The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) awarded a $487,702 Project Grant under the Fisheries Development and Utilization Research and Development Grants and Cooperative Agreements Program (CFDA 11.427) to the Maine Coast Fishermen's Association. This 2-year grant, effective February 1, 2025 through January 31, 2027, will support eight coastal communities in Maine as they complete working waterfront inventories and incorporate the results into municipal planning. This effort...
This Project Grant award from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) under the Congressionally Identified Awards and Projects program (CFDA 11.469) will provide $956,000.00 in funding to the New England Young Fishermen's Alliance (NEYFA) to expand training, resources, and networking opportunities for the diminishing commercial fishing workforce in New Hampshire and the surrounding Seacoast region. The project aims to promote the health and sustainability of working waterfront...
The Maine Coast Fishermen's Association (MCFA) received a $121,439 Project Grant award from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) under the Sea Grant Support program (CFDA 11.417). The funding will be used to create three micro-learning videos that educate young fishermen in Maine about physical health, mental health, and career resilience. These topics are often underemphasized in technical training programs. The videos will feature relatable on-screen personalities and...
This federal Project Grant award from the United States Department of Agriculture Agricultural Marketing Service provides $970,698 to the Gulf of Maine Research Institute to support the Regional Food System Partnerships program. The award will fund a partnership between fishing associations, non-profit organizations, lenders, seafood businesses and others to strengthen the regional seafood system in New England through October 2024. Services delivered under the award include improving quality...
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 National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) awarded a $999,982 Project Grant under the Fisheries Development and Utilization Research and Development Grants and Cooperative Agreements Program (CFDA 11.427) to Get Hooked Seafood LLC, a woman-owned small business in Carpinteria, CA. The purpose of the 2-year project is to develop and implement a successful, replicable "Sea-to-School" program that will connect K-12 schools in Ventura County, CA with local, sustainable...
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) awarded a $4,000,000 Project Grant under the Congressionally Identified Awards and Projects program (CFDA 11.469) to the Coonamessett Farm Foundation Inc. in East Falmouth, MA. The grant, effective January 1, 2025 through December 31, 2027, will provide Massachusetts fishers with training to enhance their ability to collect and disseminate oceanographic and fisheries data. This will leverage the fishers' ecological knowledge to advance...
This $239,429 Project Grant award from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) under the Fisheries Development and Utilization Research and Development Grants and Cooperative Agreements Program (CFDA 11.427) aims to expand marketing networks and sales of fresh, locally caught pelagic fish species in Hawaii. The project involves a collaboration between a wholesale distributor of locally caught pelagic fish, college culinary arts chefs, and high school culinary arts instructors....
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) awarded a $669,936 Project Grant to the Downeast Institute for Applied Marine Research and Education, Inc. (DEI) under the Congressionally Identified Awards and Projects program (CFDA 11.469). This funding supports DEI's marine research activities focused on enhancing fisheries production through sustaining wild shellfish harvests and developing new shellfish aquaculture opportunities. Specifically, the grant enables DEI to increase...
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) awarded a $16,998,674 Fisheries Disaster Relief program (CFDA 11.477) Project Grant to the Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission (PSMFC) to respond to recent salmon fisheries disasters in Alaska and Washington. The grant will fund activities to restore affected fisheries and assist impacted fishing communities, including research, economic relief for commercial fishermen and related businesses, and infrastructure support. As the...