Recommended Saltonstall-Kennedy Grant Projects

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