This grant opportunity aims to study the parentage of lake sturgeon reared in the Ontonagon River and examine genetic diversity in stocked populations. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, in partnership with West Virginia University, will conduct genetic analysis to determine how well each contributing parent is represented in the stocked lake sturgeon. This project will also investigate sibship relationships among fry from different rivers to understand the genetic contributions to existing lake sturgeon populations. The grant supports long-term involvement from the Ashland Fish and Wildlife Conservation Office in capturing spawning adults, establishing mating schemes, and rearing fish for stocking, with a focus on genetic analysis and data distribution to partner agencies.
Opportunity ID: 316278
General Information
| Document Type: | Grants Notice |
| Funding Opportunity Number: | F19AS00216 |
| Funding Opportunity Title: | Parentage Analysis for Stocked and Wild Caught Lake Sturgeon in Lake Superior |
| Opportunity Category: | Discretionary |
| Opportunity Category Explanation: | – |
| Funding Instrument Type: | Cooperative Agreement |
| Category of Funding Activity: | Environment Natural Resources |
| Category Explanation: | – |
| Expected Number of Awards: | 1 |
| Assistance Listings: | 15.662 — Great Lakes Restoration |
| Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement: | No |
| Version: | Synopsis 1 |
| Posted Date: | May 22, 2019 |
| Last Updated Date: | May 22, 2019 |
| Original Closing Date for Applications: | May 30, 2019 There is not an application process for this funding opportunity. This is a notice of intent to award a single source cooperative agreement to West Virginia University under justification 505DM 2.14B.(4). |
| Current Closing Date for Applications: | May 30, 2019 There is not an application process for this funding opportunity. This is a notice of intent to award a single source cooperative agreement to West Virginia University under justification 505DM 2.14B.(4). |
| Archive Date: | May 31, 2019 |
| Estimated Total Program Funding: | $186,882 |
| Award Ceiling: | $186,882 |
| Award Floor: | $186,882 |
Eligibility
| Eligible Applicants: | Others (see text field entitled “Additional Information on Eligibility” for clarification) |
| Additional Information on Eligibility: | There is not an application process for this funding opportunity. This is a notice of intent to award a single source cooperative agreement to West Virginia University under justification 505DM 2.14B.(4). |
Additional Information
| Agency Name: | Fish and Wildlife Service |
| Description: | Lake sturgeon are of management concern throughout the Great Lakes basin. Presumably discrete populations have been extirpated from numerous rivers throughout the Great Lakes. Streamside rearing and stocking has occurred at the Ontonagon River, MI, providing us with the opportunity to assess whether adequate genetic diversity is present in these populations. Eggs and milt are collected from adults in the Sturgeon River, Baraga County, Michigan, and mated at a ratio of 1:4-5 (female:male). Eggs from an individual female are split into batches and each batch is fertilized with milt from an individual male. The fertilized eggs are then re-combined into a single group for the female and reared through the season. It is uncertain whether this procedure results in equal representation of the different families. At the time fingerling fish are stocked, a tissue sample is collected from each fish stocked. The goal of this project is to determine the parentage of lake sturgeon reared in the Ontonagon River streamside rearing trailer and stocked in the Ontonagon River to examine how well each contributing parent was represented in the stocked product. In addition, we seek to reconstruct sibship relationships among fry collected from the Sturgeon River and St. Louis River to determine the number of contributing spawners and their genotype to existing populations of lake sturgeon. This is a notice of intent to award a single source cooperative agreement to West Virginia University under justification 505DM 2.14B.(4). The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, through the Ashland Fish and Wildlife Conservation Office (FWCO), will be substantially involved in this project over a period of several years. In particular, the Service will capture spawning adult lake sturgeon for gamete collection from the Sturgeon River, Baraga County, Michigan, establish annual mating schemes, fertilize and rear eggs to hatch, and rear fish hatched. The Service will provide daily care for 4-5 months annually until ready for stocking at which time each fish will be measured, weighed, and tagged. At time of stocking, the Service will collect a small piece of fin tissue for genetic analysis. The Ashland FWCO will serve as the coordinating office to address any issues or questions related to sample analysis, will distribute results of the genetic analysis to partner agencies, and will contribute as a co-author on presentations and publications resulting from this work. Competition for the award is not practical as the scientists at the genomics lab at West Virginia University have been the lead for Lake Superior lake sturgeon population genetic analysis for over a decade. The genomics lab at West Virginia University already has all baseline genetic data for Great Lakes lake sturgeon and staff have analyzed cohort genetic diversity in other Lake Superior populations making the proposed analysis more economical and efficient. |
| Link to Additional Information: | https://www.grants.gov/ |
| Grantor Contact Information: | If you have difficulty accessing the full announcement electronically, please contact:
Henry Quinlan 715-682-6185
Henry_Quinlan@fws.gov Email:Henry_Quinlan@fws.gov |
Version History
| Version | Modification Description | Updated Date |
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Related Documents
Folder 316278 Full Announcement-NOFO & Single Source -> Single Source 3-2452.pdf
Folder 316278 Full Announcement-NOFO & Single Source -> NOFO.pdf
Packages
| Agency Contact Information: | Henry Quinlan 715-682-6185 Henry_Quinlan@fws.gov Email: Henry_Quinlan@fws.gov |
| Who Can Apply: | Organization Applicants |
| Assistance Listing Number | Competition ID | Competition Title | Opportunity Package ID | Opening Date | Closing Date | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15.662 | PKG00251215 | May 22, 2019 | May 30, 2019 | View |
Package 1
Mandatory forms
316278 SF424_2_1-2.1.pdf
316278 SF424B-1.1.pdf
316278 SF424A-1.0.pdf
316278 ProjectNarrativeAttachments_1_2-1.2.pdf
Optional forms
316278 AttachmentForm_1_2-1.2.pdf
316278 SFLLL_1_2-1.2.pdf
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