Project Grant NA20OAR0210332

Shellfish Solutions Inc., doing business as Oystertracker, received a $500,000 Project Grant award from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program (CFDA 11.021) to develop the Tide to Table Traceability and Marketing System. The two-year project will create a traceability and marketing platform to track shellfish from harvest locations through processing and distribution to support sustainable aquaculture and seafood...

Tridentis Advanced Marine Vehicles LLC and the Watershed Innovation Laboratory at Washington College will develop technology and monitoring solutions for near-shore aquaculture installations under a $149,865 project grant from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Specifically, the awardees will establish baseline water quality and shellfish testing for aquaculture farms, then develop an efficient and cost-effective material solution to continuously monitor environmental...

The Community Shellfish Company, LLC received a $568,136 Project Grant award from the US Department of Agriculture Agricultural Marketing Service under the Farmers Market and Local Food Promotion Program. The grant will support the launch of Merroir.me, a new digital brand experience and direct-to-consumer marketing campaign to promote Maine seafood products in Connecticut and Rhode Island through 2024. Specifically, Community Shellfish Company will produce original videos, a website and...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) under the Sea Grant Support program (CFDA 11.417) aims to better understand growth patterns and business-level decision-making within the U.S. shellfish aquaculture industry. The $892,096 project, running from September 1, 2025 to August 31, 2028, will focus on the states of Massachusetts, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, Florida, and Washington, which represent an estimated 70% of U.S. farmed...

The National Science Foundation awarded Loyola Marymount University a $749,599 project grant under the Integrative Activities program to develop an Innovative Seafood Traceability Network. The grant period runs from October 1, 2021 to September 30, 2022. The Network aims to create a blockchain-based traceability system for seafood supply chains. This will allow producers, distributors, and consumers to track seafood from harvest to market. The technology is intended to support sustainable...

The Blue DOT Sea Farms, SPC was awarded a $100,000 Project Grant from the United States Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program / Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Program (CFDA 10.212) to develop paradigm shift technology for scalable, high-density, high-yield commercial multi-species mariculture. The SBIR/STTR programs support scientific excellence and technological innovation through federal...

The Maine Shellfish Developers LLC received a $106,500 Project Grant award from the US Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program / Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Program (CFDA 10.212). The grant funded the purchase of an alternate feed in support of land-based oyster farming. The SBIR/STTR programs aim to stimulate technological innovation through the investment of federal research funds to...

This $606,668 federal project grant was awarded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture under the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (CFDA 10.310) program. The grant will be used by the Virginia Institute of Marine Science (VIMS) to develop an improved understanding of labor supply and demand in the bivalve shellfish aquaculture industry, provide practical productivity tools for the industry, and inform policy actions to address labor constraints....

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) awarded a $292,752 Project Grant under the Fisheries Development and Utilization Research and Development Grants and Cooperative Agreements Program (CFDA 11.427) to the Cornell Cooperative Extension Association Of Suffolk County, doing business as CCE Suffolk, to promote local seafood consumption in New York. The project will utilize an established network to magnify consumer and supplier commitment to local seafood, conduct 50 cooking...

The Department of Commerce National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration awarded a $300,000 Project Grant to the Hawaii Seafood Council under the Fisheries Development and Utilization Research and Development Grants and Cooperative Agreements Program (CFDA 11.427). The grant aims to strengthen the Hawaii seafood brand by working with the Hawaii Longline Association and Honolulu Fish Auction to better define and distinguish the "auction fresh" descriptor for Hawaii seafood products....