NOAA Fisheries has recommended more than $11 million in grants for 40 projects under the 2023 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 summaries of all FY2023 recommended projects (PDF, 38 pages)
- View the list of FY2023 recommended projects (PDF, 8 pages)
- 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 |
23AKR610-017 |
Association of Genuine Alaska Pollock Producers |
Increasing Penetration of Wild Alaska Pollock on Restaurant Menus Outside of Quick Service Restaurants (QSRs) to Build Further Demand for Wild Alaska Pollock |
Promotion, Development and Marketing |
$300,000 |
AKRO |
23AKR608-018 |
United Anglers of Alaska |
Developing a Global Market for Alaska's Magister Squid |
Promotion, Development and Marketing |
$230,000 |
GARFO |
23GAR215-046 |
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution |
Sustainable Seaweed Farming: Producing Reliable, Timely and Cost-Effective Kelp Seed while Reducing Reliance and Impacts on Wild Populations |
Priority #2 Science or Technology that Promotes Sustainable U.S. Seafood Production and Harvesting (Aquaculture) |
$299,999 |
GARFO |
23GAR224-004 |
Maine Center for Coastal Fisheries |
Toward resolving wild sea scallop (P. magellanicus) larval spatial and temporal distribution along the Maine coast in support of developing scallop aquaculture |
Priority #2 Science or Technology that Promotes Sustainable U.S. Seafood Production and Harvesting (Aquaculture) |
$290,762 |
GARFO |
23GAR236-025 |
Virginia Institute of Marine Science |
Understanding pathogen dynamics in shellfish nurseries as a basis for expanding the Regional Shellfish Seed Biosecurity Program to nursery settings |
Priority #2 Science or Technology that Promotes Sustainable U.S. Seafood Production and Harvesting (Aquaculture) |
$297,217 |
GARFO |
23GAR226-070 |
Cold Current Kelp LLC |
Diversifying Northern New England's Seaweed Industry by Integrating Nori into Sugar Kelp Farming Equipment and Practices |
Priority #2 Science or Technology that Promotes Sustainable U.S. Seafood Production and Harvesting (Aquaculture) |
$300,000 |
GARFO |
23GAR237-048 |
Manomet, Inc. |
Exploring mutually-beneficial production and marketing strategies for emerging wild and aquaculture quahog industries in Maine |
Promotion, Development and Marketing |
$300,000 |
GARFO |
23GAR207-041 |
University of Rhode Island |
Exploring the creation of a new seafood market segment that would enhance the resiliency of small-scale commercial fishing industry in Rhode Island |
Promotion, Development and Marketing |
$299,953 |
GARFO |
23GAR216-026 |
GreenWave Organization Corp. |
Pathway to Market Development: Establishing Kelp Purchasing Cycle Best Practices |
Promotion, Development and Marketing |
$152,759 |
GARFO |
23GAR233-056 |
Cornell Cooperative Extension of Suffolk County |
Increasing Local Seafood Consumption in NY Through Cooking Demonstrations and Tasting Events |
Promotion, Development and Marketing |
$105,595 |
GARFO |
23GAR219-018 |
University of Maine System acting thru Univ. of Maine |
Increasing Sustainability of the North Atlantic Squid Fishery: from Processing Waste to Value-Added Seafood Products |
Priority #2 Science or Technology that Promotes Sustainable U.S. Seafood Production and Harvesting |
$229,376 |
GARFO |
23GAR235-058 |
University of New Hampshire (UNH) |
Development and Application of Genomic Tools to Guide Management of the Atlantic Cod Fishery |
Priority #2 Science or Technology that Promotes Sustainable U.S. Seafood Production and Harvesting |
$299,943 |
GARFO |
23GAR206-053 |
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University |
Stock assessment model development and spatial management strategy evaluation for striped bass |
Priority #2 Science or Technology that Promotes Sustainable U.S. Seafood Production and Harvesting |
$244,941 |
GARFO |
23GAR203-001 |
The Research Foundation for The State University of New York |
Addressing a fishery disaster: Biological and environmental factors associated with the emergence of an undescribed apicomplexan parasite and the collapse of the bay scallop fishery in New York |
Priority #2 Science or Technology that Promotes Sustainable U.S. Seafood Production and Harvesting |
$299,987 |
GARFO |
23GAR229-021 |
Cornell University |
Development of sustainable lobster pot baits made from invasive carp and marine fish processing waste |
Priority #2 Science or Technology that Promotes Sustainable U.S. Seafood Production and Harvesting |
$300,000 |
GARFO |
23GAR222-086 |
Blue Planet Strategies |
Testing Subsea Acoustic Ropeless Gear Marking Technologies and Integrated Scientific Fisheries Data Collection Packages (the "SmartRaft") to Address Vertical Line Closures in the Gulf of Maine |
Priority #2 Science or Technology that Promotes Sustainable U.S. Seafood Production and Harvesting |
$300,000 |
PIRO |
23PIR707-011 |
Oceanic Institute of Hawaii Pacific University |
Refining Aquaculture Methods for Kumu and Establishing Preliminary Tag and Recapture Efforts Utilizing Hawaii's Fishing Community |
Priority #2 Science or Technology that Promotes Sustainable U.S. Seafood Production and Harvesting (Aquaculture) |
$299,900 |
PIRO |
23PIR710-020 |
Pacific Islands Fisheries Group |
Fresh Local Fish for High School & College Culinary Programs |
Promotion, Development and Marketing |
$239,429 |
PIRO |
23PIR705-018 |
Conservation International Foundation |
Optimizing Economic Benefits and Advancing the Promotion, Development, and Marketing of Hawaii's Local Fisheries |
Promotion, Development and Marketing |
$299,977 |
PIRO |
23PIR711-001 |
Hawaii Seafood Council |
Branding Hawaii Seafood with Fishing Community Outreach |
Promotion, Development and Marketing |
$300,000 |
SERO |
23SER314-042 |
Florida Atlantic University |
Community-Based Queen Conch (Aliger gigas) Aquaculture in Puerto Rico for Restoration and Sustainable Seafood |
Priority #2 Science or Technology that Promotes Sustainable U.S. Seafood Production and Harvesting (Aquaculture) |
$299,799 |
SERO |
23SER327-028 |
Auburn University |
Development and Optimization of Farmer-Run Test Kits to Improve Oyster Safety |
Priority #2 Science or Technology that Promotes Sustainable U.S. Seafood Production and Harvesting (Aquaculture) |
$298,701 |
SERO |
23SER303-025 |
Dulce del Rio-Pineda |
Feasibility analysis for artisanal native oyster mariculture supply chain in Culebra, Puerto Rico |
Priority #2 Science or Technology that Promotes Sustainable U.S. Seafood Production and Harvesting (Aquaculture) |
$299,811 |
SERO |
23SER301-031 |
Texas A&M AgriLife Research |
Development of Technologies using Black Soldier Fly Larvae to Efficiently Convert Seafood Processing Wastes into Value- Added Marine Feed Ingredients |
Priority #2 Science or Technology that Promotes Sustainable U.S. Seafood Production and Harvesting (Aquaculture) |
$265,478 |
SERO |
23SER339-037 |
Texas A&M University |
Expanding Cultivated Oyster Mariculture in Texas |
Promotion, Development and Marketing |
$299,978 |
SERO |
23SER321-015 |
LGL Ecological Research Associates, Inc. |
Expanding Observer Coverage and Bycatch Species Identification to Achieve Sustainable Fishery Certification for the Gulf of Mexico Federal Otter Trawl Shrimp Fishery |
Promotion, Development and Marketing |
$299,443.49 |
SERO |
23SER311-023 |
Louisiana State University |
Louisiana Clams: Foundation of Novel Culinary Bivalves in Current Commerce |
Promotion, Development and Marketing |
$296,572 |
SERO |
23SER325-006 |
University of South Carolina |
Enhancing U.S. Caribbean Deepwater Snapper Fisheries: Collaborative Research to Address Critical Information Gaps for Queen and Silk Snappers |
Priority #2 Science or Technology that Promotes Sustainable U.S. Seafood Production and Harvesting |
$299,600 |
SERO |
23SER332-021 |
Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi |
Molecular Approaches to Sex- Identification in Reef Fishes from Non- Invasive Tissue Samples. |
Priority #2 Science or Technology that Promotes Sustainable U.S. Seafood Production and Harvesting |
$298,639 |
SERO |
23SER313-040 |
Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission |
Improving the sustainability and value of the Caribbean spiny lobster(Panulirus argus) fishery with the help of the industry |
Priority #2 Science or Technology that Promotes Sustainable U.S. Seafood Production and Harvesting |
$284,079 |
SERO |
23SER306-035 |
University of Florida |
Refining Ecological Reference Points for Atlantic Menhaden |
Priority #2 Science or Technology that Promotes Sustainable U.S. Seafood Production and Harvesting |
$114,860 |
SERO |
23SER334-004 |
University of Southern Mississippi |
Quantifying and Reducing Discard Mortality of Undersized and Ovigerous Crabs in the Gulf of Mexico Blue Crab Fishery |
Priority #2 Science or Technology that Promotes Sustainable U.S. Seafood Production and Harvesting |
$296,740 |
WCRO |
23WCR408-012 |
Hubbs-SeaWorld Research Institute |
Development of Hatchery Technology and Juvenile Grow-Out Techniques for Warty Sea Cucumbers |
Priority #2 Science or Technology that Promotes Sustainable U.S. Seafood Production and Harvesting (Aquaculture) |
$299,983 |
WCRO |
23WCR409-015 |
Mark Helvey |
Exploring the Feasibility and Design of a Fresh Catch Auction in San Diego |
Promotion, Development and Marketing |
$285,710 |
WCRO |
23WCR416-011 |
Elizabeth Penniman DBA Katuvi |
Hook, Line, & Social Media: A Case Study Using Digital Marketing to Motivate Consumer Participation in the San Diego Seafood System |
Promotion, Development and Marketing |
$298,450 |
WCRO |
23WCR418-033 |
Community Services Unlimited Inc. |
A Seafood Equity Hub: addressing barriers to seafood in low-income communities using domestic production and supply chains |
Promotion, Development and Marketing |
$300,000 |
WCRO |
23WCR404-020 |
Eat on the Wild Side |
Restaurants as Partners in Sustainability: North Pacific Sablefish Promotion Project. |
Promotion, Development and Marketing |
$236,820 |
WCRO |
23WCR402-023 |
Pfleger Institute of Environmental Research |
Developing and testing sustainable transition options for the West Coast Driftnet Fishery |
Priority #2 Science or Technology that Promotes Sustainable U.S. Seafood Production and Harvesting |
$263,838 |
WCRO |
23WCR401-004 |
Hubbs-SeaWorld Research Institute |
Fisheries-driven assessment of a stock enhancement program for white seabass (Atractoscion nobilis) using novel genetic markers and a 25-year broodstock baseline |
Priority #2 Science or Technology that Promotes Sustainable U.S. Seafood Production and Harvesting |
$299,902 |
WCRO |
23WCR417-037 |
American Albacore Fishing Association |
Electronic Logbook for US Westcoast north Pacific Albacore Fishery |
Priority #2 Science or Technology that Promotes Sustainable U.S. Seafood Production and Harvesting |
$284,004 |