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Year Awarded 2018
FFAR award amount $877,007
Total award amount $1,754,067
Location Seattle, WA
Matching Funders Jamestown S’Kallam Tribe, University of Washington, Baywater Shellfish Company, University of Rhode Island
University of Washington researchers are improving Pacific geoduck clam production by altering environmental conditions at key stages of the life cycle and identifying genetic markers associated with optimal traits.
FFAR award amount $50,000
Total award amount $100,000
Location Juneau, AK
Matching Funders Southeast Arkansas Regional Dove Fisheries Association
The US does not have a commercial-scale production facility for Alaskan Sea Cucumbers, a high-value marine invertebrate. The McDowell Group is examining the potential for an aquaculture facility to produce Alaskan Sea Cucumbers.
FFAR award amount $300,000
Total award amount $600,000
Location Brunswick, ME
Matching Funders Coastal Enterprises, Inc.
Coastal Enterprises, Inc. is examining a Japanese scallop production technique that grows scallops faster with larger meat yields to establish a scallop market in Maine.
FFAR award amount $275,792
Total award amount $553,072
Location Corvallis, OR
Matching Funders Oregon State University, Hubbs Sea World Research Institute, Reed Mariculture
Oregon State University researchers are studying how to more efficiently deliver nutrients to commercially raised marine fish. This project is improving production of California Yellowtail and California Halibut, two high-value fish species.
FFAR award amount $945,735
Total award amount $2,978,942
Location West Des Moines, IA
Matching Funders Ichthus Unlimited, LLC, Texas A&M, Spanish Institute of Oceanography, Illinois Soybean Foundation, San Diego Port
At only three percent of its original population, Pacific Bluefin Tuna are on the verge of being placed on the endangered species list. Ichthus Unlimited, LLC is cultivating Pacific Bluefin Tuna eggs to grow juvenile fish, which can then mature on tuna farms. Acquiring tuna eggs from hatcheries, rather than the wild, would reduce overfishing and help stabilize the wild population.
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