Yamashina Institutes

Post Date

February 19th 2009

Application Due Date

March 6th 2009

Funding Opportunity Number

701819R135

CFDA Number(s)

15.650

Funding Instrument Type(s)

Cooperative Agreement

Funding Activity Categories

Science and Technology and other Research and Development

Number of Awards

1

Eligibility Categories

Other

Yamahsina Institute for Ornithology

Funding

• Award Range:

  $100000 - $300000

Grant Description

This agreement between the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the Yamashina Institute for Ornithology, Tokyo, Japan, will further the Institute’s mission and a goal of the Service to recover the short-tailed albatross. The Yamashina Institute for Ornithology will conduct various activities designed to contribute to the recovery of short-tailed albatross, including: --Continue efforts to establish a nesting colony on Mukojima, by translocating and hand-rearing short-tailed albatross chicks; --Continue efforts to track short tailed albatross chicks fledged from Torishima and Mukojima and albatrosses at sea through satellite telemetry, thus determining travel patterns and identifying potential conflicts with specific commercial fisheries; and --Continue monitoring both short-tailed albatross breeding colonies on Torishima Island.

Contact Information

• Agency

  Department of the Interior

• Office:

  Fish and Wildlife Service

• Agency Contact:

  Rich Primmer

• Agency Mailing Address:

  Work

• Agency Email Address:

  rich_primmer@fws.gov

• Location:

  Region 7