The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) awarded a $599,622 Project Grant under the Strengthening Public Health Systems and Services through National Partnerships to Improve and Protect the Nation's Health program (CFDA 93.421) to Redde, LLC. The grant, titled "ARE YOU REDDE? EXPANDING A MOBILE VESSEL SAFETY AND TRAINING SERVICE FOR NORTHEAST FISHERMEN," will fund the expansion of Redde, LLC's mobile vessel safety and training service for fishermen in the...
The Maine Center for Coastal Fisheries received a $469,658 Project Grant from the Department of Health and Human Services Centers for Disease Control and Prevention under the Occupational Safety and Health Program (CFDA 93.262) to deliver occupational safety and health training to new fishermen in Maine from September 1, 2023 to August 31, 2026. The goal of this federal grant program is to recognize new hazards, define the magnitude of the problem, follow trends in incidence, target...
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention awarded a $1,462,500 cooperative agreement to the Fishing Partnership Health Plan Corporation of Massachusetts under the Occupational Safety and Health Program. The three-year award beginning September 1, 2022 will support efforts to generalize a comprehensive workforce-led initiative that promotes the health and safety of commercial fishermen in the Northeastern United States. The Occupational Safety and Health Program aims to recognize...
This Cooperative Agreement award from the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), under the Strengthening Public Health Systems and Services through National Partnerships to Improve and Protect the Nation's Health program (CFDA 93.421), provides $936,108.00 to the University of Massachusetts Lowell (UML) to develop and implement strategies to improve commercial fishing vessel stability and primary prevention policies. The project will run from Sep 1, 2024 to Aug 31,...
This Cooperative Agreement award from the Department of Commerce National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) under the Sea Grant Support program (CFDA 11.417) will provide $500,000 from August 1, 2023 to July 31, 2025 to The Fishing Partnership Health Plan Corporation. The project will establish a regional, collaborative training framework to provide young fishermen in New England with vocational training as they enter the fishing industry, develop into competent deckhands, and...
This federal 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) provides $128,524.00 to the Cape Cod Commercial Fishermen's Alliance, Inc. to develop and deliver a "Fishing 101" introductory course for 15 students and a series of 7 advanced workshops for 30 fishermen. The training will cover topics such as local fisheries,...
This $899,961 Project Grant awarded by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (CFDA 11.427 Fisheries Development and Utilization Research and Development Grants and Cooperative Agreements Program) will support a research project at Stony Brook University to address knowledge gaps related to factors that can impact disease development and mortality in a major local fishery in the Northeast region. The project aims to provide information on the distribution of the parasite, as well as...
The Department of Health and Human Services Centers for Disease Control and Prevention awarded a $731,250 Project Grant to the Fishing Partnership Health Plan Corporation, a non-profit organization, to train commercial fishermen in Maryland as first responders to the opioid epidemic. The 3-year grant, which runs from September 1, 2023 to August 31, 2026, is funded through the CDC's Occupational Safety and Health Program (CFDA 93.262). The goal of the program is to recognize new workplace...
The University of Georgia Research Foundation, Inc. was awarded a $300,000 cooperative agreement from the Department of Commerce National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to address impacts of COVID-19 on seafood resources. This award falls under the NOAA Sea Grant Support program (CFDA 11.417), which provides funding to major university centers for marine resources research, education, training, and advisory services. Through this two-year cooperative agreement running from September 2021...
This $363,942 federal Project Grant award from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), provided under the Sea Grant Support program (CFDA 11.417), will enable the University of Washington to develop and deliver training programs to support the recruitment and preparation of new entrants to the commercial fishing industry in the Pacific Northwest. The key activities funded include: 1) Establishing a community-led advisory committee to guide the design and implementation of a...