Project Grant NA19NMF4390084

The Alaska Department of Fish and Game (ADF&G) will receive $600,000 under a five-year Project Grant from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) to support marine research surveys of Chinook and chum salmon from the Arctic-Yukon-Kuskokwim region of Alaska. The funding will help ADF&G co-lead the longstanding Northern Bering Sea survey with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration through June 2028. This survey is critical for forecasting Yukon River salmon stocks up to...

The Alaska Department of Fish and Game will receive $828,000 through a Cooperative Agreement award from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration under the Pacific Fisheries Data Program (CFDA 11.437) from March 1, 2023 to February 29, 2024. The Department will conduct field research on Bering Sea red king crab to understand seasonal movements and population distributions in Bristol Bay. This will involve tagging and surveying red king crab to provide updated data to inform the North...

This $129,837 federal Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service under the Cooperative Endangered Species Conservation Fund (CFDA 15.615) supports fecal hormone and disease detection testing in Pacific walrus (Odobenus rosmarus divergens) in Alaska. The award is provided to the Alaska Department of Fish & Game (ADF&G), a state government agency, for a one-year project period from January 1, 2025 to December 31, 2025. The grant supports...

This Project Grant award from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) under the Marine Mammal Data Program (CFDA 11.439) provides $134,896.00 to the University of Alaska Anchorage to strengthen Alaska's marine mammal stranding response program. Key deliverables include: Maintaining a statewide stranding coordinator to manage Level A-C responses, improve sample handling and data management, and enhance the surveillance and analysis of harmful algal blooms and infectious...

This Project Grant award from the Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 9 Headquarters, under the Prescott Marine Mammal Rescue Assistance (CFDA 15.683) program, provides $199,890 to Wildlife Research International, Inc. (dba Wildlife Research) from June 30, 2023 to May 31, 2026. The project will address Prescott Program Category B priorities for northern sea otters in Alaska and Washington by implementing and coordinating oiled sea otter contingency planning, training, and...

The Alaska Sealife Center received a $106,876 project grant award from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration under the Marine Mammal Data Program (CFDA 11.439) to provide live marine mammal response and training for additional responders in Alaska's remote areas from October 1, 2021 through September 30, 2022. The grant funding will support the Center's work to collect and analyze information on marine mammals in Alaska waters that interact with state-managed fisheries and other...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service awarded a $133,333 Project Grant under the Prescott Marine Mammal Rescue Assistance Program (CFDA 15.683) to the Alaska Nannut Co-Management Council (ANCC), a tribally owned non-profit organization. The grant, awarded on September 1, 2024, aims to implement a collaborative program to prevent and respond to increased negative interactions between polar bears and people in the Chukchi Sea and Bering Strait region of Alaska. The project involves working with the...

The Alaska Sealife Center received a $126,917 Project Grant award from the Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 9 Headquarters to conduct live stranding response and monitoring of northern sea otters and walruses in Alaska from October 1, 2021 through September 30, 2022. The funding supports the Prescott Marine Mammal Rescue Assistance program, which provides financial assistance for response, recovery, rescue, treatment, and release of certain marine mammal species, as...

The Alaska Department of Fish and Game was awarded an $804,949 Project Grant from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration under the Pacific Fisheries Data Program (CFDA 11.437) to conduct Bering Sea crab research from July 1, 2021 to June 30, 2022. This grant supports the department's efforts to enhance fisheries data collection and analysis in Alaska to meet coastwide and insular area fisheries management needs as outlined under the Pacific Fisheries Data Program. Specifically,...

This Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of the Interior's Fish and Wildlife Service under the John H. Prescott Marine Mammal Rescue Assistance Grant Program (CFDA 15.683) provides $101,180 to the North Slope Borough in Alaska to maintain a marine mammal harvest monitoring and stranding program for key subsistence species, including walrus and polar bears. The program aims to monitor and investigate sources of morbidity and mortality affecting these marine mammal populations in the...