NOAA Fisheries has recommended more than $11.8 million for 44 projects under the 2022 Saltonstall-Kennedy Competitive Grants Program. The projects fall into two categories:
- Promotion, Development, and Marketing and Science
- Technology that Promotes Sustainable U.S Seafood Production and Harvesting
Projects and Summaries
- View the list of FY2022 recommended projects (PDF, 8 pages)
- View summaries for all FY2022 recommended projects (PDF, 41 pages)
- View summaries for all FY2021 recommended projects (PDF, 38 pages)
- View summaries for all FY2020 recommended projects (PDF, 30 pages)
- View summaries for all FY2019 recommended projects (PDF, 74 pages)
At this point in the selection process, application approval and obligation is not final. An application being recommended is not an authorization to begin performance of the project, and is not a guarantee of funding. Final approval is subject to funding availability as well as final review and approval by both NOAA Grants Management Division and DOC Financial Assistance Law Division. No application is “awarded” until it has been signed by the official Grants Officer. The Grants Officer will notify successful applicants in writing when their application has been approved.
| Region | Proposal Number | Applicant | Project Title | Funding Priority | Amount |
| AKRO | 22AKR003-007 | Saltwater Inc. | Kachemak Bay Kelp Processing & Distribution Hub: Removing a Bottleneck to Growth in the Alaska Seaweed Industry | Promotion, Development and Marketing | $297,563.00 |
| AKRO | 22AKR002-014 | Alaska Bering Sea Crabbers | Increasing Consumer Awareness of and Confidence in the Sustainability of Alaska's Crab Fisheries | Promotion, Development and Marketing | $234,401.00 |
| AKRO | 22AKR007-010 | Alaska Department of Fish and Game | Stock Assessment of Giant Red Sea Cucumber (Apostichopus californicus) in Prince William Sound to Determine the Potential for a Commercial Fishery. | Science or Technology that Promotes Sustainable U.S. Seafood Production and Harvesting |
$257,912.00 |
| GARFO | 22GAR044-100 | Virginia Institute of Marine Science | Characterizing the role of toxic phytoplankton byproducts in shellfish hatchery failures | Science or Technology that Promotes Sustainable U.S. Seafood Production and Harvesting (Aquaculture) |
$299,934.00 |
| GARFO | 22GAR035-098 | Virginia Institute of Marine Science | Biotechnology to enhance oyster seed production in shellfish aquaculture industries | Science or Technology that Promotes Sustainable U.S. Seafood Production and Harvesting (Aquaculture) |
$299,857.00 |
| GARFO | 22GAR034-099 | Virginia Institute of Marine Science | Virginia coast bay scallops, Argopecten irradians: aquaculture and wild restoration | Science or Technology that Promotes Sustainable U.S. Seafood Production and Harvesting (Aquaculture) |
$299,238.00 |
| GARFO | 22GAR036-103 | Virginia Institute of Marine Science | A transcriptomic study of the differential stress response between diploid and triploid eastern oyster Crassostrea virginica, and its potential involvement in triploid mortality | Science or Technology that Promotes Sustainable U.S. Seafood Production and Harvesting (Aquaculture) |
$299,995.00 |
| GARFO | 22GAR018-018 | University of Maine System acting through the Univ. of Maine | Community Science to Support Sustainable and Local Seafood Production in Maine | Science or Technology that Promotes Sustainable U.S. Seafood Production and Harvesting (Aquaculture) |
$281,653.00 |
| GARFO | 22GAR039-024 | University of Maine System acting through the Univ. of Maine | Probiotics to improve sea scallop (Placopecten magellanicus) hatchery success | Science or Technology that Promotes Sustainable U.S. Seafood Production and Harvesting (Aquaculture) |
$299,992.00 |
| GARFO | 22GAR050-055 | Virginia Institute of Marine Science | Influence of selective breeding on human pathogenic Vibrio spp. in eastern oysters | Science or Technology that Promotes Sustainable U.S. Seafood Production and Harvesting (Aquaculture) |
$299,718.00 |
| GARFO | 22GAR047-077 | Cornell Cooperative Extension of Suffolk County | A Regional Effort to Increase Monkfish Domestic Demand Through Product Development and Audience Expansion | Promotion, Development and Marketing | $182,076.00 |
| GARFO | 22GAR007-012 | Cape Cod Commercial Fishermen's Alliance Inc | Meet the Fleet: Expanding domestic seafood consumption by connecting the public and fishing communities | Promotion, Development and Marketing | $147,862.00 |
| GARFO | 22GAR013-082 | Gulf of Maine Research Institute | Building Awareness and Demand for Gulf of Maine Seafood through Business Partnerships | Promotion, Development and Marketing | $296,713.00 |
| GARFO | 22GAR040-097 | SMELTS Sea Mammal Education Learning Technology Society | Fishing SMELTS' Lift Bag Ropeless/Buoyless Gear in the Gulf of Maine with Commercial Fishermen | Science or Technology that Promotes Sustainable U.S. Seafood Production and Harvesting |
$297,217.00 |
| GARFO | 22GAR009-011 | Downeast Institute for Applied Marine Research & Education | An examination of softshell clam, Mya arenaria L., fecundity along the Maine coast: the influence of clam size, tidal height, season, and geographic region | Science or Technology that Promotes Sustainable U.S. Seafood Production and Harvesting |
$300,000.00 |
| GARFO | 22GAR023-086 | University of Massachusetts Dartmouth | Incorporating Markets into Models: Charting the Pathways to Resilience in New England Seafood Supply Chains | Science or Technology that Promotes Sustainable U.S. Seafood Production and Harvesting |
$286,302.00 |
| PIRO | 22PIR001-013 | Oceanic Institute of Hawaii Pacific University | Development of an Integrated Multitrophic Aquaculture System to Restore Hawaii's Vulnerable Limu (Seaweed) Populations | Science or Technology that Promotes Sustainable U.S. Seafood Production and Harvesting (Aquaculture) |
$187,669.00 |
| PIRO | 22PIR006-026 | Ocean Era, Inc. | Most likely to succeed: demonstrating commercial viability of Hawaiian snapper | Science or Technology that Promotes Sustainable U.S. Seafood Production and Harvesting (Aquaculture) |
$299,890.00 |
| PIRO | 22PIR005-007 | Kuaaina Ulu Auamo | Collective Grassroots Pathways Toward Restorative Aquaculture: Removing Invasives and Bringing Back Native Species | Promotion, Development and Marketing | $131,232.00 |
| PIRO | 22PIR009-016 | Pacific Islands Fisheries Group | Development, promotion and marketing of locally caught Alfonsin in Hawaii's seafood market and restaurants | Promotion, Development and Marketing | $163,156.40 |
| PIRO | 22PIR008-015 | Pacific Islands Fisheries Group | Development of Mariana Islands Ika and Monchong Fishery | Promotion, Development and Marketing | $229,702.00 |
| PIRO | 22PIR013-027 | Mariana Islands Nature Alliance (MINA) | Optimizing economic benefits for fishing communities across the Pacific by enhancing artisanal pelagic fishing through Smart-aFAD networks | Promotion, Development and Marketing | $161,000.00 |
| PIRO | 22PIR012-006 | University of Hawaii | Collaborative Fishing Community Assessment for Sustainable Management of the Coral Reef Fishery in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands | Science or Technology that Promotes Sustainable U.S. Seafood Production and Harvesting |
$269,329.00 |
| PIRO | 22PIR015-025 | University of Hawaii | Mitigating shark depredation in Guam fisheries | Science or Technology that Promotes Sustainable U.S. Seafood Production and Harvesting |
$251,799.00 |
| SERO | 22SER008-037 | Florida Atlantic University | A Production-Scale Queen Conch Hatchery at the Naguabo Fishing Association for Region Wide Growout of Sustainable Seafood in Puerto Rico | Science or Technology that Promotes Sustainable U.S. Seafood Production and Harvesting (Aquaculture) |
$299,140.00 |
| SERO | 22SER002-042 | Marine Environmental Sciences Consortium | Preadapting oysters to multiple stressors through predator exposure in nurseries | Science or Technology that Promotes Sustainable U.S. Seafood Production and Harvesting (Aquaculture) |
$297,196.00 |
| SERO | 22SER028-052 | Auburn University | Empowering growers while growing capacity: Research, testing, and training to address microbiological impediments on shellfish aquaculture | Science or Technology that Promotes Sustainable U.S. Seafood Production and Harvesting (Aquaculture) |
$299,907.00 |
| SERO | 22SER003-017 | Quintessence Marine | From Problem to Opportunity Creation of a Robust Nontraditional Market for Lionfish Byproducts and Protecting U.S. Fish Stocks from the Invasive Lionfish | Promotion, Development and Marketing | $299,500.00 |
| SERO | 22SER004-033 | Southeastern SeaProducts Inc. | Hybridization in Clams to Achieve Efficiency and Larger Markets | Promotion, Development and Marketing | $294,312.80 |
| SERO | 22SER029-031 | Live Advantage Bait LLC | Economic Evaluation of Four Shellfish Species to determine Aquaculture Commercial Viability, Break-even Values, and Risk Assessment | Promotion, Development and Marketing | $300,000.00 |
| SERO | 22SER014-066 | Sustainable Seas Technology, INC | Whale-Safe Alternatives to Closures of Black Sea Bass Pot Gear in the Southeast US | Science or Technology that Promotes Sustainable U.S. Seafood Production and Harvesting |
$299,999.00 |
| SERO | 22SER005-035 | North Carolina State University | Demonstrating effectiveness of a microprocessor-based shark bycatch reduction device (BRD) in longline fisheries using an academic-industry partnership | Science or Technology that Promotes Sustainable U.S. Seafood Production and Harvesting |
$263,283.00 |
| SERO | 22SER016-068 | The Florida International University Board of Trustees | A novel trap accessory that reduces bycatch and marine debris while improving lost trap recovery | Science or Technology that Promotes Sustainable U.S. Seafood Production and Harvesting |
$291,932.00 |
| SERO | 22SER031-006 | Mote Marine Laboratory, Inc. | Ensuring new shark regulations in Puerto Rico lead to a sustainable fishery and accurate landings data in a data poor region | Science or Technology that Promotes Sustainable U.S. Seafood Production and Harvesting |
$234,827.00 |
| SERO | 22SER030-045 | University of South Carolina | Maximizing utility of eye lens core isotopic information for fisheries management: ageing validation, natal origins, and ontogenetic habitat shifts of reef fishes across the southestern U.S. southeastern U.S. and U.S. |
Science or Technology that Promotes Sustainable U.S. Seafood Production and Harvesting |
$299,962.00 |
| WCRO | 22WCR020-032 | Kashia Band of Pomo Indians of the Stewarts Point Rancheria | Developing Domestic Formulated Feeds and Sea Cucumber Polyculture Integration in California Abalone Aquaculture | Science or Technology that Promotes Sustainable U.S. Seafood Production and Harvesting (Aquaculture) |
$299,984.00 |
| WCRO | 22WCR011-015 | Holdfast Aquaculture LLC | Developing the native California Mussel (Mytilus californianus) as a new aquaculture product. | Science or Technology that Promotes Sustainable U.S. Seafood Production and Harvesting (Aquaculture) |
$300,000.00 |
| WCRO | 22WCR016-039 | San Jose State University Research Foundation | Examining the capacity of seaweed and shellfish co-culture to improve the physiology, biomechanics, and outplanting of farmed juvenile abalone and oysters | Science or Technology that Promotes Sustainable U.S. Seafood Production and Harvesting (Aquaculture) |
$299,663.00 |
| WCRO | 22WCR017-040 | Family Resource Center of the Redwoods | Del Norte Sea to Market Fish Landing Facilities and Local Fishery Development, Marketing, and Promotion | Promotion, Development and Marketing | $278,196.00 |
| WCRO | 22WCR006-005 | Positively Groundfish | A retail-focused marketing outreach and training program and a supporting market research program designed to increase sales of underutilized West Coast Groundfish species in domestic grocery retail. | Promotion, Development and Marketing | $299,870.00 |
| WCRO | 22WCR002-006 | Sub Sea Sonics, LLC | Development and Demonstration of Economically Viable Ropeless Fishing Systems for Single-Line Trap Fisheries | Science or Technology that Promotes Sustainable U.S. Seafood Production and Harvesting |
$243,051.00 |
| WCRO | 22WCR001-008 | CWPA (California Wetfish Producers Association) | Investigating seasonal nearshore dynamics of Pacific sardine in California | Science or Technology that Promotes Sustainable U.S. Seafood Production and Harvesting |
$298,473.00 |
| WCRO | 22WCR014-001 | Nereus Laboratories, Inc. | Development of Chemosensory-based Control Methods to Reduce the Losses of Commercial Oyster Stocks by Oyster Drills | Science or Technology that Promotes Sustainable U.S. Seafood Production and Harvesting |
$297,500.00 |
| WCRO | 22WCR010-034 | Western Washington University | Sustaining long-term yield of the Puget Sound Dungeness crab fishery by accounting for complex mixed-stock population structure | Science or Technology that Promotes Sustainable U.S. Seafood Production and Harvesting |
$298,657.00 |
