Project Grant NA17NMF4720289

This $3,300,191 Cooperative Agreement award, funded by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) under the Regional Fishery Management Councils program (CFDA 11.441), supports a range of administrative and management activities for the North Pacific Fishery Management Council. The majority of the funds are allocated to baseline operational expenses associated with council and committee meetings, including staff salaries and benefits, meeting operations, and plan maintenance....

This $2,750,000 Project Grant from the Department of Commerce National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (CFDA 11.469 Congressionally Identified Awards and Projects) supports research by the Bering Sea Fisheries Research Foundation to improve understanding of two economically critical Bering Sea crab stocks that are experiencing sharp declines or fishery closures. The 4-year grant, running from August 2023 to July 2027, aims to fill high priority information gaps on seasonal crab...

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration awarded $1.5 million under the Pacific Fisheries Data Program to the Alaska Department of Fish and Game for the Bering Sea Crab Research XXI project. The project will support research, data collection, and distribution activities through June 2023 to provide fishery managers with information needed to sustainably manage commercial crab fisheries in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands consistent with state and federal regulations. As the...

This Cooperative Agreement award, funded by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) under the Regional Fishery Management Councils program (CFDA 11.441), establishes a new 5-year partnership with the Pacific Fishery Management Council (PFMC). The $5,386,647 award, effective January 1, 2025 through December 31, 2029, supports the PFMC's responsibilities in developing and implementing fishery management plans to prevent overfishing, rebuild fish stocks, and promote the...

The Bering Sea Fishermen's Association received a $500,000 Project Grant award from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) under the Pacific Coast Salmon Recovery Pacific Salmon Treaty Program (CFDA 11.438) to administer the Arctic-Yukon-Kuskokwim Tribal Research & Restoration Program (AYKTRRP). The purpose of the AYKTRRP is to discover and understand the factors limiting the productivity and recovery of sharply declined Pacific salmon populations necessary for Native...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Polar Programs (CFDA 47.078) funds the operation and maintenance of the University of Alaska Fairbanks' (UAF) research vessel R/V Sikuliaq from 2025 through 2028. With $11,416,656 in total funding, this award enables UAF to conduct 11 scientific research cruises in the Eastern Pacific and Arctic Oceans during this period. The overarching purpose is to support NSF-sponsored oceanographic research and education...

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), provides $6,616,676 to the University of Washington to execute a collection of 8 projects related to the Integrated West Coast Pelagics Survey (IWCPS) and advanced technology strategic initiatives. The projects address research needs in areas such as active acoustics, omics, passive acoustic monitoring,...

The Arctic-Yukon-Kuskokwim Tribal Research and Restoration Program received a $2.8 million project grant award from the Department of Commerce National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to support salmon restoration efforts through June 2027. Funded under the Pacific Coast Salmon Recovery Pacific Salmon Treaty Program (CFDA #11.438), the program is designed to achieve restoration by rebuilding salmon populations and relieving resource stress on residents in the Arctic-Yukon-Kuskokwim...

The Northwest Indian Fisheries Commission will receive $11 million under a Project Grant from the Department of Commerce National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Pacific Coast Salmon Recovery Pacific Salmon Treaty Program (CFDA 11.438). The funding will support activities from July 1, 2022 to June 30, 2027 to address factors limiting viability of endangered species act-listed salmonids, restore and protect anadromous salmonid habitat, and conduct essential salmonid and habitat...

This $1,698,392 Cooperative Agreement award from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) under the Cooperative Institute (Inter-Agency Funded Activities) program supports the development of a Pacific-wide initiative to implement passive acoustic monitoring (PAM) using ocean gliders. The project aims to record ocean sounds and detect the presence of various marine mammal species, including beaked whales, sperm whales, dolphins, porpoises, and baleen whales, in the waters off...