Fisheries Data Program

Objective

This cooperative program provides support to State fishery agencies to enhance their data collection and analysis systems to respond to coast wide and insular area fisheries management needs. The program supports fisheries data collection and analysis projects that provide catch, effort, economic and biological data on federally managed species to the Fishery Management Councils as needed for continuing management of U.S. fisheries.

Who Can Apply

• Unrestricted by Entity Type
• Local
• State
• Territorial
• Tribal

State governments (including territories of Guam and American Samoa and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands) and quasi-public nonprofit institution/organizations.

Who Benefits

• State

The agency of a State government authorized under its laws to regulate commercial and recreational fisheries.

Assistance Types

• Cooperative Agreement

Program Contact

jeffrey.kulnis@noaa.gov
301-427-8771