Project Grant NR223B19XXXXG001

The US Geological Survey, through its Cooperative Research Units program (CFDA 15.812), awarded a $128,775 cooperative agreement to the Louisiana State University Agricultural Center to develop spatial and process-based models for restoring resilient oyster populations under current and future water quality conditions in Louisiana from September 2021 through September 2023. As part of the Cooperative Research Units program's mission to address state and local natural resource information needs...

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) awarded a $499,198 Project Grant through the Fisheries Development and Utilization Research and Development Grants and Cooperative Agreements Program (CFDA 11.427) to the Oyster South Company. The grant will fund a 24-month project to assess and monitor environmental, biological, and management factors impacting oyster production among 20 commercial oyster farms across 9 Southern U.S. states. The project will test the effects of oyster...

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) awarded a $10,000,000 Cooperative Agreement under the Habitat Conservation program (CFDA 11.463) to the State of Maryland Department of Natural Resources (MD DNR) to construct approximately 50 acres of oyster reefs in the Chesapeake Bay. The intent of the reefs is to provide fish habitat, water filtration, and serve as a source of broodstock to sustain the new reefs and bolster nearby oyster harvest areas. This project builds upon...

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 National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has awarded a $2,063,726 Cooperative Agreement under the Office for Coastal Management (CFDA 11.473) program to the University of Texas at Austin (UT Austin) for the restoration of 11.5 acres of oyster reef along Ayres Point in the Mesquite Bay complex. This project will increase climate resilience of coastal communities within the surrounding coastal counties through habitat restoration planning, engineering and design,...

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) awarded a $738,406 Cooperative Agreement under the Sea Grant Support program (CFDA 11.417) to the Marine Environmental Sciences Consortium (MESC), doing business as the Dauphin Island Sea Lab, for a project period from September 1, 2024 to August 31, 2027. The purpose of this Cooperative Agreement is to develop a machine learning tool that can predict optimal locations for off-bottom oyster farming along the Alabama coast. To achieve...

Federal Cooperative Agreement Summary Grow Oyster Reefs LLC received a $1.237 million Cooperative Agreement award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships program (CFDA 47.084) on September 15, 2025, with completion targeted for August 31, 2027. The project, conducted in Charlottesville, Virginia, focuses on developing a three-dimensional printed metal mold system to mass-produce modular, dry-cast concrete reef tiles designed to restore degraded...

Federal Cooperative Agreement Summary The Pacific Shellfish Institute received a $1.47 million Cooperative Agreement from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) under the Sea Grant Support program (CFDA 11.417), effective September 1, 2025, through August 31, 2028. This award funds a multi-year research initiative to document how native species interact with Pacific Coast shellfish farms across Washington, Oregon, California, and Alaska. The project employs a comprehensive...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) under the Sea Grant Support program (CFDA 11.417) provides $375,000 in funding to Oregon State University (OSU) from September 1, 2024 to August 31, 2026. The objective is to advance land-based aquaculture of red seaweeds in the U.S. through the development of new cultivars and raceway cultivation processes. Key activities include: 1) Developing and characterizing new compact cultivars of...