NOAA’s Office of Habitat Conservation and Recreational Fishing Initiative are pleased to announce that they are collaborating again this year to offer another informal funding opportunity in FY25 for coastal Fish Habitat Partnership (FHP) projects that support habitat conservation or restoration and engagement with the recreational fishing community.
- The total funding available is approximately $150,000 and will be sued to support several FHP projects (up to max ~$75,000 per project).
- The Call for Proposals can be found here, or on the Funding Opportunities page.
As it applies to the Atlantic Coastal Fish Habitat Partnership, this grant opportunity could be used for projects focused on recreational, saltwater or diadromous species that actively engage the recreational fishing community in habitat protection or restoration.
On a broader note, there are a total of ten Fish Habitat Partnerships (FHPs) that are eligible for these funds across the country; see the list in the Call for Proposals attachment and the National Fish Habitat Partnership (NFHP) website for more general information about the NFHP program. The closest neighboring FHPs to ACFHP are the Southeast Aquatic Resources Partnership and Eastern Brook Trout Joint Venture. Feel free to check them out and share this announcement as broadly as you like!