Pacific Fisheries Data Program (11.437)

Program

11.437 Pacific Fisheries Data Program

Federal Agency

Agency: Department of Commerce
Office: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)

Authorization

Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act, , Public Law 94-265, 16 U.S.C 1854e.

Program Number

11.437

Last Known Status

Active

Objectives

This cooperative program provides support to State fishery agencies to enhance their data collection and analysis systems to respond to coast wide and insular area fisheries management needs. The program supports fisheries data collection and analysis projects that provide catch, effort, economic and biological data on federally managed species to the Fishery Management Councils as needed for continuing management of Pacific fisheries.

Types of Assistance

PROJECT GRANTS

Uses and Use Restrictions

Funds can be used to enhance State fishery data collection and analysis systems to respond to Federal fisheries management needs.

Eligibility Requirements

Applicant Eligibility

State governments (including territories of Guam and American Samoa and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands) and quasi-public nonprofit institution/organizations.

Beneficiary Eligibility

The agency of a State government authorized under its laws to regulate commercial and recreational fisheries.

Credentials/Documentation

Proposal from a State or an Interstate Fishery Agency should be submitted in accordance with 15 CFR Part 24. This program is excluded from coverage under OMB Circular No. A-87.

Application and Award Process

Preapplication Coordination

Preapplication coordination is required. Environmental impact information is not required for this program. 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

OMB Circular No. A-102 applies to this program. This program is excluded from coverage under OMB Circular No. A-110. Proposals are submitted through Grants.Gov. Applicants will need to enter the Funding Opportunity Number and/or CFDA number to access the application package and instructions. Application package will then be submitted directly to the (Name of your Office - Example Coastal Services Center). Proposals are subject to the requirements of 15 CFR Parts 14 and 24, as applicable.

Award Procedure

Applications are evaluated by the receiving National Marine Fisheries Service Regional Office and processed by the NOAA Grants Office. Pursuant to Section 404 of Public Law 102-567, financial assistance awards to a State or Interstate Fishery Commission may be provided on a sole-source basis.

Deadlines

Contact the headquarters or regional office, as appropriate, for application deadlines.

Range of Approval/Disapproval Time

From 60 to 120 working days.

Appeals

No formal appeal procedure. If applications are unacceptable, the reasons are fully stated to the applicants. If the applicants desire to resubmit applications, projects must be revised in accordance with recommended changes.

Renewals

Continuation grants on an annual basis for approved multi-year projects. Future or continued funding will be at the discretion of NMFS based on the availability of each fiscal year funding and satisfactory performance. Procedures for renewals are the same as application procedures.

Assistance Considerations

Formula and Matching Requirements

This program has no statutory formula.

Matching requirements are not applicable to this program.

MOE requirements are not applicable to this program.

Length and Time Phasing of Assistance

Grants are normally made for one year. See the following for information on how assistance is awarded/released: Funds are released in advance or by reimbursement, as agreed to in the Standard Terms and Conditions document required for each grant.

Post Assistance Requirements

Reports

Program reports are not applicable. Cash reports are not applicable. Progress reports are not applicable. Expenditure reports are not applicable. Reporting requirements are outlined in the Terms and Conditions of the Financial Assistance Award. The Department of Commerce Financial Assistance Standard Terms and Conditions generally requires that performance and financial reports be submitted semi-annually unless a waiver is provided by the NOAA Grants Officer.

Audits

In accordance with the provisions of OMB Circular No. A-133 (Revised, June 27, 2003), "Audits of States, Local Governments, and Non-Profit Organizations," nonfederal entities that expend financial assistance of $500,000 or more in Federal awards will have a single or a program-specific audit conducted for that year. Nonfederal entities that expend less than $500,000 a year in Federal awards are exempt from Federal audit requirements for that year, except as noted in Circular No. A-133. In accordance with the provisions of OMB Circular No. A-133 (Revised, June 27, 2003), 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 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 is latest.

Program Accomplishments

Fiscal Year 2008: Southwest Region: Document the large-scale movements and behaviors of Atlantic and Pacific bluefin tuna in relation to oceanographic features. Use of a range of electronic tagging technologies to document the movements and behaviors of Atlantic and Pacific bluefin tuna. Fiscal Year 2009: No Current Data Available Fiscal Year 2010: No Current Data Available

Financial Information

Account Identification

13-1450-0-1-306.

Obligations

(Cooperative Agreements) FY 08 $18,412,514; FY 09 est $0; FY 10 est $0 - No estimate for future funding is currently available.

Range and Average of Financial Assistance

No Data Available.

Regulations, Guidelines and Literature

15 CFR Part 24, Magnuson Fishery Conservation and Management Act. Allowable cost will be determined in accordance with OMB Circular A-87 for State and local governments and Indian Tribes; OMB Circular A-122 for nonprofit and for- profit organizations; OMB Circular A-21 for institutions of higher education; and 48 CFR Part 31 for commercial organizations. Financial assistance management will be in accordance with 15 CFR Part 14 for institutions of higher education, hospitals, and other non-profit and commercial organizations, and with 15 CFR Part 24 for State and local governments.

Related Programs

Not Applicable.

Information Contacts

Regional or Local Office

See Regional Agency Offices. Regional or Local Office: Alaska: Alaska Regional Office, Shawn Carey, NMFS, P.O. Box 12668, Juneau,AK 99802-1668. Telephone: (907) 586-7845. Use the same numbers for FTS.
Email: shawn.carey@noaa.gov. Northwest Regional Office, Stehpen Freese,7600 Sand Point Way, NE, Seattle, WA 98115-6349 Telephone: (206) 526-6115or 6113). Email Stephen .Freese@noaa.gov. Northwest Center, Northwest: Dr.Robert Iwamoto, OMI Director, Northwest Fisheries Science Center, 2725 Montlake Boulevard East, Seattle, WA 98112-2097. Telephone: (206) 860-3200. Fax: (206) 860-3442. Email: Bob.Iwamoto@noaa.gov. Pacific IslandsRegion: Scott Bloom, Federal Program Officer, 1601 Kapiolani Blvd., Honolulu,
HI 96814-4700. Telephone: (808) 944-2218. Email: scott.bloom@noaa.gov. Southwest: Martha Kawai, Federal Program Officer, Southwest Center,
Telephone: (858) 546-7007. Email: Martha.kawai@noaa.gov.

Headquarters Office

n/a n/a, n/a, Non-U.S. n/a Phone: n/a

Web Site Address

Alaska: http//www.st.nmfs.gov/st1/.

Examples of Funded Projects

Fiscal Year 2008: All: Program funds State projects that enhance State systems to respond to coast wide and Pacific islands fisheries management needs under the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act. Examples include sampling of landings to determine species composition, special processing of State-collected fisheries data to conform to specifications of regional fishery data management systems, and monitoring domestic shore side ground fish landings in Alaska, as well as foreign tuna transshipment activities in Guam, providing catch and effort data necessary to monitor in-season harvest quotas by species, group, gear type and regulatory area, to evaluate the effectiveness of fisheries management programs in the western Pacific region, and to update the historic ground fish catch database, as well as Year-round data collection for groundfish fisheries off Washington, Oregon and California. Santa Cruz: California Habitat Restoration Data Projects. In Alaska, 7 fisheries data collection and management projects. Hawaii: Fishery Data Collection to Guam, CNMI, Hawaii, American Samoa. Fiscal Year 2009: No Current Data Available Fiscal Year 2010: No Current Data Available

Criteria for Selecting Proposals

Priority consideration is given to State projects that provide the Fishery Management Councils with the timely information needed to make the management decisions required under fishery management plans.