NOAA Fisheries Announces $2.4M Available for Bycatch Reduction Projects in 2022
Last month NOAA Fisheries announced nearly $2.4 in funding will be given to projects that find new ways to reduce bycatch in the nation’s commercial and recreational fisheries. The federal program is called Bycatch Reduction Engineering Program (BREP).
Each of the projects will be capped at $250,000, providing for a minimum of nine fully capped projects. Last year the program funded a dozen projects around the country, all tasked with developing “technological solutions and changes in fishing practices” or finding “creative approaches and strategies for...
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