Proactive Species Conservation Grants Funded

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The following grants have been funded through the Proactive Species Conservation Grant program or through funds provided by NMFS regional offices.

2011 | 2010 | 2009 | 2008 | 2007 | 2006

2011 Proactive Species Conservation Grants Funded NOTE: Some grants were awarded for multiple years. The Federal funding amounts indicated in the tables below are for FY2011.
Agency	Project Title	Federal Funding
Georgia Department of Natural Resources	Alabama shad (Alosa alabamae) restoration for the Apalachicola- Chattahoochee- Flint River Basin, Florida, Georgia, Alabama	$93,509
Delaware Division of Fish and Wildlife	Conservation of the Sand Tiger Shark (Carcharias taurus) in the Waters of Delaware Bay and Nearshore Coastal Habitats	$49,145
Maine Department of Marine Resources	A multi-state collaborative to develop and implement a conservation program for three anadromous finfish species of concern in the Gulf of Maine	$456,680
Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife	Abalone Restoration in the Pacific Northwest	$181,988
SEA Lab	Green abalone (Haliotis fulgens) culturing techniques and outplanting strategies	$37,000

2010 Proactive Species Conservation Grants Funded NOTE: Some grants were awarded for multiple years. The Federal funding amounts indicated in the tables below are for FY2010.
Agency	Project Title	Federal Funding
Georgia Department of Natural Resources	Alabama shad (Alosa alabamae) restoration for the Apalachicola- Chattahoochee- Flint River Basin, Florida, Georgia, Alabama	$98,073
Delaware Division of Fish and Wildlife	Conservation of the Sand Tiger Shark (Carcharias taurus) in the Waters of Delaware Bay and Nearshore Coastal Habitats	$60,320
Mississippi Department of Marine Resources	Fundulus jenkinsi, Saltmarsh Topminnow: Conservation Planning and Implementation	$49,082
Maine Department of Marine Resources	A multi-state collaborative to develop and implement a conservation program for three anadromous finfish species of concern in the Gulf of Maine	$441,000
SEA Lab	Green abalone (Haliotis fulgens) culturing techniques and outplanting strategies	$37,000
NMFS Southeast Center	Alabama shad Species of Concern Assessment	$40,000

2009 Proactive Species Conservation Grants Funded NOTE: Some grants were awarded for multiple years. The Federal funding amounts indicated in the tables below are for FY2009.
Agency	Project Title	Federal Funding
Georgia Department of Natural Resources	Alabama shad (Alosa alabamae) restoration for the Apalachicola- Chattahoochee- Flint River Basin, Florida, Georgia, Alabama	$100,875
Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands Coastal Resources Management Office	Assessment of status and habitat specificity and development of a draft archipelagic management plan for Cheilinus undulatus (humphead wrasse) and Bolbometopon muricatum (bumphead parrotfish) in the Mariana Islands	$74,000
Delaware Division of Fish and Wildlife	Conservation of the Sand Tiger Shark (Carcharias taurus) in the Waters of Delaware Bay and Nearshore Coastal Habitats	$64,856
Mississippi Department of Marine Resources	Fundulus jenkinsi, Saltmarsh Topminnow: Conservation Planning and Implementation	$80,824
Maine Department of Marine Resources	A multi-state collaborative to develop and implement a conservation program for three anadromous finfish species of concern in the Gulf of Maine	$456,680
University of Hawaii	Conduct spatially predictive modeling of potential habitat for two NOAA Species of Concern (Lingula reevii and Montipora dilatata) in Kaneohe Bay, Oahu, Hawaii	$21,702
University of Maine	Accoustic tracking of Atlantic sturgeon on the Saco River, Maine	$49,071
The Nature Conservancy	Alewife recovery in the Penobscot River, Maine	$20,000
Kleinschmidt Associates	Fish community survey in the Penobscot River, Maine	$24,500
Delaware State University/Endeavor Fisheries	Tagging and tracking Atlantic sturgeon along the Delaware coast	$123,990
University of Southern Maine	Alewife population genetics	$24,993

 

2008 Proactive Species Conservation Grants Funded NOTE: Some grants were awarded for multiple years. The Federal funding amounts indicated in the tables below are for FY2008
Agency	Project Title	Federal Funding
Georgia Department of Natural Resources	Alabama shad (Alosa alabamae) restoration for the Apalachicola- Chattahoochee- Flint River Basin, Florida, Georgia, Alabama	$98,452
Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands Coastal Resources Management Office	CNMI proactive species conservation: Assessment of status and habitat specificity of Cheilinus undulatus and Bolbometopon muricatum in the Southern Islands of the CNMI	$44,502
Massachusetts Division of Marine Fisheries	MDMF Sand tiger shark conservation research effort	$21,550
Mississippi Department of Marine Resources	Fundulus jenkinsi, Saltmarsh Topminnow: Conservation Planning and Implementation	$83,320
Maine Department of Marine Resources	A multi-state collaborative to develop and implement a conservation program for three anadromous finfish species of concern in the Gulf of Maine	$456,680
U.S.Geological Survey	Movement and distribution studies on Atlantic sturgeon in the Merrimack River, Massachusetts	$19,452
University of Maine	Evaluation of stable isotope method for detecting the influence of anadromous fish on nutrient subsidy to lake-stream systems in Maine	$5,000
University of Hawaii	Conduct population surveys and remove alien algal threats to two Species of Concern, Lingula reevii and Montipora dilatata, in Kaneohe Bay, Oahu, Hawaii	$15,707
Maine Department of Marine Resources	Alewife recovery	$50,000

 

2007 Proactive Species Conservation Grants Funded NOTE: These grants were awarded for five years. The Federal funding amounts indicated in the tables below are for FY2007.
Agency	Project Title	Federal Funding
Mississippi Department of Marine Resources	Fundulus jenkinsi, Saltmarsh Topminnow: Conservation Planning and Implementation	$71,368
Maine Department of Marine Resources	A multi-state collaborative to develop and implement a conservation program for three anadromous finfish species of concern in the Gulf of Maine	$418,631
University of Maine	Interagency agreement to investigate into distribution and abundance of Atlantic sturgeon, shortnose sturgeon, and other diadromous species in the Penobscot River, Maine	$94,158
NMFS Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center	Passive acoustic monitoring of reef fishes	$10,000
Waikiki Aquarium	Create an outreach and education exhibit for two Species of Concern: the Hawaiian reef coral (Montipora dilatata) and the inarticulated brachiopod (Lingula reevii), and support genetic analysis of recently collected Montipora fragments collected in Kaneohe Bay, Oahu	$14,745

 

2006 Proactive Species Conservation Grants Funded NOTE: Grants were awarded for five years. The Federal funding amounts indicated in the tables below are for FY2006.
Agency	Project Title	Federal Funding
Mississippi Department of Marine Resources	Fundulus jenkinsi, Saltmarsh Topminnow: Conservation Planning and Implementation	$71,726
Maine Department of Marine Resources	A multi-state collaborative to develop and implement a conservation program for three anadromous finfish species of concern in the Gulf of Maine	$418,274

Updated: September 28, 2011