[SEMCO] Fisheries and Habitat Partnership RFP

[Sheri DeRosa]

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Fisheries & Habitat Partnership Announcement:
Funding Available for Local Projects

***PLEASE CIRCULATE AS YOU SEE FIT***

Attached is the Ocean Trust/NOAA CRP/National
Fisheries Institute partnership RFP.  Proposals are
due by mail, fax or
email on or before March 15, 2002, with
notifications to successful applicants expected to
be made by June 1, 2002.  It is already posted on
the Restoration Center web page
(www.nmfs.noaa.gov/habitat/restoration), and will
also be on the Ocean Trust web page as of Monday.

Please note that the submission of applications is
not limited to NFI members, but is open to anyone in
the fish and
seafood production, processing, distribution,
retail, food service or support segments of the
commercial fishing industry.

RFP:

Ocean Trust, the National Fisheries Institute, and
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
(NOAA) Restoration Center are announcing the
availability of funds to support cooperative
projects with America’s food fishing industry to
restore habitat and enhance living marine resources
of the United States.  We are seeking partners and
invite the submission of project proposals.

Who:  Individuals, associations or companies in fish
and seafood production, processing, distribution,
retail, foodservice or support segments of the
industry may apply.

What:  Please submit a project proposal following
posted guidelines that describes:

* the need for restoration or enhancement of a
proposed habitat or marine resource
* the proposed restoration or enhancement activity
* potential industry, technical or community
partners
* estimated budget and sources of matching funds or
services

When:  Project proposals should be submitted or
postmarked by March 15, 2002.  See our Habitat
Enhancement page at www.oceantrust.org/projects for
proposal guidelines.

Where:  Mail to: Ocean Trust, PMB 704, 1655 N. Ft.
Myer Dr., Arlington, VA 22209; Fax to: (703)
450-9853; or Email to: tjlassen@oceantrust.org.  Got
questions call:  (703) 450-9852.  Additional
information is available at
www.oceantrust.org/projects.

How:  Project proposals may be submitted on or
before March 15, 2002.  June 1 is the target date to
release federal funding from NOAA’s Community-Based
Restoration Program in support of projects selected
under the partnership.

Funds:  Projects with proposed funding levels from
$5,000 - $15,000 are encouraged.  Matching funds
anticipated for 2002 is at $250,000.  Partnership
grants will be awarded on a one-to-one matching
basis with industry contributions of time, equipment
and funds.

Examples of restoration projects currently supported
through this program follow.



Bahia Grande Restoration Nursery:  Brownsville,
Texas

On a windy day, great clouds of salty dust blow
across a huge barren flat that runs along Highway 48
between Brownsville and Port Isabel, Texas.  This is
the Bahia Grande, a shallow dried out bay of over
6,000 acres that was cut off from the Laguna Madre
with the construction of the Brownsville Ship
Channel in the 1930’s.  It was once a productive
shallow water ecosystem, but today is a dry basin
with only shells of several species of clams and
other remnants of past life from a vanished bay.
Efforts are now underway to re-flood the area.
Ocean Trust is working with local shrimp companies
to construct a mangrove nursery to provide native
plant material for the restoration of Bahia Grande.

North Shore Soft-shell Clam Ecosystem Restoration:
Gloucester, Massachusetts

Soft-shell clamming has long been a vital commercial
fishery on the North Shore of Massachusetts.  At one
time, the Merrimack River Estuary produced up to
100,000 bushels of soft-shell clams per year, but
during the past decade, the fishery has seen
significant declines and wide fluctuations in
productivity with landings down as much as 80% along
the North Shore.  The restoration of Massachusetts
North Shore shellfish beds by seeding with
hatchery-reared soft-shell clams offers the
potential to moderate this declining productivity
and also benefit the overall ecology of adjacent
intertidal habitat.  This project is being conducted
with local planning commissions, fishermen and
retailers.

Squalicum Creek Fish Habitat Restoration:
Bellingham, Washington

Squalicum Creek was once a productive stream for
several species of salmon and trout, but urban
development and other land use practices have led to
the degradation of fish habitat, flooding,
uncontrolled agriculture livestock grazing, soil
erosion, predation from non-native fish and
construction of fish passage barriers along this
stream system.  We have partnered with the Nooksack
Salmon Enhancement Association and Bellingham’s
seafood companies to initiate stream enhancement of
fish habitat in Squalicum Creek.

Oyster Spawner Reef Restoration:  Bon Secour Bay,
Alabama

Bon Secour Bay was a site of oyster culture activity
as recently as the 1960’s, but traditional oyster
culture has become too silty and unstable to support
a spawner habitat for natural oyster reproduction.
This project brings local oyster packers together
with regional academic institutions to build up a
bottom spawner site and add adult oysters to the bay
system to serve as an additional source of annual
larvae production and contribute to the biological
filtration capacity of the Bon Secour Bay.

Bahia Grande Water Channel Restoration:  Bahia
Grande, Texas

Restoration of Bahia Grande’s wetland and shallow
water ecosystem will begin with hydrologic and
engineering studies on channel restoration designs
to maximize water circulation and flow.  This
project is being conducted with Texas A&M and Ocean
Trust.

Ocean Trust, NOAA, NFI 2002
Fisheries & Habitat Restoration
Proposal Guidelines

Announcement

Ocean Trust, National Fisheries Institute (NFI) and
the Community-Based Restoration Program administered
by NOAA’s Restoration Center are pleased to solicit
applications for its Fisheries & Habitat Restoration
(FHR) Program.  The FHR Program provides matching
financial assistance on a competitive basis to
support fishing community-based wetland, riparian,
habitat, and living marine resource restoration
projects that build diverse partnerships with the
food producing fishing community and foster local
marine resource stewardship through education,
restoration or enhancement activities.

Funding Availability

In 2001, five projects received grants that ranged
from $3,000 to $17,000.  The average award given in
2001 was $12,000.  In 2002, up to $250,000 of
funding will be available on a 1:1 matching basis
for restoration projects.  Matching funds from
applicants may include contributions of non-federal
dollars as well as in-kind donations such as
material or equipment, technical assistance or
services for site or resource restoration, land,
volunteer labor, or stewardship and monitoring to
sustain or evaluate restoration success.

Objectives

The objective of the Fisheries & Habitat Restoration
Program is to support cooperative restoration or
enhancement initiatives with the commercial seafood
producing community throughout the United States.
Projects may include restoration, enhancement or
educational efforts directed at coastal marine or
estuarine habitat, or living marine resources (e.g.,
fish and shellfish) that provide a renewable source
of food or assist in the restoration of marine
species linked to the use and productivity of
fishery resources.

Project Examples

Project examples include restoration, enhancement or
protection of habitat important to coastal shellfish
resources (e.g., creating an oyster spawning reef or
sanctuary, reseeding or reestablishment of inshore
clam bed habitat, enhancement of submerged aquatic
vegetation habitat, etc.), migratory species (e.g.,
salmon stream bed restoration), estuarine or
anadromous species (e.g., wetland, mangrove,
spawning or nursery habitat), other marine species
and habitat linked to fishery resources (e.g.,
turtle nesting beach habitat).

Proposal Submissions

Proposals for 2002 projects with starting dates on
or after June 1, 2002 should be sent by mail to
Ocean Trust, PMB 704, 1655 N. Ft. Myer Drive, Suite
700, Arlington, VA 22209 or email to:
tjlassen@oceantrust.org.  Proposals should be
submitted (i.e., delivered) by Friday, March 15,
2002.  The text of the proposed project should the
following sections:

I.  Applicant Information
A. Organization
B. Address
C. Submission Date
D. Tax Status (e.g., private business, non-profit,
university, etc.)
E. Federal Tax ID #

II.  Project Contact
A. Project Manager
B. Address (if different)
C. Telephone, Fax, Email

III. Project Information
A. Title
B. Project location
C. Congressional District (if known)
D. Habitat or resource type
E. Project duration (e.g., general timeline)
F. Partners (e.g., fishing/seafood, university,
restoration community, etc.)

IV. Project Description
A. Project Objectives/Summary
B. Need for and/or benefits from project
C. Activities to be undertaken (including
monitoring)
D. Involvement of each partner
E. Coordination with other projects (if applicable)

V.  Project Budget
A. Total budget request
B. Budget breakout (salaries, equipment, supplies,
contractual, travel, etc.)
C. Matching funds or sources (In-kind and cash)

VI. Attachments
A. Anticipated permit or landowner agreement
requirements (if applicable)
B. Maps, photos, designs
C. Letters of support
D. Past project activities of applicant or partners
E. Other

Questions

Questions on project concepts, eligibility or
proposals are encouraged and should be directed to
Thor Lassen at Ocean Trust by telephone (703)
450-9852, fax (703) 450-9853, or email:
tjlassen@oceantrust.org.  Local NOAA contacts are
available upon request to discuss project ideas as
well.


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