Project Grant 046906532

This Cooperative Agreement award from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) under the Cooperative Institute (Inter-Agency Funded Activities) program (CFDA 11.405) provides $1,247,986 in funding for research activities conducted by the Cooperative Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Studies (CIMAS) at the University of Miami's Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science (RSMAS). The research aims to support the collection of data and development of analytical tools...

This $220,478 Cooperative Agreement award from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) under the Sea Grant Support program (CFDA 11.417) will be administered by the Maine Center for Coastal Fisheries (MCCF) to improve the understanding of the economics of the New England lobster fishery. The key products and services to be delivered under this award include: 1) Co-designing an updated cost and effort survey and questionnaire with a project advisory group, including fuel...

This $266,730 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) supports collaborative research to identify and characterize persistent, oxygen-containing organic compounds (OCOCs) that arise from crude oil and petroleum spills in aquatic environments. The key goals are to: 1) determine how OCOCs form and degrade under different environmental conditions, 2) assess whether native dissolved organic matter affects OCOC molecular signatures, and 3)...

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) awarded a $1,100,480 Cooperative Agreement to Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University (Virginia Tech) under the Center for Sponsored Coastal Ocean Research Coastal Ocean Program (CFDA 11.478). The project, titled "Assessing the Economic Benefits and Costs of Red Tide Control and Mitigation Strategies along the South Florida Gulf Coast," aims to combine scientific research on optimal control technologies with...

This $200,000 project grant from the National Science Foundation's Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences program will fund research on supporting an environmentally friendly and inclusive recovery of coastal communities dependent on tourism. Specifically, the University of Massachusetts will conduct case studies in Costa Rica, Germany, Scotland, and the United States to assess the environmental and economic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on these regions. The research will evaluate which...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) under the Cooperative Institute (Inter-Agency Funded Activities) program (CFDA 11.405) provides $121,419 to the University of Miami to conduct a targeted sea turtle distribution and habitat use study in the Gulf of Mexico and Louisiana waters. This study aims to provide critical insights into important sea turtle habitats to support adaptive management and restoration planning in response to the...

This $210,027 Cooperative Agreement award from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) under the Sea Grant Support program (CFDA 11.417) funds research by Oregon State University (OSU) to evaluate the economic impact of U.S. offshore wind farm (OWF) deployment on fisheries. The project will quantify OWF-induced changes in fishery revenues, contrast predicted and actual fishing patterns pre- and post-OWF construction, and model anticipated impacts on the West Coast. The...

The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) awarded a $582,778 Cooperative Agreement to the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) to conduct a field study on the behavioral and physiological effects of pile driving from offshore renewable energy construction on key Atlantic fisheries species. The three-year project, spanning December 2023 to December 2026, will provide data and analysis to support BOEM's marine environmental assessments and decision-making related to offshore energy...

This $148,187 Project Grant awarded by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) under the Ocean Acidification Program (CFDA 11.017) seeks to assess the economic and community impacts of ocean and coastal acidification within coastal Louisiana. The project aims to provide a foundational vulnerability assessment that identifies strategies for building resilience for economies and communities dependent on coastal resources. This will be achieved through stakeholder workshops and...

This federal Cooperative Agreement award, provided by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) under the Cooperative Institute (Inter-Agency Funded Activities) program (CFDA 11.405), aims to collect passive acoustic recordings at long and short-term sites of interest in the Gulf of America region. The goal is to quantify anthropogenic noise sources and ambient sound levels to inform restoration projects funded from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill settlement. The total award...