Yukon River Salmon Studies

Post Date

June 19th 2008

Application Due Date

September 30th 2008

Funding Opportunity Number

701818R063

CFDA Number(s)

15.608

Funding Instrument Type(s)

Grant

Funding Activity Categories

Natural Resources

Number of Awards

1

Eligibility Categories

State Governments

Funding

• Estimated Total Funding:

  $400000

• Award Range:

  $0 - $400000

Grant Description

The purpose of this announcement is to provide public notice of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s intention to transfer funds to the Alaska Department of Fish and Game to allow them to collect information for meeting conservation and management commitments made to Canada under the Yukon River Salmon Agreement. In December 2002 representatives from the United States and Canada signed the Yukon River Salmon Agreement. The Agreement, which is an annex to the Pacific Salmon Treaty, obligates the United States to certain financial, conservation, and management commitments regarding CanadianÂ-origin, Yukon River salmon. The Yukon River Salmon Act (16 USC 5724) recognizes the Alaska Department of Fish and Game as the responsible management entity for the United States for the purposes of any agreement with Canada regarding management of salmon stocks originating from the Yukon River in Canada. Fulfilling U.S. conservation and management commitments of the Agreement requires an enhanced knowledge of Yukon River salmon stocks to ensure that the agreed to passage of salmon to the Canadian border is achieved without unnecessarily foregoing harvests of salmon in U.S. waters. The Yukon Salmon Act (16 USC 5727) authorizes funding to the Department of the Interior for obtaining such information. Funds for Yukon River Treaty (i.e., Yukon River Salmon Agreement) implementation as authorized under the Yukon River Salmon Act are appropriated annually to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to meet financial obligations under the Agreement and to bolster knowledge of Canadian-origin salmon to meet conservation and management commitments to Canada.

Contact Information

• Agency

  Department of the Interior

• Office:

  Fish and Wildlife Service

• Agency Contact:

  John DeLapp
  Regional Hab. Rest. Coord.
  Phone 907-786-3925

• Agency Mailing Address:

  Contact

• Agency Email Address:

  john_delapp@fws.gov

• Location:

  Div of Contracting & Facilities Mgt