Project Grant NA09NOS4630018

The Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service awarded a $982,190 Project Grant under the Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation (CFDA 15.635) program to the Massachusetts Audubon Society, Inc. The funding will support research and capacity building at the Rio Bravo Conservation Management Area in Belize. The key deliverables include: Quantifying demographic parameters (e.g., survival) for priority migratory bird species along gradients of silvicultural intensity in the RBCMA, and...

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration awarded a $598,280 Project Grant to Florida Atlantic University under the Fisheries Development and Utilization Research and Development Grants and Cooperative Agreements Program (CFDA 11.427). The goal of the two-year project is to expand an existing queen conch hatchery in Puerto Rico to produce more juvenile conch for restoration and sustainable seafood. Local fishers, technicians and interns will operate the expanded hatchery and two mobile...

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has awarded a $350,000 Cooperative Agreement to the Caribbean Fishery Management Council (CFMC) under the Regional Fishery Management Councils federal grant program (CFDA 11.441). The funding will support the CFMC's work to assess a seasonally closed fish spawning aggregation site at Tourmaline Reef in Puerto Rico. The project aims to quantify red hind reproductive activity and relative abundances using multiple technologies, including...

The U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service awarded a 24-month, $100,400 Cooperative Agreement under the National Fish Habitat Partnership program (CFDA 15.686) to The Nature Conservancy. The agreement will fund the collection, processing, and analysis of high-resolution 3D imagery in West Hawaii to guide habitat restoration efforts at six coastal sites (four anchialine pools and two fishponds) in partnership with the Hui Loko Network. This methodology will enable assessment of...

The Hawaiian Islands Land Trust received a $803,770 Cooperative Agreement award from the Department of Commerce National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration under the Habitat Conservation grant program (CFDA 11.463) to restore the flow of water to taro fields and fish ponds at the Waihee Coastal Dunes and Wetlands Refuge on Maui. Through this award, the Trust will work with Native Hawaiian communities from the Waihee and Waiehu areas to build a "ridge-to-reef" model for...

This Project Grant award of $299,283 from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Fisheries Development and Utilization Research and Development Grants and Cooperative Agreements Program (CFDA 11.427) will support the development of a fishers-operated queen conch hatchery in Puerto Rico. Florida Atlantic University will establish the hatchery to grow queen conch for local seafood markets from September 2021 to August 2023. Conservacion Conciencia Inc. will also participate as a...

This Cooperative Agreement award of $114,058 from the Department of Commerce National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration will support habitat conservation efforts in Charlotte Harbor, Florida through August 2023. Funded under NOAA's Gulf Coast Ecosystem Restoration Science, Observation, Monitoring, and Technology program, the award recipient Fish & Wildlife Foundation of Florida will engage local stakeholders to help preserve vulnerable nursery ponds that support recreationally and...

This $599,598 federal Project Grant awarded by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) on September 1, 2023 under the Fisheries Development and Utilization Research and Development Grants and Cooperative Agreements Program (CFDA 11.427) will expand an existing aquaculture center to produce queen conch juveniles for restoration and sustainable seafood in Puerto Rico. The lead awardee, Florida Atlantic University, will collaborate with the nonprofit subrecipient Conservación...

The Executive Office of the President Inter-American Foundation awarded a $261,800 project grant under the IAF Assistance for Overseas Programs (CFDA 85.750) federal grant program to the Sarteneja Alliance for Conservation and Development (SACD) in Belize. The grant will support SACD's efforts to adopt a sustainable fishery model and expand income-generating tourism opportunities in coastal communities in northern Belize from July 2021 through July 2024. Specifically, SACD will work with local...

This Cooperative Agreement award is provided by the National Park Service under the CFDA 15.945 Cooperative Research and Training Programs – Resources of the National Park System. The $122,500 award to Florida International University will support a comprehensive study to compare habitat health and fish communities in the Biscayne Bay No-Trawl Zone versus adjacent trawled areas. This research is critical for informing the Biscayne Fishery Management Plan assessment report and science-based...