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Commercial Fisheries News
Volume 34 Number 6
February 2007
NMFS looking for Mid-Atlantic research proposals
GLOUCESTER, MA – The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) announced late in December that it was accepting applications for the 2008 Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council Research Set-Aside (RSA) Program through Feb. 12, 2007.
The RSA program is a way to fund research and pay vessels through the sale of fish harvested under a research quota. The RSA program also provides a mechanism for selected applicants to obtain exempted fishing permits or letters of acknowledgement that allow them to harvest RSA fish outside of regular trip limits and seasons.
For the 2008 fishing year, NMFS will set aside for research purposes up to 3% of the total allowable landing (TAL) levels of summer flounder, scup, black sea bass, Loligo, Illex, Atlantic mackerel, butterfish, bluefish, and tilefish.
Specific species quotas and RSA amounts will be announced in later rule-makings.
NMFS and the council will give funding priority to research proposals in the following general subject areas:
Bycatch and discard reduction;
Mesh and gear selectivity;
Fishing impact on habitat;
Cooperative stock assessment surveys;
Improved recreational fishery data;
Tagging studies; and
“Other research relevant to the Mid-Atlantic fisheries as further discussed in the full funding opportunity announcement.”
That announcement identifies several “high priority” research areas, particularly for tilefish, scup, and black sea bass.
How to apply
Complete information on how to apply is available on the council’s RSA page at <www.mafmc.org/mid-atlantic/rsa/rsa.htm> or on the federal government centralized grant web site at <www.grants.gov>.
To navigate the grants site, click on the “Grant Search” quick link located in the far upper right-hand corner of the page. Then enter “NMFS-NEFSC-2007-2000887” in the “Search by Funding Opportunity Number” field and click enter.
For more information on the Mid-Atlantic Research Set-Aside Program, call council staffer Clay Heaton at (302) 674-2331 or e-mail him at <cheaton@mafmc.org>.
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