Fisheries Disaster Relief

To deal with commercial fishery failures due to fishery resource disasters.

Disaster causes may be (a) natural; (b) man-made (if they are "beyond the control of fisheries managers to mitigate through conservation and management measures"); or (c) undetermined.




Related Programs

Examples of Funded Projects

Refurbish/rehabilitate oyster beds damaged by 2005 hurricanes and disaster relief, long term recovery, restoration of infrastructure and mitigation in communities in 2005 hurricane disaster areas.


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Office - Alaska: Shawn Carey, Alaska Regional Office, NMFS, P.O.

Box 21668, Juneau, AK 99802-1668.

Telephone: (907) 586-7845, Fax: (907) 586-7255.

Use the same numbers for FTS.

E-mail: Shawn.Carey@noaa.gov.

Northeast: Harold C.

Mears, Director, State, Federal, and Constituent Programs Office, National Marine Fisheries Service; Northeast Regional Office, One Blackburn Drive, Gloucester, MA 01930-2298.

Telephone: (978)281-9243.

Fax: (978) 281-9117.

E-mail: Grants.Information@noaa.gov.

Northwest: Steve Freese, Northwest Regional Office, NMFS, Sustainable Fisheries Division, 7600 Sand Point Way NE, Seattle, WA 98115.

Telephone: (206) 526-6113.

Fax: (206) 526- 4461.

E-mail: steve.freese@noaa.gov.

Southeast: Jeffrey Brown, State/Federal Liaison Staff, Southeast Regional Office, 263 13th Ave., South, St.

Petersburg, FL 33702-2432.

Telephone: (727) 551-5324.

Fax: (727) 551-5364.

E-mail: jeff.brown@noaa.gov.

Southwest: Tricia Culver, Federal Program Officer, Southwest Regional Offic