NFWF Grant Profile

Conservation Program(s):
Fisheries Innovation Fund
Project Title: Bycatch Avoidance Network Expansion for Georges Bank Haddock and Northern Red Hake (RI, NY, NJ, MA)
Organization:
Cornell Cooperative Extension of Suffolk County
Project ID:
0303.17.057780
Description:

Expand the Bycatch Avoidance Network to identify and report real-time bycatch of butterfish, river herring, windowpane, yellowtail flounder, haddock, and northern red hake. Project will reduce bycatch in Southern New England fisheries by providing active vessels with real-time spacial and temporal bycatch data.

Award Amount:
$60938.81
Location:
New York, New Jersey, Rhode Island, and Massachusetts