Project Grant SLMAQM18GR2252

This $677,554 Cooperative Agreement award from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) Marine Debris Program supports a 3-year pilot project to address marine debris pollution in the St. Andrew Sound and St. Joe Bay Estuary Program (SASJBEP) watershed. The project aims to reduce man-made debris, such as single-use plastics and macro-plastics, entering local waterways through a two-pronged approach. First, the project will install up to 60 litter interception devices...

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) awarded a $1,513,141 Cooperative Agreement to The Ocean Foundation under the CFDA 11.999 Marine Debris Program. The 4-year project will implement large-scale removals of lost or abandoned derelict fishing gear, with a goal of 200 removals to collect an estimated 160,000 lbs of debris from the seafloor in the U.S. Caribbean. The project will also develop outreach and education activities with local fishers and rangers, implement a fishing...

This Cooperative Agreement award, funded by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) under the Sea Grant Support program (CFDA 11.417), provides $526,922 to the South Carolina Sea Grant Consortium to address marine debris in Murrells Inlet, South Carolina over a 3-year period from September 1, 2024 to August 31, 2027. The project aims to reduce the use of single-use plastics and marine debris through community engagement, education, and data collection. Key activities include...

The Clean Water Fund will receive $891,274 under a cooperative agreement award from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to expand its Rethink Disposable program. Funded by NOAA's Marine Debris Program, the 24-month project aims to convert 120-150 food businesses and three institutions in up to eight coastal and Great Lakes states to reusable foodware. This will eliminate an estimated 5-8 million pieces of single-use food packaging per year going forward. Clean Water Fund will...

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration will provide $351,900 under the Marine Debris Program (CFDA 11.999) to Wildcoast through a cooperative agreement from October 1, 2021 to September 30, 2023. The funding will support a project to reduce marine debris originating in Los Laureles Canyon, a tributary of the Tijuana River, from entering the Pacific Ocean at the United States-Mexico border over two years. Specific services will focus on decreasing trans-border pollution to improve...

This Project Grant award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Reduce, Reuse, Recycling Education and Outreach (REO) Grants program (CFDA 66.921) provides $1,547,635 in funding to Recycle Hawaii and its partner, the Ka'ū Global Learning Lab, to implement a youth-led, community-based education campaign. The objectives are to increase waste prevention activities, boost recycling participation rates, and decrease contamination in the recycling stream. Key activities...

The Parley Foundation will provide $1 million in ocean stewardship services under a cooperative agreement awarded by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration through the Marine Debris Program (CFDA 11.999). Over the two-year period from September 2022 through February 2024, the Foundation will conduct 16 ocean stewardship clinics bringing at least 250 underserved youth to the ocean. Additionally, the Foundation will host over 600 educational sessions at its Parley AIR Station...

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration awarded the Richardson's Bay Regional Agency a $732,575 cooperative agreement under the Marine Debris Program. The agency will remove at least 30 abandoned and derelict vessels from Richardson's Bay in California, totaling approximately 200 tons of marine debris. This will improve 13 acres of vital eelgrass habitat that supports hundreds of thousands of waterbirds, commercial and recreational Pacific herring fisheries, and the local maritime...

This Cooperative Agreement award of $1,272,172 from the Department of Commerce National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), under the Marine Debris Program (CFDA 11.999), will fund One Cool Earth's Earth Genius program to reduce marine debris originating from land-based litter in California. Specifically, the project will work with K-12 schools, indigenous groups, and other partners across 24 underserved school sites in California's central coast region to modify litter-related...

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration awarded a $1,180,177.94 cooperative agreement to the Parley Foundation under the Marine Debris Program (CFDA 11.999) for the period of September 1, 2021 through August 31, 2023. The project aims to protect the Gulf of Mexico and Mexican Caribbean waters by implementing strategies to avoid, intercept, and redesign marine debris, with a focus on fishing gear, in order to prevent it from entering these bodies of water and to remove existing...