Project Grant NA03NMF4520304

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) awarded $7.8 million to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FFWCC) under the Fisheries Disaster Relief grant program (CFDA 11.477) from August 1, 2021 through July 31, 2023. The funding will support fishery disaster relief efforts in Florida following Hurricane Michael in 2018. The Fisheries Disaster Relief program provides assistance to commercial fishermen and fishing communities affected by fishery resource...

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FFWC) received a $516,208 block grant award from the US Department of Agriculture Agricultural Marketing Service under the Pandemic Relief Activities: Farm and Food Worker Relief Grant Program (CFDA 10.181). The grant will provide reimbursement assistance to Florida's seafood processors and dealers for COVID-19 related protective expenditures incurred between January 2022 and January 2024. Eligible entities will submit applications including...

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration awarded a $1,060,938 Project Grant to the Georgia Department of Natural Resources under the Fisheries Disaster Relief federal grant program (CFDA 11.477). The grant will provide disaster assistance to Georgia's shrimp fishery and support activities to restore the fishery or prevent a similar failure to the 2013 shrimp fishery collapse. Specifically, the funding will be used from February 2021 through January 2025 to restore the fishery...

This Project Grant award from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) under the Fisheries Disaster Relief program (CFDA 11.477) provides $2,993,283 to the Mississippi Department of Marine Resources (MDMR) to support two key initiatives. First, MDMR will deliver direct financial assistance payments to impacted commercial fisheries in Mississippi to help alleviate significant economic losses from a recent flooding event. This funding will provide economic support to enable...

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration awarded a $10.3 million Project Grant to the Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission under the Fisheries Disaster Relief program (CFDA 11.477) on August 1, 2021. The grant will fund relief efforts for the Alaska Chignik Sockeye Salmon fishery through July 31, 2025. The Fisheries Disaster Relief program provides assistance to commercial fisheries that have failed due to natural disasters, man-made causes beyond fisheries management control,...

This two-year, $600,000 project grant from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration will create enterprise budgets for four clam species and analyze risks in operating a clam aquaculture business in Florida. Funded under NOAA's Fisheries Development and Utilization Research and Development Grants and Cooperative Agreements Program, the project aims to provide suggestions to support future industry investments and insurance practices. Live Advantage Bait, LLC (doing business as Totally...

This $193,915,405 Fisheries Disaster Relief Program (CFDA 11.477) grant, awarded by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), will support comprehensive recovery efforts for fishing communities in Alaska and the Pacific Coast region that have experienced significant economic disruption due to commercial fishery failures. The grant, with a performance period from November 2024 to October 2028, will provide direct financial assistance, fund research to understand and prevent...

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration awarded an $8.6 million project grant to the Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources under the Fisheries Disaster Relief federal grant program (CFDA 11.477) to address impacts from the 2019 Gulf of Mexico fishery disaster. The funding will be used to provide direct payments and 1099 tax forms to eligible recipients affected by the unprecedented flooding into the Gulf from the Bonnet Carre Spillway opening through the Gulf...

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) awarded a $8,158,623 Cooperative Agreement under the Fisheries Disaster Relief program (CFDA 11.477) to the Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission (PSMFC). The funding will support the Yurok Tribe's efforts to address a commercial fishery failure on the Klamath River in 2021 and 2022. Key initiatives include providing direct financial relief to commercial fishers, implementing salmon population supplementation projects, and utilizing...

The North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality (NCDEQ) was awarded a $7.72 million project grant from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) under the Fisheries Disaster Relief (CFDA 11.477) program. NCDEQ will use $7.52 million to provide direct financial assistance to stakeholders in North Carolina's commercial fishing industry to support resiliency, including seafood dealers and processors, for-hire fishing operations, bait-and-tackle businesses, and ocean...