Project Grant NA17NMF0080185

This Cooperative Agreement award from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) under the Unallied Science Program (CFDA 11.472) provides $167,728 to the University of Hawaii to investigate the movements, abundance, and monitoring methodologies for the Oahu/Maui Nui stock of spinner dolphins in Hawaiian waters. The project aims to: a) study the movements of spinner dolphins around individual islands and between islands; b) estimate the full abundance of the Oahu/Maui Nui spinner...

The State of Hawaii Department of Land and Natural Resources (DLNR) was awarded a $679,537 Project Grant from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) under the Unallied Science Program (CFDA 11.472). The primary goal of this 3-year project, running from Jan 1, 2025 to Dec 31, 2027, is to halt the continued decline of the endangered Main Hawaiian Islands Insular False Killer Whale (MHI FKW) population through management and research. DLNR, in partnership with the University...

The State of Hawaii Department of Land and Natural Resources (DLNR) was awarded a $375,000 Cooperative Agreement grant from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) under the Unallied Management Projects program (CFDA 11.454). The funding will be used over a 5-year period from October 2023 to September 2028 to support research, conservation, management, and protection of four marine species in Hawaii that are listed as "threatened" or "endangered" under...

The State of Hawaii Department of Land and Natural Resources (DLNR) was awarded a $214,299 Project Grant under the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) Unallied Management Projects (CFDA 11.454) federal grant program. The purpose of this 4-year grant, which began on January 1, 2025, is to reduce threats to and promote the recovery of four protected marine species in Hawaii: the endangered hawksbill sea turtle, the threatened central Pacific green sea turtle, the threatened...

The Marine Mammal Center will receive $258,728 under a Project Grant award from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to support Hawaiian monk seal rehabilitation and research efforts through September 2023. Funded through NOAA's Marine Mammal Data Program, the project aims to promote the survival and recovery of the endangered Hawaiian monk seal, the last remaining species in its genus endemic to the Hawaiian Archipelago. Key deliverables include the rehabilitation of an estimated...

The U.S. Department of Commerce National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) awarded a $300,000 Cooperative Agreement to the State of Hawaii Department of Land and Natural Resources (DLNR) under the Pacific Fisheries Data Program (CFDA 11.437). This agreement supports DLNR's efforts to administer the collection of non-commercial (recreational) fishing data through in-person interviews with shore and boat fishers on Oahu. This data will be combined with interview data from other...

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) awarded a $625,000 Project Grant under the Congressionally Identified Awards and Projects program (CFDA 11.469) to Monmouth University Inc. to enhance marine mammal monitoring capabilities. The grant will support the use of autonomous platforms like Slocum ocean gliders and moored buoys equipped with the Digital Acoustic Monitoring (DMON) instrument and Low-Frequency Detection and Classification System (LFDCS) to detect and report the...

The University of Hawaii at Manoa received a two-year, $133,334 Project Grant from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration under the Marine Mammal Data Program to conduct stranding response, necropsy, and cause of death investigations in Hawaii and the greater Pacific region through September 2023. The Marine Mammal Data Program provides non-discretionary funding to state agencies for collecting and analyzing data on marine mammals within state waters that interact with state-managed...

This $690,650 Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) supports the development and testing of a field-ready, cost-effective sound playback system for conducting eco-acoustic and marine larval settlement studies. The system will enable researchers to easily manipulate and introduce sound cues in field experiments to investigate how sound impacts diverse marine fauna, with a focus on coral reef ecosystems. The 2-year effort will build,...

This Cooperative Agreement award, funded by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) under the Cooperative Institute (Inter-Agency Funded Activities) program (CFDA 11.405), will support the University of Hawaii at Manoa in developing and conducting research to inform protected species adaptation and resilience to climate change in the central tropical Pacific Ocean. The $2,529,688 award, effective from September 1, 2024 to September 30, 2026, will undertake novel research,...