NOAA Fisheries has recommended more than $6 million in grants for 16 projects under the 2024 Saltonstall-Kennedy Competitive Grants Program.
The projects fall under three priorities:
- Promotion and Marketing
- Development, Infrastructure, and Capacity Building
- Science or Technology that Enhances Sustainable U.S. Fisheries
Projects and Summaries
Below is the complete list of projects funded for FY24 organized by funding priority.
FY2024 list of recommended projects (PDF, 4 pages)
FY2024 recommended project summaries (PDF, 15 pages)
Priority #1: Promotion and Marketing
| Region | Proposal Number | Applicant | Project Title | Funding Priority | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AKRO | 24AKR610-001 | Alaska Seafood Marketing Institute | Development and Marketing of an Alaska Seafood Pet Food Brand | Promotion and Marketing | $500,000.00 |
| AKRO | 24AKR604-006 | Wild Alaska Sole Association | Consumer Research and Promotion to Increase the Value of Alaska Flatfish | Promotion and Marketing | $419,590.00 |
| PIRO | 24PIR705-019 | Kauai Sea Farms LLC | Increasing market value and presence of Hawaiian fishpond products | Promotion and Marketing | $100,000.00 |
| WCRO | 24WCR401-024 | Get Hooked Seafood LLC | A Sea-to-School Program for the Santa Barbara Channel | Promotion and Marketing | $499,991.00 |
| WCRO | 24WCR412-001 | Positively Groundfish | A groundfish consumer packaged goods start-up accelerator program designed to incentivize product innovation, expand the industry and grow demand for West Coast groundfish. | Promotion and Marketing | $497,641.00 |
Priority #2: Development, Infrastructure, and Capacity Building
| Region | Proposal Number | Applicant | Project Title | Funding Priority | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AKRO | 24AKR613-013 | Alaska Seafood Marketing Inst. | Increasing Utilization and Value of Alaska Seafood Through High Value Side-stream Production, Re-Shoring of Value-Added Processing, and Neutral Storage Facilities | Development, Infrastructure, and Capacity Building | $500,000.00 |
| GARFO | 24GAR234-079 | Morgan State University | Co-produced Research to Control Invasive Blue Catfish in Chesapeake Bay | Development, Infrastructure, and Capacity Building | $500,000.00 |
| GARFO | 24GAR219-074 | Cape Cod Commercial Fishermen's Alliance Inc | Preparing the next ocean stewards: Fishermen's Development Training Program | Development, Infrastructure, and Capacity Building | $128,524.00 |
| GARFO | 24GAR209-007 | Maine Coast Fishermen's Association | Coastal Access Cohort: Future-Proofing Municipal Strategies to Support Commercial Fishing, Intertidal Harvesting, and Aquaculture | Development, Infrastructure, and Capacity Building | $487,702.00 |
| PIRO | 24PIR707-009 | University of Hawaii | Establishing a Supply & Training Program for Restorative Aquaculture Production of the HI Red Seaweed, Limu Kohu (Asparagopsis taxiforms) | Development, Infrastructure, and Capacity Building | $500,000.00 |
Priority #3: Science or Technology that Enhances Sustainable U.S. Fisheries
| Region | Proposal Number | Applicant | Project Title | Funding Priority | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GARFO | 24GAR220-066 | University of New Hampshire | Commercialization of "Ropeless" On-Bottom Sea Scallop Aquaculture in the Gulf of Maine: Development of Spat Collection and Growout Protocols | Science or Technology that Enhances Sustainable U.S. Fisheries | $497,723.00 |
| GARFO | 24GAR225-097 | Commonwealth of Masachusetts | Genomic population structure of Atlantic herring in US waters to inform sustainable fishery management | Science or Technology that Enhances Sustainable U.S. Fisheries | $321,213.00 |
| PIRO | 24PIR708-033 | University of Hawaii | Aquaculture of native species to improve fisheries habitats and expand opportunities for fishing communities | Science or Technology that Enhances Sustainable U.S. Fisheries | $500,000.00 |
| SERO | 24SER309-036 | Oyster South Company | A FARMS Approach to Address Oyster Mortality and Improve Production in the South's Emergent Off-bottom Oyster Aquaculture Industry | Science or Technology that Enhances Sustainable U.S. Fisheries | $499,198.00 |
| SERO | 24SER327-008 | University of South Carolina | Collaborative Research and Capacity Building in the U.S. Caribbean via Investigating Queen Conch Life History and Resolving the Conch Age Conundrum | Science or Technology that Enhances Sustainable U.S. Fisheries | $398,944.00 |
| SERO | 24SER322-010 | Live Advantage Bait LLC | Optimizing Atlantic Croaker Reproductive Performance for Fisheries Conservation and Aquaculture | Science or Technology that Enhances Sustainable U.S. Fisheries | $99,697.39 |
Previously Funded Projects
- FY2023 list of recommended projects (PDF, 8 pages)
- FY2023 recommended project summaries (PDF, 38 pages)
- FY2022 list of recommended projects (PDF, 8 pages)
- FY2022 recommended project summaries (PDF, 41 pages)
- FY2021 list of recommended projects (PDF, 38 pages)
- FY2020 recommended project summaries (PDF, 30 pages)
- FY2019 recommended project summaries (PDF, 74 pages)
