Project Grant F19AP00507

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...

The U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service awarded a $215,000 Cooperative Agreement under the Alaska Subsistence Management program (CFDA 15.636) to the Native Village of Eyak. The objective of this 4-year project (2022-2025) is to estimate the in-river abundance of Copper River Chinook salmon within 25% of the true abundance 95% of the time. The project will use fishwheels and two-sample mark-recapture methods to monitor adult Chinook salmon at Baird Canyon and Wood Canyon....

This $564,298 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 key activities of two salmon harvest monitoring programs in Southeast Alaska (SEAK). Specifically, the grant will fund the SEAK Marine Harvest Studies (MHS) program, which will coordinate the estimation of Chinook salmon harvest by port and increase sampling rates for coded wire tags in marine...

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...

The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) has awarded a $238,550 Cooperative Agreement to the Arizona Department of Game and Fish (AZGFD) under the USGS Research and Data Collection program (CFDA 15.808). The purpose of this Cooperative Agreement is to monitor the status and trends of the fish community downstream of Glen Canyon Dam along the Colorado River in the Grand Canyon area. The main objectives are to: 1) Estimate the relative abundance and distribution of key fish species like rainbow trout,...

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...

This Project Grant award, funded by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) under the Pacific Coast Salmon Recovery Pacific Salmon Treaty Program (CFDA 11.438), provides $758,500.00 to the Alaska Department of Fish & Game (ADF&G) to maintain or increase coded-wire-tag sampling rates for Chinook salmon caught in Southeast Alaska commercial fisheries. The objective is to achieve a 20% or higher sampling rate each statistical week, gear, and stratum. This project will...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service under the National Fish Passage Program (CFDA 15.685) provides $122,108 to Miami University to investigate how river fragmentation impacts the genetic diversity and gene flow of brook trout populations in the Upper Black River watershed in Michigan. The project will compare genetic variation in brook trout populations between stream segments with and without restored connectivity due to previous culvert replacement efforts....

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service awarded the Town of Falmouth, MA a $1,052,500 Project Grant under the National Fish Passage program (CFDA 15.685) to restore diadromous fish habitat and improve public access along the Coonamessett River watershed. During the grant period from July 2023 to September 2025, the Town will remove 7 culverts, replace 4 with river crossings connected by public trails, and restore 2,700 linear feet of riparian and in-stream habitat across 5 former cranberry bogs,...

This $148,650 Project Grant award from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) under the Pacific Coast Salmon Recovery Pacific Salmon Treaty Program (CFDA 11.438) supports the Stillaguamish Tribe of Indians' efforts to conduct spawning ground surveys and collect genetic samples for Chinook salmon in the North Fork Stillaguamish River. The key products and services to be delivered through this award include: 1) Recovering coded-wire tags and collecting scales from Chinook...