Project Grant NA24NMFX474G0001

The Department of Commerce National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration awarded a $299,148 Project Grant to the American Albacore Fishing Association, Inc. under the Fisheries Development and Utilization Research and Development Grants and Cooperative Agreements Program (CFDA 11.427). The overall goal of this 2-year project is to modernize the data collection and throughput of North Pacific Albacore (NPA) data by developing and implementing an electronic logbook (eLogbook) system, with the...

This Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service (CFDA 15.628 Multistate Conservation Grant Program) provides $147,587 to the American Sportfishing Association (ASA) to conduct research on reducing "churn rates" - the high percentage of anglers who do not renew their fishing licenses each year. The project will survey anglers who purchased licenses in 2022 but did not renew in 2023 to understand their reasons and preferences, in order to...

Federal Project Grant Award Summary The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) awarded $137,356 to the South Atlantic Fishery Management Council (SAFMC) under the Atlantic Coastal Fisheries Cooperative Management Act (CFDA 11.474) for the SAFMC Release Project, a citizen science initiative operating from October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2026. The project provides commercial, for-hire, and recreational fishers with a streamlined methodology to submit photographic...

The Aifish LLC was awarded a $300,000 project grant from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration under the Small Business Innovation Research Program to develop advanced data analysis tools for electronic monitoring in fisheries management. NOAA's SBIR program supports small businesses in stimulating technological innovation to meet federal research needs. Aifish will provide data analytics software to help fisheries managers efficiently process large volumes of video and sensor data...

This $1,000,000 Project Grant awarded by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) under the Fisheries Promotion, Marketing and Development program (CFDA 11.427) will provide a forum for Chesapeake Bay stakeholders to share their management ideas for the blue catfish population with fishery managers over 18 months. The project will facilitate four in-person meetings where stakeholder ideas will be heard, recorded, and evaluated by fisheries scientists to model the potential...

The Potomac River Fisheries Commission (PRFC) received a $296,482 Project Grant from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) under the Fisheries Data Program (CFDA 11.437), with an award date of February 1, 2027 and completion deadline of January 31, 2028. This Year 6 maintenance funding supports the final phase of PRFC's multi-year initiative to complete the implementation of electronic trip-level reporting for its commercial fisheries sector through the Atlantic Coastal...

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) awarded a $14,000,000 Cooperative Agreement under the Unallied Science Program (CFDA 11.472) to the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF) to develop an electronic monitoring and reporting program for U.S. marine fisheries. The grant aims to partner with fisheries managers, industry, NGOs, and other stakeholders to establish regional electronic monitoring and reporting systems. Through sub-awards, the program will enhance...

This Project Grant from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, under the Atlantic Coastal Fisheries Cooperative Management Act program (CFDA 11.474), provides $189,162 to the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management from August 1, 2022 to July 31, 2023. The funding will support technical assistance to Rhode Island seafood dealers to maintain electronic reporting to the Standard Atlantic Fisheries Information System, as required by state law. It will also fund...

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration awarded Sustainable Seas Technology Inc. a $599,998 two-year Project Grant under the Fisheries Development and Utilization Research and Development Grants and Cooperative Agreements Program (CFDA 11.427). The grant will support testing of subsea buoy retrieval systems in three Southeastern states to provide a detailed performance analysis and economic effectiveness evaluation of ropeless fishing gear configurations. Project partners will test...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service awarded a $173,140 Multistate Conservation Grant to the American Fisheries Society (AFS) to continue investigations initiated in the Iowa Walleye Challenge, a successful fishing tournament pilot that collected critical data on walleye populations through angler-reported catch data. This project aims to build on this approach by expanding the initiative to include additional Midwest state partners (Illinois, Manitoba, Nebraska, and Wisconsin) to improve the...