Project Grant F15AP00622

This $512,630 federal Project Grant award from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) under the Pacific Coast Salmon Recovery Pacific Salmon Treaty Program (CFDA 11.438) will support the Alaska Department of Fish & Game (ADF&G) in conducting scientific research and conservation efforts for the Chilkat River stock of Chinook salmon. The funding will be used to estimate smolt abundance, adult escapement, and harvest of this salmon population, allowing for the...

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration awarded a $1.19 million project grant to the Alaska Department of Fish & Game through the Pacific Salmon Treaty Program (CFDA #11.438) to support assessment and data collection activities for Chinook salmon stocks in Alaska from July 1, 2022 to June 30, 2023. Specifically, the grant will fund projects to estimate abundance, age/sex composition, outmigration numbers of smolt, and future marine harvest of Chinook salmon in the Chilkat River...

This $200,000 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service under the Tribal Wildlife Grants (CFDA 15.639) program supports the Sitka Tribe of Alaska in installing AI-enabled video chutes to automate real-time monitoring and counting of Redoubt Lake sockeye salmon. The project aims to replace the current costly manual salmon counting process with a deep learning model that can accurately identify and count salmon in video footage, substantially reducing...

The U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service has awarded a $215,000 Cooperative Agreement under the Alaska Subsistence Management federal grant program (CFDA 15.636) to the Native Village of Eyak to monitor the in-river abundance of Copper River Chinook salmon from 2022-2025. The objective is to estimate the annual abundance of Chinook salmon migrating upstream of Baird Canyon within 25% of the true abundance 95% of the time. This will be accomplished by operating live-capture...

The Department of Commerce National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration awarded a $2.14 million Project Grant to the Alaska Department of Fish & Game under the Pacific Coast Salmon Recovery Pacific Salmon Treaty Program (CFDA 11.438) for the period of July 1, 2022 through December 31, 2023. Funding will support maintaining or increasing coded wire tag sampling rates for Chinook salmon caught in commercial fisheries in Southeast Alaska at an objective of 20% or more each statistical...

This federal Project Grant award, provided by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) under the Pacific Coast Salmon Recovery Pacific Salmon Treaty Program (CFDA 11.438), is focused on mitigating the economic impacts of reductions in Chinook salmon harvest levels in Southeast Alaska. The $682,107 award supports a range of activities to increase hatchery production and survival of Chinook salmon, including hatchery fish marking, tagging, and evaluation; hatchery enhancement...

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) awarded a $758,500 Project Grant to the Alaska Department of Fish & Game (ADF&G) under the Pacific Coast Salmon Recovery Pacific Salmon Treaty Program (CFDA 11.438). The purpose of this grant is to maintain or increase the coded-wire-tag sampling rate for Chinook salmon caught in commercial fisheries in Southeast Alaska to at least 20% each statistical week, gear, and strata. This will help ensure the continued viability of the...

This Cooperative Agreement awarded by the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service under the National Fish Passage Program (CFDA 15.685) provides $4,000,000 to restore fish passage to up to 14 miles of high-quality habitat in Southeast Alaska. The project will address barriers at 11 culverts on Native-owned and non-federal lands to improve passage for salmonid species, which are regional priorities. The Southeast Alaska Watershed Coalition, a non-profit organization based in...

This $215,000 Cooperative Agreement awarded by the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service (under CFDA #15.685 - National Fish Passage Program) to the Kenai Soil & Water Conservation District is focused on improving fish passage for high priority salmon species in Alaska. The project aims to replace priority culverts that currently act as fish passage barriers with properly sized and engineered structures designed to mimic natural stream characteristics and allow passage...

This Project Grant award, valued at $4,000,000.00 and issued by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) under the Congressionally Identified Awards and Projects program (CFDA 11.469), will enable the Alaska Department of Fish & Game (ADF&G) to execute three key research projects. The primary objectives are to monitor migratory behaviors, overwintering areas, and movements of Kenai River Chinook salmon juveniles and smolt, as well as to estimate annual smolt...