This Ashland Fish and Wildlife Conservation Office grant is for assessing the status of cisco, a vital native fish, in Western Lake Superior, addressing recent sporadic recruitment. Traditional down-looking hydroacoustic surveys often underestimate cisco spawning biomass, especially near the surface. This project will implement new up-looking hydroacoustic technology to accurately determine biomass and improve understanding. Led by experts at the University of Minnesota – Duluth, the initiative will also contribute to a comprehensive, multi-agency cisco status survey. The Service will be deeply involved, providing technical assistance, aiding data collection and analysis, and sharing findings, ensuring a robust assessment of this crucial species.
Opportunity ID: 294610
General Information
| Document Type: | Grants Notice |
| Funding Opportunity Number: | F17AS00255 |
| Funding Opportunity Title: | Status of Cisco in Western 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: | Jun 13, 2017 |
| Last Updated Date: | – |
| Original Closing Date for Applications: | Jun 20, 2017 There is not an application process for this funding opportunity. This is a notice of intent to award a single source cooperative agreement to the University of Minnesota – Duluth under justification 505DM 2.14.B. |
| Current Closing Date for Applications: | Jun 20, 2017 There is not an application process for this funding opportunity. This is a notice of intent to award a single source cooperative agreement to the University of Minnesota – Duluth under justification 505DM 2.14.B. |
| Archive Date: | Jun 21, 2017 |
| Estimated Total Program Funding: | $95,000 |
| Award Ceiling: | $95,000 |
| Award Floor: | $95,000 |
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 the University of Minnesota – Duluth under justification 505DM 2.14.B. |
Additional Information
| Agency Name: | Fish and Wildlife Service |
| Description: | Cisco are an important native fish species in Lake Superior that moves energy and nutrients across habitats both vertically and horizontally, serve as forage for top-level predators, and support large-scale commercial fisheries. Unfortunately, cisco recruitment, indexed by annual lake-wide bottom trawl surveys, has been sporadic with few strong year-classes produced in recent years. Down-looking hydroacoustic methods have been developed and implemented recently to estimate cisco spawning biomass, but a major weakness in the use of this technology is the inability to effectively sample the surface waters where high numbers of cisco have been collected in trawls fished just below the surface. Even more recently, up-looking hydroacoustic methods have been developed and this project will implement this new technology to determine the degree that traditional down-looking hydroacoustic surveys underestimate cisco spawning biomass. In addition, this project will contribute to a comprehensive, multi-agency cisco status survey of the western end of Lake Superior. This is a notice of intent to award a single source cooperative agreement to University of Minnesota – Duluth under justification 505DM 2.14.B 4. Competition for the award is not practical as the University of Minnesota – Duluth, has an expert professor in hydroacoustic data collection, population modeling, and Lake Superior fisheries, is uniquely qualified to lead and supervise this project. The Service, through the Ashland Fish and Wildlife Conservation Office will be substantially involved in this project by assisting with development and refinement of specific research objectives, providing technical assistance with the data collection, statistical analyses, and editing of manuscripts, ensuring project highlights are shared with the scientific community and other interested parties both orally and in writing, and by serving as an active member of a University of Minnesota – Duluth graduate student advisory committee. |
| Link to Additional Information: | https://www.grants.gov/ |
| Grantor Contact Information: | If you have difficulty accessing the full announcement electronically, please contact:
Jared Myers 715-682-6185
jared_myers@fws.gov Email:jared_myers@fws.gov |
Version History
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Related Documents
Folder 294610 Full Announcement-NOFO & Single Source -> Single Source.pdf
Folder 294610 Full Announcement-NOFO & Single Source -> NOFO.pdf
Packages
| Agency Contact Information: | Jared Myers 715-682-6185 jared_myers@fws.gov Email: jared_myers@fws.gov |
| Who Can Apply: | Organization Applicants |
| Assistance Listing Number | Competition ID | Competition Title | Opportunity Package ID | Opening Date | Closing Date | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15.662 | PKG00233179 | Jun 13, 2017 | Jun 20, 2017 | View |
Package 1
Mandatory forms
294610 SF424_2_1-2.1.pdf
294610 SF424B-1.1.pdf
294610 SF424A-1.0.pdf
294610 ProjectNarrativeAttachments_1_2-1.2.pdf
Optional forms
294610 AttachmentForm_1_2-1.2.pdf
294610 SFLLL_1_2-1.2.pdf
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