capacity building and knowledge sharing activities to aid effective...