Seafood Trade Relief Program (STRP)

The Department of Agriculture Farm Service Agency administered the Seafood Trade Relief Program (CFDA 10.131) to provide direct payments to eligible commercial fishermen whose seafood exports were impacted by foreign government trade actions, with assistance available from September 14, 2020 through December 14, 2020.

STRP funded direct payments to U.S. commercial fishermen holding valid federal or state licenses or permits to commercially catch seafood. Eligible fishermen received payments calculated on total reported commercial landings of identified seafood species caught and sold during the January 1, 2019 through December 31, 2019 period. Payments were capped at $250,000 per person or legal entity. Seafood had to be brought to shore and sold or transferred to a legally permitted or licensed seafood dealer. Recipients were required to maintain records for three years. The program was designed to compensate for loss of traditional export markets resulting from retaliatory tariffs.

The source does not specify total federal dollars obligated, award count, assistance-type categorization, or a portfolio of recent grant awards under this program. The source identifies only the single application window that closed on December 14, 2020, with no indication of subsequent opportunities or active solicitations. No recent grant awards or award history are documented in the source material.

This program appears to have operated as a one-time relief initiative rather than an ongoing funding line. The fixed application window (September 14 through December 14, 2020) and the specific reference period for eligible landings (2019) indicate STRP was a time-limited response to trade disruptions. The program is not currently open to new applicants, and no evidence in the source supports resumed or planned future solicitations.