Formula Grant F25AF02602
- This $252,421 Formula Grant award from the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service under the Sport Fish Restoration program supports research and monitoring activities focused on the sustainability of striped bass populations in Virginia. The key products and services delivered through this one-year award, which began on December 1, 2024, include: Monitoring the abundance, size, and sex of striped bass on the Virginia spawning grounds during the spring spawning season through...
- This $214,738 Federal Formula Grant award, funded by the U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) Fish and Wildlife Service Region 5 through the Sport Fish Restoration program (CFDA 15.605), supports the continuation of an annual survey of juvenile (young-of-year) striped bass populations in the major Virginia nursery areas of the Chesapeake Bay. The survey uses standardized seine netting methods to assess the relative abundance of young striped bass across the James, York, and Rappahannock River...
- The U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service awarded a $206,260 Formula Grant under the Sport Fish Restoration program (CFDA 15.605) to the Virginia Marine Resources Commission (VMRC) to conduct an annual survey of juvenile striped bass in major Virginia nursery areas. The project will use standardized seine netting methods to assess striped bass recruitment in the James, York, and Rappahannock River drainages, providing continuity of data for this key Chesapeake Bay species. In...
- This $403,686.23 Formula Grant award from the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service under the Sport Fish Restoration program (CFDA 15.605) supports critical marine research and management activities conducted by the Virginia Marine Resources Commission (VMRC). Specifically, the grant enables VMRC to provide reliable age-based catch data and stock assessments for important fisheries like striped bass and weakfish along the East Coast. This includes comprehensive field research...
- The Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 5 awarded $173,541.45 under the Sport Fish Restoration Formula Grant program (CFDA 15.605) to the Virginia Marine Resources Commission for the period of April 1, 2021 through March 31, 2022. The funding supports estimation of juvenile striped bass relative abundance in the Virginia portion of Chesapeake Bay. A sub-award of $173,541.45 was provided to the Virginia Institute of Marine Science to conduct field sampling and data...
- This $626,499 federal Formula Grant award from the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service under the Sport Fish Restoration program (CFDA 15.605) will provide fishery-dependent catch composition data, fishery-independent indices of relative abundance, and biological and movement data for striped bass stocks in North Carolina. The data collected will be used to examine long-term demographic trends, improve bycatch estimates, evaluate management measures, and assess habitat usage...
- This federal Formula Grant award, provided by the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service under the Sport Fish Restoration program (CFDA 15.605), will fund the North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality (NCDEQ) to collect critical fishery data for North Carolina striped bass stocks. The $547,310 award will be used to gather fishery-dependent landings data, fishery-independent indices of relative abundance, and biological and movement data for North Carolina striped bass...
- The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service awarded a $641,947 Formula Grant under the Sport Fish Restoration program (CFDA 15.605) to the Virginia Marine Resources Commission (VMRC) for the period of July 1, 2024 to June 30, 2025. The grant's purpose is to support ecologically sound, science-based finfish conservation and management decisions in the Virginia portion of the Chesapeake Bay. Key activities to be performed include data collection, research, and monitoring on the health, abundance, and...
- This $504,084 Federal Formula Grant, awarded by the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service under the Sport Fish Restoration program (CFDA 15.605), supports ecologically sound, science-based finfish conservation and management in Virginia's portion of the Chesapeake Bay. Key activities include data collection, research, and monitoring on the health, abundance, and distribution of Chesapeake Bay fishes. Expected outcomes are to maintain healthy and sustainable fish populations...
- This $410,353.35 Formula Grant awarded on July 1, 2025 by the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 5 under the Sport Fish Restoration (CFDA 15.605) program supports the Virginia Marine Resources Commission's (VMRC) Age and Growth Laboratory. The laboratory has provided reliable estimates of age-based catches for marine fisheries in Virginia for over two decades. This funding will allow VMRC to continue delivering the accurate and precise age data required for the...
This $235,718 federal Formula Grant award from the U.S. Department of the Interior's Fish and Wildlife Service (CFDA 15.605 - Sport Fish Restoration) supports the Virginia Marine Resources Commission's (VMRC) efforts to monitor and conserve striped bass populations in Virginia. The key objectives are to: 1) Monitor the abundance, size, and sex of striped bass on the Virginia spawning grounds during the spring spawning season, and 2) Tag approximately 1,000 legal-sized striped bass in coordination with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's Coastal Tagging Program. Monitoring activities will utilize gill net sampling, while tagging will be conducted through electrofishing. The resulting data will be used to estimate population abundance, analyze year-class strength, and characterize the spawning stocks. This information will be provided to relevant federal and state fisheries management agencies to support sustainable management of the striped bass fishery. The award period runs from December 1, 2025 through September 30, 2026.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $176.8k | 9/3/25 |