Fisheries Supplemental Appropriations

This program obligates congressionally appropriated funding for unforeseen needs when these needs are deemed by the government as urgent. Supplemental funding for fisheries is often in response to natural disasters, infrastructure, fishery health or security needs.

Eligible applicants include public or private profit or not-for-profit organizations, institutions of higher education, state, local and Indian tribal governments.

Uses of assistance include: Mapping, charting, geodesy services marine debris surveys for coastal States impacted by Hurricane Sandy;
Repair and replace ocean observing and coastal monitoring assets damaged by Hurricane Sandy;
Provide technical assistance to support State assessments of coastal impacts of Hurricane Sandy;
Improve weather forecasting and hurricane intensity forecasting capabilities, to include data assimilation from ocean observing platforms and satellites;
Laboratories and cooperative institutes research activities associated with sustained observations weather research programs, and ocean and coastal research;
Necessary expenses related to fishery disasters during calendar year 2012 that were declared by the Secretary of Commerce as a direct result of impacts from Hurricane Sandy.

Applications reviewed by the National Marine Fisheries Service Regional Program Office and processed by the NOAA Grants Management Division (OA32).

A date range will change depending on the review process. Usually within 180 calendar days from the receipt of a complete and acceptable application but may exceed that timeline.