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)
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 |