To
cooperate with the States and other nonfederal interests in the
conservation, development, and enhancement of the nation's Anadromous
fish stocks and the fish in the Great Lakes and Lake Champlain that
ascend streams to spawn, and for the control of sea lamprey.
TYPES
OF ASSISTANCE:
Project Grants. Place Cursor Here for Definition
USES
AND USE RESTRICTIONS:
Funds
can be used for spawning area improvement, installment of fish ways,
data collection, construction of fish protection devices and hatcheries,
and research to improve management and increase Anadromous fish
resources. Funds cannot be used for law enforcement, public relations,
or construction of facilities and vessels, the primary purpose of
which is to commercially harvest, handle, and process fishery products.
In addition, funds cannot be used for projects in the Columbia River
Basin, with the exception of the state of Idaho.
ELIGIBILITY
REQUIREMENTS:
Applicant
Eligibility: Any interested person or organization
may propose a cooperative undertaking. However, all proposals must
be coordinated with and submitted through the State fishery agency
having responsibility for the resource to be affected by the proposal.
Beneficiary
Eligibility: General public.
Credentials/Documentation:
Proposal with statement of work and budget estimate accompanied
with SF-424. Costs will be determined in accordance with OMB Circular
No. A-87 for State and local governments.
Pre-application
Coordination: The standard application forms
as furnished by the Federal agency must be used for this program.
Applications must be coordinated with the State fishery agency having
responsibility for the resource affected by the proposal. This program
is eligible for coverage under E.O. 12372, "Intergovernmental Review
of Federal Programs." An applicant should consult the office or
official designated as the single point of contact in his or her
State for more information on the process the State requires to
be followed in applying for assistance, if the State has selected
the program for review.
Application
Procedure: Submission of Application on Standard
Form 424 to the appropriate regional or area office of the National
Marine Fisheries Service listed in Appendix IV of the Catalog.
This program is subject to the provisions of OMB Circular No.
A-110 for institutions of higher education and other nonprofit
organizations and with 15 CFR Part 24 for State and local governments.
Award
Procedure: Applications are evaluated by the
National Marine Fisheries Service Regional office and processed
by the Grants Management Division, Office of Administration, NOAA.
Deadlines:
Project applications should be submitted 90 days in advance of
desired effective date.
Range
of Approval/Disapproval Time: 75 days or less.
Appeals:
None.
Renewals:
None.
ASSISTANCE
CONSIDERATIONS:
Formula
and Matching Requirements: The Federal share
of a project cost shall usually not exceed 50 percent. However,
projects supporting an interstate Fishery Management Plan, the Federal
share may be up to 90 percent. Real and personal property owned
or controlled by a cooperator may be used in lieu of matching funds.
Such real and personal property must be directly related to the
work involved and must be an appropriate cost item of the project.
Property may be used as matching funds until the total appraised
value is exhausted.
Length
and Time Phasing of Assistance: Awards are
normally for a 12 month period but in some instances, award periods
may extend beyond 12 months, or may be completed in less than
12 months. Award funds must be spent in the indicated budget period
and is expended in accordance with DOC/NOAA finance and reporting
procedures. Funds are released to the recipient upon request from
NOAA Vendor Express, Financial Assistance Disbursement System,
FADS.
POST
ASSISTANCE REQUIREMENTS:
Reports:
Reporting requirements are outlined in the Terms and Conditions
of the Financial Assistance Award. Progress reports summarize work
accomplished and explain situations where expected work has not
been completed. Financial reports indicate use of funds during the
quarter.
Audits:
In accordance with the provisions of OMB Circular No. A- 133 (Revised,
June 24, 1997), recipients that are States, Local Governments,
Nonprofit Organizations (to include Hospitals), and Institutions
of Higher Learning shall be subject to the audit requirements
contained in the Single Audit Act Amendments of 1996 (31 U.S.C.
7501-7507). Commercial organizations shall be subject to the audit
requirements as stipulated in the award document.
Records:
Generally, a recipient is required to retain records relating
to a particular grant for three (3) years from the date of submission
of the final financial report. In cases where litigation, claim
or an audit is initiated prior to expiration of the three-year
period, records must be retained until the action and resolution
of any issues associated with it are complete or until the end
of the three-year retention period; whichever has the latest end
date.
FINANCIAL
INFORMATION:
Account
Identification: 13-1450-0-1-306.
Obligations:
(Grants and Cooperative Agreements) FY 01 $2,024,410; FY 02 est
$2,006,100; and FY 03 est $2,006,100.
Range
and Average of Financial Assistance:
$2,000 to $400,000. Average: $40,000.
In fiscal year 2001, 15 projects were conducted; in fiscal year
2002, 15 projects were conducted, an estimated 15 projects will
be conducted in fiscal year 2003. Northeast Region: American shad
and river herring research was conducted focusing on the fluctuations
in age structure and spawning history to help determine whether
the reductions in American shad and blueback stocks along the Atlantic
coast indicate the existence of a new fishery, a natural cyclical
decrease, a large scale environmental change or some other phenomenon.
Lake sturgeon projects conducted in Michigan have focused on filling
in the gaps in knowledge of the basic biology of the species, its
early life history stages and on the movement of mature lake sturgeon,
particularly on their seasonal patterns of spawning and foraging.
REGULATIONS,
GUIDELINES, AND LITERATURE:
50 CFR Part 401; available from Chief, Staff Office for Intergovernmental
and Recreational Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service, Suite
425, 8484 Georgia Ave., Silver Spring, MD 20910, or from regional
offices without cost.
INFORMATION
CONTACTS:
Regional
or Local Office: Potential applicants should
make initial contact relative to this program at the Regional Office
of the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) that has jurisdiction
over the geographic area that the project is proposed for. Alaska:
Alaska Regional Office, Barbara Fosburg, NMFS, P.O. Box 12668, Juneau,
AK 99802- 1668. Telephone: (907) 586-7273. Use the same numbers
for FTS. Email: barbara.fosburg@noaa.gov. Northeast: Harold C. Mears,
Director, State, Federal and Constituent Programs Office, National
Marine Fisheries Service, Northeast Region, One Blackburn Drive,
Gloucester, MA 01930-2298. Telephone: (978) 281-9243. Fax: (978)
281- 9117. Email: Grants.Information@noaa.gov. Southeast: Cynthia
Binkley, Federal Program Officer, State/Federal Liaison Office,
9721 Executive Center Drive, North, St. Petersburg, FL 33702, Telephone:
(727) 570-5324. Fax: (727) 570-5364. Email: Cynthia.Binkley@noaa.gov.
Southwest: Patricia Culver, Federal Program Officer, 501 W. Ocean
Blvd., Suite 4200, Long Beach, CA 90802. Telephone: (562)980-4239.
Fax: (562)980-4047. Email: trisha.culver@noaa.gov.
Headquarters
Office: Program Contact: Paul Perra, Fisheries
Biologist/Manager, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine
Fisheries Service, 1315 East-West Highway, Silver Spring, MD 20910,
Telephone: (301) 713-2334. Fax: (301)713-0596. Email: paul.perra@noaa.gov.
Web
Site Address: www.nmfs.noaa.gov/irf/leg.html
Southeast Region:
http://caldera.sero.nmfs.gov/grants/programs/anad.htm
EXAMPLES
OF FUNDED PROJECTS:
Research projects to determine population characteristics and monitor
catch, escapement and production levels of Anadromous species, construction
projects to build or modernize hatcheries, operation and maintenance
of hatcheries, fish screens and fish ways, tagging studies, data
collection, etc. Northeast Region: Locating upper river spawning
reaches of American shad on the Mattaponi and Pamunkey Rivers via
icthyoplankton surveys and the examination of relative juvenile
abundance and distribution in relation to river discharge; Abundance
and Exploitation Rate of American Shad in the York River System;
Evaluating the movements of lake sturgeon in Lake St. Clair. Southeast
Region: Research continues to determine status of striped bass population
in Mississippi, the collection of fishery-dependent data for American
shad in South Carolina, and alosid management in the Albemarle Sound
area.
CRITERIA
FOR SELECTING PROPOSALS:
Applications are judged on the degree to which they contribute to
the purpose of the Act, expected results and benefits, soundness
of scientific approach, cost effectiveness, and other factors.
