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

T he GSMF C was pr

• vide d anothe r

$480,000 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 and in the se c ond r

• und (2018) we funde d se ve n.

T he thir d 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 but in a

c onsor tia appr

• ac h, le ve r

aging multiple par tne r s ove r a longe r time span. T he RF P was r e le ase d in F e br uar y with pr

• je c ts

antic ipate d to be gin August 1, 2019.

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

• gr

am (2019)

T he RF P pe r iod e nde d last we e k F r iday and a total of pr e pr

• posals we r

e r e c e ive d totaling $ , , in r e que sts. T he pr e pr

• posals we be r

e vie we d ove r the ne xt thr e e we e ks and a fe w pr

• je c ts will be se le c te d to r

e que st full pr

• posals. F
• llowing

an additional r e vie w, a c ombination of NOAA and Commission staff will make the final de c isions for funding. It is e xpe c te d that the NOAA offic e of Aquac ultur e will c ontinue funding off- bottom oyste r pr

• je c ts in the futur

e and the Commission is happy to c ontinue to administe r this valuable e ffor t in the r e gion.

T he GSMF C, in c onjunc tion with our siste r Commissions and the NOAA Offic e of Aquac ultur e , an RF P was r e le ase d on Mar c h 1, 2019 se e king pilot pr

• je c ts. In the Gulf, $450K is available to fund

de monstr ation pr

• je c ts r

anging fr

• m offshor

e pe n and c age c ultur e , finfish and bivalve hatc he r ie s in suppor t of offshor e , and star tup e nte r pr ise s for a var ie ty of c ultur e d pr

• duc ts inte nt on

moving for war d with offshor e aquac ultur e . T he RF P c lose s Apr il 15 and the pr

• posals will unde r

go a r e vie w. F inal de c isions will be made and we antic ipate the se pr

• je c ts to be gin July 1, 2019

and r un for

• ne ye ar

e ac h.

Mar ine Aquac ultur e Pilot Pr

• je c ts

Small Gr ants Pr

• gr

am (2019)

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