Commercial and recreational fisheries in New Jersey and New York will receive just over $3 million for relief effort to address the impacts following Hurricane/post-tropical cyclone Sandy.
NOAA Fisheries has already been working with the states of New York and New Jersey to distribute $5 million in economic assistance that was previously appropriated by Congress. It is expected that new funds will be used to augment existing efforts to assist impacted businesses in these two states.
According to NOAA Fisheries, recipients of the funding will have broad latitude to determine the best use of the funds to meet the unique needs of their local businesses and communities.
Funds can be used for activities that, “restore the fishery or prevent a similar failure in the future, and to assist a fishing community affected by such failure.”
There are a number of steps that have to take place before the money can be distributed. Funds are allocated out through the federal grant process. Once a spend plan is developed and the grant application is complete, there is generally a 2-3 month review process before the funds are made available to the recipient.
source: NOAA Fisheries
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Thursday, March 13, 2014
Friday, November 8, 2013
Gulf of Mexico Habitat Restoration Projects
NOAA’s National Marine Fisheries Service (NOAA Fisheries) recently announced that the agency will fund a number of habitat restoration projects in Florida, Alabama, Louisiana.
In addition, this funding is expected to draw hundreds of thousands of dollars in additional contributions for this work from project partners.
The money slated for the restoration projects is separate, but complementary, to restoration projects funded through the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Natural Resource Damage Assessment court settlements or the RESTORE Act.
Restoration projects in the Gulf of Mexico include:
Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority of Louisiana ($7 million): for engineering and design to restore 1370 acres of marsh in western coastal Louisiana. This funding is awarded through the Coastal Wetlands Planning Protection and Restoration Act and covers 3 projects.
St. Johns Water Management District ($250,000): to launch restoration of over 2000 acres of marsh, oyster reef and shoreline forage and nursery habitat along the northeast coast of Florida. The project will benefit a variety of marine life including fish in the snapper-grouper complex, snook, red drum, and tarpon, spiny lobsters and shrimp. In addition, this project may benefit endangered species such as sea turtles and smalltooth sawfish.
Coral Restoration Foundation ($200,000): to begin planting thousands of elkhorn and staghorn corals in the Florida Keys, both of which are currently listed as "threatened" and proposed for listing as "endangered" under the Endangered Species Act
Coastal Cleanup Corporation ($17,000): to remove marine debris at eight turtle nesting beaches along Elliot Key in Biscayne Bay, FL.
Marine Environmental Sciences Consortium/Dauphin Island Sea Lab ($100,000): to remove 36 vessels or other large debris from Mobile Bay, AL.
In addition to projects in the Gulf of Mexico, NOAA Fisheries will be providing funds for projects in North Carolina, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands.
source: NOAA Fisheries
In addition, this funding is expected to draw hundreds of thousands of dollars in additional contributions for this work from project partners.
The money slated for the restoration projects is separate, but complementary, to restoration projects funded through the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Natural Resource Damage Assessment court settlements or the RESTORE Act.
Restoration projects in the Gulf of Mexico include:
Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority of Louisiana ($7 million): for engineering and design to restore 1370 acres of marsh in western coastal Louisiana. This funding is awarded through the Coastal Wetlands Planning Protection and Restoration Act and covers 3 projects.
St. Johns Water Management District ($250,000): to launch restoration of over 2000 acres of marsh, oyster reef and shoreline forage and nursery habitat along the northeast coast of Florida. The project will benefit a variety of marine life including fish in the snapper-grouper complex, snook, red drum, and tarpon, spiny lobsters and shrimp. In addition, this project may benefit endangered species such as sea turtles and smalltooth sawfish.
Coral Restoration Foundation ($200,000): to begin planting thousands of elkhorn and staghorn corals in the Florida Keys, both of which are currently listed as "threatened" and proposed for listing as "endangered" under the Endangered Species Act
Coastal Cleanup Corporation ($17,000): to remove marine debris at eight turtle nesting beaches along Elliot Key in Biscayne Bay, FL.
Marine Environmental Sciences Consortium/Dauphin Island Sea Lab ($100,000): to remove 36 vessels or other large debris from Mobile Bay, AL.
In addition to projects in the Gulf of Mexico, NOAA Fisheries will be providing funds for projects in North Carolina, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands.
source: NOAA Fisheries
Saturday, January 12, 2013
2013 North Carolina Recreational Fishing License Grants
Revenues from the N.C. Coastal Recreational Fishing License will pay nearly $2 million in the coming year toward projects to help provide coastal fishing access and fisheries and habitat research.
The N.C. Marine Fisheries Commission and the N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission recently announced the approval of 20 grants, totaling $2.43 million, for the 2013 cycle.
The grants are funded from the N.C. Marine Resources Fund, which receives revenues from the sale of Coastal Recreational Fishing Licenses.
The grants are sorted into three focus areas:
Grants that fall under the People Focus area include public education and public water access projects. Grants that fall under the Fish Focus area are fisheries research projects. Grants that fall under the Habitat Focus area include projects that enhance, protect or research fisheries habitat.
Five People Focus grants totaling $1,210,333 include:
Wildlife Resources Commission’s Jacksonville Boating Access Area – $650,000
One-year grant that provides much needed boating and fishing access in Onslow County.
N.C. Division of Marine Fisheries’ Enhanced Artificial Reef Web Page – $120,000
Multi-year grant for a web-based and hand-held reef guide to provide coastal reef fishing guides for ocean, inshore and estuarine waters, including fishing access to oyster sanctuaries.
N.C. Division of Marine Fisheries’ Recreational Fishing Digest – $30,500
Multi-year grant for a publication to provide saltwater anglers with easy access to recreational size and creel limits.
N.C. Division of Marine Fisheries’ Angler’s Guide – $76,500
One year grant to publish a guide to provide educational opportunities regarding ethical angling and fisheries management to anglers.
Town of Vandemere’s Waterfront Park Initiative – $333,333
Multi-year grant to purchase property to construct a boating access area
Five Fish Focus grants totaling $479,825 include:
National Oceanic Atmospheric Association’s Beaufort Bridgenet Survey – $41,500
Multi-year grant to process a five-year backlog of unsorted samples and incorporate the resulting larval abundance data into the existing dataset, which would subsequently be made available for inclusion in stock assessments. Partnered with the N.C. Division of Marine Fisheries.
N.C. Division of Marine Fisheries’ Mark Recapture Study of Cape Fear Striped Bass – $36,035
Multi-year grant to research the sustainability of the Cape Fear River striped bass population.
N.C. State University Center for Marine Sciences & Technology, Sources of Mortality and Movements of Weakfish Tagged in North Carolina – $116,646
Multi-year grant to gather data to provide increased understanding of factors affecting weakfish stocks.
N.C. Division of Marine Fisheries’ N.C. Red Drum Cooperative Tagging Program – $12,000
Multi-year grant to continue red drum tagging for determining exploitation rates.
N.C. Division of Marine Fisheries’ Assessing Critical Habitat of Anadromous Fishes Using Telemetry Techniques – $273,644
Multi-year grant to identify critical spawning habitat, map migration routes and spawning grounds and potentially improve fishery-independent surveys for these species.
Ten Habitat Focus grants totaling $743,277 include:
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Institute of Marine Science, Investigating Salinity Fluxes on Natural and Restored Habitat Bottom – $111,988
Multi-year grant to study salinity regimes to inform managers on best locations for habitat enhancement projects including artificial fishing reefs and oyster sanctuary reefs.
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Institute of Marine Science, FerryMon: N.C. Department of Transportation Based Automated Monitoring – $143,742
Multi-year grant to continue the long-term, continuous water quality monitoring in the Pamlico Sound.
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Institute of Marine Science, Comparing the Use of Nominated Strategic Habitat Areas and Non-Strategic Habitat Areas Coastal Marsh Habitats – $97,368
Multi-year grant to examine fish use in western Pamlico Sound wetlands dominated by wind-driven tides and the link between fish productivity and habitat condition. It will verify the condition of some Strategic Habitat Areas in the region.
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Institute of Marine Science, Incorporating Stakeholder Knowledge of the Status and Value of Coastal Habitats – $30,365
Multi-year grant to use a series of socioeconomic surveys of North Carolina residents to collect ecologically relevant data on the perceived health of and threats to coastal habitats and fisheries.
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Institute of Marine Science, Trends in Fish Utilization of Low versus High Relief – $96,324
Multi-year grant to investigate fish utilization of artificial structures both near shore and offshore and evaluate the benefit of relief off the bottom of these structures.
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Institute of Marine Science, “There’s Something Fishy about Salt Marsh, Oyster Reef, and Seagrass Habitat.” – $50,121
Multi-year grant to target habitat education strategies that are important to improve the public’s understanding of the fish habitat relationship and foster environmental stewardship.
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Institute of Marine Science, Development of a Comprehensive Salinity Database – $72,415
Multi-year grant to develop a salinity database for North Carolina with sufficiently high spatial and temporal resolution to simultaneously examine salinity effects on critical fish habitat.
N.C. Division of Marine Fisheries’ Oyster Shell Recycling Program (Phase 2) – $32,000
One year grant to continue collection of discarded oyster shells and provide public awareness of the program while soliciting more partnerships.
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Institute of Marine Science, Program’s Effects of Landscape Setting on the Function of Seagrass Meadows – $105,754
Multi-year grant to examine how differing habitat landscape settings and seasonal changes in submerged aquatic vegetation affects fish use, fish health due to diet and competition among species.
N.C. Albemarle-Pamlico National Estuary Program H-020 Promoting Responsible Boating Practice and Awareness of Submerged Aquatic Vegetation – $3,200
One year grant to develop and post boating signs at boat ramps throughout coastal North Carolina to educate and encourage responsible boating while protecting submerged aquatic vegetation in estuarine waters.
For more information on these grants or the Coastal Recreational Fishing License grant program, contact Tiffany Frazier, Coastal Recreational Fishing License grants coordinator, at 252-808-8004 or Tiffany.Frazier@ncdenr.gov.
source: N.C. Division of Marine Fisheries
The N.C. Marine Fisheries Commission and the N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission recently announced the approval of 20 grants, totaling $2.43 million, for the 2013 cycle.
The grants are funded from the N.C. Marine Resources Fund, which receives revenues from the sale of Coastal Recreational Fishing Licenses.
The grants are sorted into three focus areas:
Grants that fall under the People Focus area include public education and public water access projects. Grants that fall under the Fish Focus area are fisheries research projects. Grants that fall under the Habitat Focus area include projects that enhance, protect or research fisheries habitat.
Five People Focus grants totaling $1,210,333 include:
Wildlife Resources Commission’s Jacksonville Boating Access Area – $650,000
One-year grant that provides much needed boating and fishing access in Onslow County.
N.C. Division of Marine Fisheries’ Enhanced Artificial Reef Web Page – $120,000
Multi-year grant for a web-based and hand-held reef guide to provide coastal reef fishing guides for ocean, inshore and estuarine waters, including fishing access to oyster sanctuaries.
N.C. Division of Marine Fisheries’ Recreational Fishing Digest – $30,500
Multi-year grant for a publication to provide saltwater anglers with easy access to recreational size and creel limits.
N.C. Division of Marine Fisheries’ Angler’s Guide – $76,500
One year grant to publish a guide to provide educational opportunities regarding ethical angling and fisheries management to anglers.
Town of Vandemere’s Waterfront Park Initiative – $333,333
Multi-year grant to purchase property to construct a boating access area
Five Fish Focus grants totaling $479,825 include:
National Oceanic Atmospheric Association’s Beaufort Bridgenet Survey – $41,500
Multi-year grant to process a five-year backlog of unsorted samples and incorporate the resulting larval abundance data into the existing dataset, which would subsequently be made available for inclusion in stock assessments. Partnered with the N.C. Division of Marine Fisheries.
N.C. Division of Marine Fisheries’ Mark Recapture Study of Cape Fear Striped Bass – $36,035
Multi-year grant to research the sustainability of the Cape Fear River striped bass population.
N.C. State University Center for Marine Sciences & Technology, Sources of Mortality and Movements of Weakfish Tagged in North Carolina – $116,646
Multi-year grant to gather data to provide increased understanding of factors affecting weakfish stocks.
N.C. Division of Marine Fisheries’ N.C. Red Drum Cooperative Tagging Program – $12,000
Multi-year grant to continue red drum tagging for determining exploitation rates.
N.C. Division of Marine Fisheries’ Assessing Critical Habitat of Anadromous Fishes Using Telemetry Techniques – $273,644
Multi-year grant to identify critical spawning habitat, map migration routes and spawning grounds and potentially improve fishery-independent surveys for these species.
Ten Habitat Focus grants totaling $743,277 include:
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Institute of Marine Science, Investigating Salinity Fluxes on Natural and Restored Habitat Bottom – $111,988
Multi-year grant to study salinity regimes to inform managers on best locations for habitat enhancement projects including artificial fishing reefs and oyster sanctuary reefs.
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Institute of Marine Science, FerryMon: N.C. Department of Transportation Based Automated Monitoring – $143,742
Multi-year grant to continue the long-term, continuous water quality monitoring in the Pamlico Sound.
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Institute of Marine Science, Comparing the Use of Nominated Strategic Habitat Areas and Non-Strategic Habitat Areas Coastal Marsh Habitats – $97,368
Multi-year grant to examine fish use in western Pamlico Sound wetlands dominated by wind-driven tides and the link between fish productivity and habitat condition. It will verify the condition of some Strategic Habitat Areas in the region.
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Institute of Marine Science, Incorporating Stakeholder Knowledge of the Status and Value of Coastal Habitats – $30,365
Multi-year grant to use a series of socioeconomic surveys of North Carolina residents to collect ecologically relevant data on the perceived health of and threats to coastal habitats and fisheries.
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Institute of Marine Science, Trends in Fish Utilization of Low versus High Relief – $96,324
Multi-year grant to investigate fish utilization of artificial structures both near shore and offshore and evaluate the benefit of relief off the bottom of these structures.
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Institute of Marine Science, “There’s Something Fishy about Salt Marsh, Oyster Reef, and Seagrass Habitat.” – $50,121
Multi-year grant to target habitat education strategies that are important to improve the public’s understanding of the fish habitat relationship and foster environmental stewardship.
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Institute of Marine Science, Development of a Comprehensive Salinity Database – $72,415
Multi-year grant to develop a salinity database for North Carolina with sufficiently high spatial and temporal resolution to simultaneously examine salinity effects on critical fish habitat.
N.C. Division of Marine Fisheries’ Oyster Shell Recycling Program (Phase 2) – $32,000
One year grant to continue collection of discarded oyster shells and provide public awareness of the program while soliciting more partnerships.
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Institute of Marine Science, Program’s Effects of Landscape Setting on the Function of Seagrass Meadows – $105,754
Multi-year grant to examine how differing habitat landscape settings and seasonal changes in submerged aquatic vegetation affects fish use, fish health due to diet and competition among species.
N.C. Albemarle-Pamlico National Estuary Program H-020 Promoting Responsible Boating Practice and Awareness of Submerged Aquatic Vegetation – $3,200
One year grant to develop and post boating signs at boat ramps throughout coastal North Carolina to educate and encourage responsible boating while protecting submerged aquatic vegetation in estuarine waters.
For more information on these grants or the Coastal Recreational Fishing License grant program, contact Tiffany Frazier, Coastal Recreational Fishing License grants coordinator, at 252-808-8004 or Tiffany.Frazier@ncdenr.gov.
source: N.C. Division of Marine Fisheries
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