Project Grant NA10NMF4070404

This $406,199 Cooperative Agreement award from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) under the Sea Grant Support program (CFDA 11.417) will fund a project to study lobster populations along the outer Cape Cod area. Scientists and fishermen will collaborate to collect detailed data on juvenile and adult lobsters, including their size, sex, presence of eggs, and water temperature. This data will be used to develop computer models that predict the timing and location of lobster...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) under the Sea Grant Support program (CFDA 11.417) provides $283,407 to the Wells National Estuarine Research Reserve to conduct field-based studies on the nutritional condition and feeding behaviors of American lobsters. The research aims to better understand how factors such as diet, predation, and competition impact the energy available for lobster growth and reproduction, which is critical for...

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration awarded a $417,022 cooperative agreement to Stony Brook University from September 2021 through August 2023 under the Sea Grant Support program (CFDA 11.417). The university will evaluate the impacts of changing life history parameters on American lobster stock dynamics under different management regulations and in a warming Northeastern United States environment. As part of the Sea Grant Support program's goals of supporting marine resources...

This $220,478 Cooperative Agreement award from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) under the Sea Grant Support program (CFDA 11.417) will be administered by the Maine Center for Coastal Fisheries (MCCF) to improve the understanding of the economics of the New England lobster fishery. The key products and services to be delivered under this award include: 1) Co-designing an updated cost and effort survey and questionnaire with a project advisory group, including fuel...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) under the Sea Grant Support program (CFDA 11.417) provides $416,369 to the Gloucester Marine Genomics Institute Incorporated (GMGI) to conduct a genomic population structure evaluation on the American lobster. The project aims to assemble an improved lobster genome, collect 550 lobster tissue samples from 22 locations in New England and Canada, assess the genetic population structure and...

The Commercial Fisheries Research Foundation (CFRF) was awarded a $194,983 Project Grant from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) under the Fisheries Development and Utilization Research and Development Grants and Cooperative Agreements Program (CFDA 11.427). The grant will support CFRF's Lobster and Jonah Crab Research Fleet from April 1, 2021 through March 31, 2023. The Research Fleet is a collaborative fishing vessel approach that will address data needs for the...

Cooperative Agreement Summary The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) awarded the University of Maine System a $2.175 million Cooperative Agreement under the Sea Grant Support program (CFDA 11.417) for the Northeast American Lobster Regional Program. Effective September 1, 2025, through August 31, 2029, this award supports collaborative research, extension, and outreach activities addressing emerging priorities impacting American lobster fishing communities in the Northeast...

This $293,977 project grant from the National Science Foundation Office of Integrative Activities will fund research into the impacts of rapid Arctic change on fisheries and fishing communities in the western North Atlantic. The award was made to Florida State University on January 1, 2023 for research to be completed by December 31, 2025. The project builds a collaborative network to develop climate vulnerability assessments and predictive models examining how shifts in Arctic ice, ocean...

Federal Cooperative Agreement Summary The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) awarded the University of Maine System a $167,311 Cooperative Agreement under the Sea Grant Support program (CFDA 11.417) effective September 1, 2025, through July 31, 2028. This award funds a comprehensive research initiative to evaluate and standardize methodologies for determining size at morphometric maturity in commercially important crustacean species, including lobster, crab, and shrimp. The...

Summary of Federal Project Grant Award The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) awarded New Hampshire Fish & Game a Project Grant of $128,087 under the Interjurisdictional Fisheries Act (CFDA 11.407) effective January 1, 2026 through December 31, 2029. The grant funds a port sampling program for American lobster that collects biological data from offshore statistical management areas to support coastwide stock assessments conducted by the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries...