Due to COVID-19, our staff is teleworking. We do not have access to mail or faxes sent to the offices. Please call or email your loan officer directly.
The FFP provides long-term fixed rate financing for the cost of:
- Refurbishing, modernization or purchasing of existing fishing vessels, fisheries facilities, or aquaculture facilities;
- Harvesting privileges in federally managed limited access systems (Catch Shares); and
- Individual fishing quota in the Northwest Halibut/Sablefish and Bering Sea/Aleutian Islands Crab Fisheries.
The FFP will also refinance existing debt incurred for these purposes. The FFP will not finance a vessel refurbishing project that materially increases a vessel’s harvesting capacity.
How Do I Get More Information?
Contact your regional Financial Services Branch and discuss your project:
Southeast Financial Services Branch
St. Petersburg, FL (727) 824-5377
Northeast Financial Services Branch
Gloucester, MA (978) 281-9202
Northwest Financial Services Branch
Seattle, WA (206) 526-6122
If your proposal appears to meet the program's requirements, you will receive an application form to complete and submit along with a one-time filing/commitment fee equal to 1/2 of 1 percent of your proposed loan amount.
Contact
Earl Bennett, Program Leader
Financial Services Division (F/MB5)
NOAA Fisheries
1315 East West Highway
Silver Spring, MD 20910
(301) 427-8765
Vacant, Division Chief
Financial Services Division (F/MB5)
Office of Management and Budget
NOAA Fisheries
1315 East West Highway
Silver Spring, MD 20910
(301) 427-8752
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Number: 11.415, Fisheries Finance Program
