Environmental Assessment Issuance of a Protected Species Conservation and Recovery Grant to the Maine Department of Marine Resources (Award File 4720023) to Conduct Research on Sturgeon in Maine.

摘要

The National Marine Fisheries Service, Office of Protected Resources (NMFS PR) proposes to provide financial assistance in the form of a grant to the Maine Department of Marine Resources (MDMR) (Gail Wippelhauser, P.I.). This award would be issued through the Protected Species Conservation and Recovery Grant Program (CFDA no. 11.472, Unallied Science Programs) authorized under section 6 of the Endangered Species Act (ESA) of 1973 as amended (16 U.S.C. 1535). The federal government would provide 75 percent of the cost of the project, and the state would provide the remaining 25 percent. This financial assistance award would extend for three years (three annual payments) and is subject to semi-annual review by NMFS. The grant would support monitoring activities for Atlantic sturgeon (Acipenser oxyrinchus oxyrinchus), a candidate for listing under the ESA, and conservation activities for the endangered shortnose sturgeon (Acipenser brevirostrum) in Maine.