Cooperative Agreement SLMAQM14CA1153

The Aifish LLC was awarded a $300,000 project grant from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration under the Small Business Innovation Research Program to develop advanced data analysis tools for electronic monitoring in fisheries management. NOAA's SBIR program supports small businesses in stimulating technological innovation to meet federal research needs. Aifish will provide data analytics software to help fisheries managers efficiently process large volumes of video and sensor data...

Field Data Services LLC will conduct a $297,032 technical feasibility study under a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program project grant from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Department of Commerce. The study aims to determine the commercial viability of a new solid state lidar sensor chip for detecting migrating anadromous fish in small spawning streams. Field Data Services will build an automated test system to characterize the lidar's ability to detect...

Cooperative Agreement Summary The Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission received a $3.97 million Cooperative Agreement from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration under the Fisheries Data Program (CFDA 11.437), awarded October 1, 2025, with a completion date of September 30, 2028. This award supports expansion of electronic monitoring (EM) systems for Pacific Islands longline fisheries operating around the Hawaiian Archipelago and U.S. jurisdictions including American Samoa....

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) awarded a $14,000,000 Cooperative Agreement under the Unallied Science Program (CFDA 11.472) to the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF) to develop an electronic monitoring and reporting program for U.S. marine fisheries. The grant aims to partner with fisheries managers, industry, NGOs, and other stakeholders to establish regional electronic monitoring and reporting systems. Through sub-awards, the program will enhance...

Federal Cooperative Agreement Award Summary Fishnext Research LLC received a $599,994 Cooperative Agreement award from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) under the Cooperative Research Program (CFDA 11.472), effective May 1, 2025 through October 31, 2027. The award supports the acceleration of Active Selection (ACTSEL) systems adoption among commercial trawlers as a bycatch reduction technology. The primary deliverables include ensuring successful early-stage vessel...

This Cooperative Agreement award of $433,648 from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration will support the development and testing of ropeless lift-bag technology to reduce marine mammal entanglements in commercial and recreational fixed gear fishing operations. Working under the Marine Mammal Protection Act and Endangered Species Act, the award recipient Smelts Sea Mammal Education Learning Technology Society will partner with fishermen to conduct trials marking fishing gear and...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service awarded a $173,140 Multistate Conservation Grant to the American Fisheries Society (AFS) to continue investigations initiated in the Iowa Walleye Challenge, a successful fishing tournament pilot that collected critical data on walleye populations through angler-reported catch data. This project aims to build on this approach by expanding the initiative to include additional Midwest state partners (Illinois, Manitoba, Nebraska, and Wisconsin) to improve the...

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration awarded a $543,846 Project Grant to the Smelts Sea Mammal Education Learning Technology Society under the Fisheries Development and Utilization Research and Development Grants and Cooperative Agreements Program (CFDA 11.427). The grant will fund Smelts to develop and deliver ropeless lobster fishing gear to three fishermen, one in Maine and two in Massachusetts, between December 2022 and October 2024. Specifically, Smelts will outfit the...

This Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Integrative Activities program ($749,255) supports the development of genomic and artificial intelligence tools to address fishery management challenges from harvest to market. Led by Michigan State University from October 2021 to September 2022, the award aims to design CRISPR-Cas9 SHERLOCK assays enabling rapid, inexpensive species identification without specialized expertise. Initial work focuses on scalloped and Carolina hammerhead...

The Department of Commerce National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration awarded a $299,148 Project Grant to the American Albacore Fishing Association, Inc. under the Fisheries Development and Utilization Research and Development Grants and Cooperative Agreements Program (CFDA 11.427). The overall goal of this 2-year project is to modernize the data collection and throughput of North Pacific Albacore (NPA) data by developing and implementing an electronic logbook (eLogbook) system, with the...