Gulf of Me xic o Oyste r Aquac ultur e Small Gr ants Pr ogr am - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

In 2017, T he GSMF C funding six c ompe titive pr

• je c ts for

about $370,000. T he gr ant oppor tunity is administe r e d thr

• ugh our
• ffic e but was pr
• vide d by the NOAA Offic e of Aquac ultur

e . T he

• ne ye ar

pr

• je c ts c ove r

a var ie ty of issue s r e late d to oyste r aquac ultur e in the Gulf r e gion.

Gulf of Me xic o Oyste r Aquac ultur e Small Gr ants Pr

• gr

am (2017)

• Advanc ing the Gulf of Me xic o She llfish Initiative (GoMe xSI)
• T

his proje c t will provide a pla tform to a void a nd/ or re solve use r c onflic ts re la te d to oyste r a qua c ulture , while a lso promoting c oordina tion of off- bottom (a nd on- bottom) oyste r a qua c ulture with

• the r oyste r re stora tion e fforts
• Initiation of a Pr
• gr

am to Pr

• duc e F

lor ida T e tr aploid F

• unde r

Stoc ks for the Gulf Oyste r Industr y

• T

his proje c t is to initia te a prog ra m for produc ing pa te nt- fre e F lorida te tra ploid founde r stoc ks to me e t the ne e ds of the fa st- g rowing oyste r fa rming industry in the Gulf re g ion

• De ve lopme nt and Ope r

ation of a Mobile Oyste r Spawning Syste m

• T

his proje c t inte nds to produc e a dditiona l oyste r la rva e to me e t the c urre nt a nd future ne e ds of the de ve loping off- bottom oyste r fa rming industry in the a re a .

• State of Alabama Oyste r

Aquac ultur e Pe r mitting and Infor mational We bsite De ve lopme nt

• T

his proje c t is to de ve lop a nd ma inta in a c ompre he nsive oyste r a qua c ulture pe rmitting a nd informa tiona l we bsite to a ssist c urre nt a nd pote ntia l oyste r a qua c ulture fa rme rs with siting , pe rmitting , c oordina tion, a nd c onta c t with re g ula tory a g e nc ie s to inc re a se e ffic ie nc ie s a nd to fa c ilita te inc re a se d inve stme nt in oyste r a qua c ulture in Ala ba ma

• Inc r

e asing Oyste r Pr

• duc tion in the Gulf of Me xic o: Adopting

High- De nsity L ar val Cultur e at the Aubur n Unive r sity She llfish L ab

• T

his proje c t a ddre sse s the c ha lle ng e of c urre nt a nd future de ma nd for

• yste r la rva e a nd se e d in the re g ion by a dopting hig h- de nsity la rva l

c ulture a t the Auburn Unive rsity She llfish L a bora tory.

At the Mar c h 2018 Commission me e ting, we will de dic ate the ge ne r al se ssion to having the six awar d r e c ipie nts pr e se nt the ir wor k.

T he GSMF C is pr

• vide d anothe r

$370,000 in funding for pr

• je c ts

r e late d to oyste r aquac ultur e in the Gulf r e gion thr

• ugh the

NOAA Offic e of Aquac ultur e . In the fir st r

• und (2017) we funde d

six pr

• je c ts whic h var

ie d wide ly in the ir foc us. T he se c ond r

• und

is vir tually ide ntic al in pr ior itie s and foc us, and is inte nde d to fur the r e xplor e spatial planning and siting, r e gulator y c onstr aints, and pr

• duc tion c halle nge s. T

he RF P was r e le ase d about two we e ks and ago and c lose s Nove mbe r 3r

• d. Pr
• je c ts

will r un for

• ne ye ar

star ting Mar c h 1, 2018.

Gulf of Me xic o Oyste r Aquac ultur e Small Gr ants Pr

• gr

am (2018)

T he GSMF C, wor king with the NOAA Offic e of Aquac ultur e , will be pr

• viding about $400,000 in funding for

c ompe titive de monstr ation pr

• je c ts be ginning in Januar

y 2018. We will be se e king pr

• posals whic h inc lude par

tne r ships be twe e n the se afood industr y and c ommunity par tne r s to de ve lop, validate and de ploy e c onomic ally and e nvir

• nme ntally sustainable

aquatic far ming te c hnique s and r e gional busine ss pr ac tic e s in

• ur

r e gion. T he gr ants ar e single - ye ar gr ants and ar e limite d to the e stuar ine or mar ine wate r s in our r e gion.

Mar ine Aquac ultur e Pilot Pr

• je c ts

Small Gr ants Pr

• gr

am (2018)

E a c h of the thre e re g iona l Commissions will ha ve a simila r g ra nt opportunity but e a c h will ha ve its own prioritie s a ppropria te for the ir re spe c tive re g ions.

T he dr aft Gulf RF P will foc us on the following:

Pr ior ity 1. De ve lop c omme r c ial te c hnique s that foc us on advanc ing c omme r c ial aquac ultur e in the Gulf of Me xic o. Pr

• je c ts may inc lude :
• Hatc he r

y wor k in suppor t of she llfish, se awe e d, or finfish aquac ultur e

• pe r

ations in state or fe de r al wate r s .

• Ac ade mic and pr

ivate c ollabor ation to pr

• vide hatc he r

y spac e for c omme r c ial r e ar ing and pr

• duc tion for

aquac ultur e ope r ations in state

• r

fe de r al wate r s.

• De ve lopme nt of ge ar

and syste ms appr

• pr

iate for mar ine aquac ultur e pr

• duc tion in offshor

e wate r s. Pr ior ity 2. Cr e ate pilot pr

• je c ts whic h de monstr

ate the fe asibility of pe r mitting an offshor e aquac ultur e ope r ation in fe de r al wate r s of the Gulf of Me xic o.

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