Funding Opportunities

Funding to support recreational and non-commercial fishing projects in the Pacific Island region (Hawaiʻi, Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and American Samoa) that improve sustainable fishing opportunities, maintain stability of fish stocks, and protect cultural fishing traditions.

Category of funding opportunity: Environment, natural resources, science and technology, and other research and development.

NOAA Fisheries, in coordination with the New England Fishery Management Council, is soliciting Atlantic sea scallop research proposals.

Accepting applications for the FY2020 Pacific Islands Region Marine Turtle Management and Conservation Program (MTMCP) to fund conservation, protection, or management actions supporting recovery of Endangered Species Act listed sea turtle species occurring within the Pacific Islands region or of aggregations (or species).

ASMFC and NOAA Fisheries' Office of Aquaculture will be issuing approximately $625,000 in grants to fund marine aquaculture pilot projects focusing on sustainable aquatic farming techniques and regional business practices to grow U.S. domestic seafood.

The Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission, in cooperation and funding from the NOAA Fisheries Office of Aquaculture, will be issuing approximately $690,000 in grants to fund marine aquaculture pilot projects focusing on sustainable aquatic farming techniques and regional business practices to grow U.S. domestic seafood.

$4 million in Community-based Restoration Program funding available for coastal and marine habitat restoration in 2020.

Proposals due by September 29, 2019

NOAA Fisheries, in coordination with the New England Fishery Management Council, is soliciting Atlantic sea scallop research proposals.

National Fish and Wildlife Foundation funding opportunity for innovative approaches to sustainable aquaculture and fisheries now open.