Project Grant 20IG11132762090

The Inter-American Foundation (IAF) awarded a $124,500 project grant to the Asociacion De Productores Agropecuarios Conservacionistas De Huamanpata (APACHU) to support fish farming and processing in Peru under the IAF Assistance for Overseas Programs (CFDA 85.750) federal grant program. APACHU will expand its fish hatchery and manufacturing of fish feed from locally-sourced fruits and vegetables while adding value through processing fish into frozen fillets. This community-led effort aims to...

The Steward Foundation was awarded a $217,718 Project Grant from the US Department of Agriculture Agricultural Marketing Service under the Farmers Market and Local Food Promotion Program (FMLFPP, CFDA #10.175). The grant will support planning for the Pacific Aquaculture Marketing and Innovation Center (PAMIC) through September 2023. Key deliverables include conducting a stakeholder survey and needs assessment to identify community needs, determining infrastructure requirements for a center to...

This Project Grant award from the Department of Commerce National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, under the Fisheries Development and Utilization Research and Development Grants and Cooperative Agreements Program (CFDA 11.427), will explore the feasibility of establishing a market for Magister squid (Berryteuthis magister) in Alaska. The $230,000 award, with a performance period of Sep 1, 2023 to Aug 31, 2025, will be used to investigate the potential domestic and international market...

The Community Shellfish Company, LLC received a $568,136 Project Grant award from the US Department of Agriculture Agricultural Marketing Service under the Farmers Market and Local Food Promotion Program. The grant will support the launch of Merroir.me, a new digital brand experience and direct-to-consumer marketing campaign to promote Maine seafood products in Connecticut and Rhode Island through 2024. Specifically, Community Shellfish Company will produce original videos, a website and...

The Inter-American Foundation (IAF) awarded a $168,000 project grant to Asociacion De Pescadores Artesanales Del Caribe SUR (ASOPACS) under the IAF Assistance for Overseas Programs (CFDA #85.750) to address challenges facing artisanal fisherfolk along Costa Rica's Caribbean coast exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic and invasive lionfish populations. ASOPACS will work with its member fisherfolk to establish a cooperative business model for seafood sales to overcome hurdles to income generation...

This $300,000 Project Grant award from the Department of Commerce National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration under the Fisheries Development and Utilization Research and Development Grants and Cooperative Agreements Program (CFDA 11.427) will support the Association of Genuine Alaska Pollock Producers (GAPP) in exploring opportunities to expand the market for wild Alaska pollock to higher-end restaurants and other venues. Specifically, the grant will fund two strategic partnerships....

The Alaska Department of Fish and Game was awarded a $179,540 cooperative agreement from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service under the Alaska Subsistence Management program (CFDA 15.636) to document contemporary salmon harvest and use patterns in Manokotak, Alaska. Over the three-year period from April 2022 to December 2025, ADF&G will collaborate with the Bristol Bay Native Association and Manokotak Nunaniq School to administer a comprehensive household harvest survey, conduct key respondent...

This $106,755 cooperative agreement awarded by the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 8 will support stream habitat restoration along one mile of Lower Ah Pah Creek near Klamath, California. The Yurok Tribe will collaborate with the Arcata Partners for Fish and Wildlife Program to enhance stream and floodplain habitat through activities such as completing environmental and cultural compliance, physical monitoring, and reconfiguring impaired areas to increase...

The Klamath Watershed Partnership will receive $175,000 from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service under the Partners for Fish and Wildlife cooperative agreement program to support engineered biochar mixed media filtration systems to remove phosphorus from irrigation tailwater returns to Upper Klamath Lake. The project aims to build on previous efforts evaluating the utility of engineered biochar mineral media to decrease external total phosphorus loads associated with irrigation tailwater pumped...

The Department of Agriculture Agricultural Marketing Service awarded a $622,994 Project Grant to Wild Local Seafood CO. LLC under the Farmers Market and Local Food Promotion Program. The grant will support Wild Local Seafood's participation in local and regional seafood markets in Southern California by facilitating seafood producers' access to farmers markets in Los Angeles, Ventura, and Santa Barbara counties through 2024. Specifically, Wild Local Seafood buys seafood from fishers at higher...