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Assistance Listing 11.434

Cooperative Fishery Statistics

COMMERCE, DEPARTMENT OF · National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Assistance Listing 11.434, “Cooperative Fishery Statistics,” is a federal program administered by COMMERCE, DEPARTMENT OF. It provides grant assistance. GrantsJunction currently tracks 0 open, 0 forecasted and 0 closed opportunities under this listing. The agency reported $19.9M in obligations for fiscal year 2025. Since October 1, 2023, USAspending.gov shows 17 grant awards under this listing; the largest recipient was GULF STATES MARINE FISHERIES COMMISSION.

  • Funding up 41% (FY24→FY25)Actual obligations reported in the SAM.gov listing changed +41% from FY2024 to FY2025. Historical data, not a prediction. calculated by GrantsJunction

Program objective

To maintain a cooperative State and Federal partnership to provide a continuing source of fisheries dependent statistics to support fishery management in the States' Territorial Sea and the U.S. Exclusive Economic Zone.

As published in the SAM.gov Assistance Listing.

Current opportunities under 11.434

No open or forecasted opportunities are currently posted under this listing. Programs often post notices on an annual cycle — see recently closed opportunities below for timing.

Eligible applicants (program level)

  • State
  • Territorial
  • Tribal
  • Unrestricted by Entity Type
  • Local

Eligible applicants are the Marine Fisheries Conservation agencies of the States of Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Texas, Puerto Rico, U.S. Virgin Islands and the Gulf States Marine Fisheries Commission.

Intended beneficiaries: Federal and State.

Program-level eligibility from SAM.gov. Each funding notice sets its own requirements.

Reported obligations by fiscal year

Historical data · not a prediction
FY24$14.2M
FY25$19.9M
FY26— est.
Source: SAM.gov Assistance Listing 11.434. Hatched bars are agency estimates. These totals do not indicate approval rates.

Who gets funded

Historical data · not a prediction

Since October 1, 2023, USAspending.gov shows 17 grant or cooperative agreement awards with funding actions under ALN 11.434, and prime recipients reported 45 sub-awards to other organizations.

Grant obligations by fiscal year

FY22$15.2M
FY23$16.4M
FY24$14.2M
FY25$19.9M
FY26$20.2M
Obligations recorded in USAspending.gov; FY26 may be partial. Can differ from the agency-reported totals above.

Most recent awards

  • GULF STATES MARINE FISHERIES COMMISSION · MSTHE GSMFC WILL COORDINATE AND ADMINISTER VARIOUS ACTIVITIES OF THE GULF FISHERIES INFORMATION NETWORK (GULFFIN) AIMED AT PROVIDING MORE EFFECTIVE COLLECTION, MANAGEMENT, AND DISSEMINATION OF RECREATIONAL AND COMMERCIAL FISHERIES DATA IN THE SOUTHEAST REGION. ACTIVITIES INCLUDE CONDUCTING MARINE RECREATIONAL INFORMATION PROGRAM (MRIP) APAIS SURVEYS IN MS, AL, AND FL AND PROVIDING SUPPORT TO THE REC$17.1MStarts Oct 1, 2025 · Award ↗
  • ATLANTIC STATES MARINE FISHERIES COMMISSION · VAPURPOSE: TO COORDINATE, PLAN, AND ADMINISTER ACCSP ACTIVITIES THROUGHOUT THE YEAR AS WELL AS PROVIDE RECREATIONAL FISHING INFORMATION TO THE ACCSP PARTICIPANTS AND OTHER INTERESTED PERSONNEL, AND TO PROVIDE FOR COORDINATION OF THE MARINE RECREATIONAL INFORMATION PROGRAMS (MRIP) SURVEY COMPONENTS. CATCH SAMPLING WILL BE DONE THROUGH THE CONDUCT OF A RECREATIONAL FISHERIES STATISTIC CATCH SURVEY (US$21.3MStarts Sep 1, 2024 · Award ↗
  • GULF STATES MARINE FISHERIES COMMISSION · MSTO COORDINATE, PLAN, AND ADMINISTER NEW PROJECTS THAT ARE AIMED AT IMPROVING THE QUALITY AND TIMELINESS OF RECREATIONAL FISHERY DEPENDENT DATABASES THAT ARE PROVIDED BY STATE PARTNERS TO HELP ASSIST IN MANAGING RED SNAPPER POPULATIONS. THIS WORK WILL BE FOCUSING ON IMPROVING DATA MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS WITHIN GULF STATES MARINE FISHERIES COMMISSION ALONG WITH STATE PARTNERS INDIVIDUAL DATA MANAGEMENT $6.57MStarts Jan 1, 2024 · Award ↗
  • GULF STATES MARINE FISHERIES COMMISSION · MSTO MEET A NUMBER OF CONGRESSIONAL AND LEGAL MANDATES, THE SEFSC AND THE GULF OF MEXICO FISHERY MANAGEMENT COUNCIL ARE REQUIRED TO DEVELOP A MODERNIZED SHRIMP EFFORT DATA COLLECTION PROGRAM. NMFS IS UNDERTAKING A THREE-PRONGED APPROACH TO MEET THIS OBJECTIVE OF HAVING A MODERN EFFORT DATA COLLECTION AND TRANSMISSION PROGRAM IN PLACE BY 2025. IN PARTICULAR, THE WORK UNDER THIS TASK WILL SUPPORT PART$810KStarts Sep 1, 2023 · Award ↗
  • NATURAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES, DEPARTMENT OF · PRTHE GOAL OF THIS PROJECT IS TO MAINTAIN REPORTING SERVICES ON THE COMMERCIAL FINFISH AND SHELLFISH RESOURCES OF PUERTO RICO, AS WELL AS TO MANAGE AND DISSEMINATE THESE FISHERY STATISTICS THROUGH COORDINATION OF ACTIVITIES BETWEEN THE NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE (NMFS) AND THE CFSP AT THE DNER'S FISHERIES RESEARCH LABORATORY. STAFF WILL COLLECT LANDINGS DATA THAT WILL BE PROCESSED AND SUMMARI$591KStarts Sep 1, 2022 · Award ↗
  • DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES · GATHE GEORGIA DNR WILL PROVIDE THE HARVEST AND THE EX-VESSEL VALUE OF ALL COMMERCIAL MARINE FISHERY RESOURCES LANDED IN GEORGIA. STAFF WILL COLLECT, CODE, ENTER, AND EDIT TRIP-LEVEL COMMERCIAL FISHERY LANDINGS AND COMMERCIAL LICENSE DATA; AND PROVIDE BIOSTATISTICAL DATA ON CERTAIN COMMERCIAL FINFISH SPECIES. FINFISH LANDINGS WILL BE PROVIDED TO THE STANDARD ATLANTIC FISHERIES INFORMATION SYSTEM (SAF$930KStarts Jul 1, 2022 · Award ↗
  • NATURAL RESOURCES SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT · SCTHE STATE-FEDERAL COOPERATIVE FISHERY STATISTIC PROGRAM PROJECT WILL PROVIDE FISHERY DEPENDENT STATISTICAL DATA TO MAINTAIN AND SUPPORT MANAGEMENT OF FISHERY RESOURCES IN THE U.S. EXCLUSIVE ECONOMIC ZONE (EEZ) WATERS CONTIGUOUS THROUGH THE STATE WATERS OF SOUTH CAROLINA. THIS WILL BE ACCOMPLISHED THROUGH TRIP-LEVEL DATA COLLECTIONS OF BOTH CATCH AND EFFORT DATA FROM OF ALL FINFISH, CRUSTACEANS, AN$806KStarts Jul 1, 2022 · Award ↗
  • FLORIDA FISH AND WILDLIFE CONSERVATION COMMISSION · FLTHE FLORIDA FISH AND WILDLIFE CONSERVATION COMMISSION WILL DETERMINE TRIP-LEVEL CATCH, EFFORT, AND EX-VESSEL VALUE OF ALL MARINE COMMERCIAL FISHERIES RESOURCES LANDED AND SOLD IN FLORIDA TO OBTAIN INTERVIEWS OF COMMERCIAL FISHERMEN TO COLLECT ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON FISHING EFFORT, GEAR UTILIZATION, RECOGNIZE AND RESOLVE SPECIES IDENTIFICATION ISSUES AT DOCKSIDE, AND OBTAIN LENGTHS AND WEIGHTS O$495KStarts Jun 1, 2022 · Award ↗
  • EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE GOVERNMENT OF THE VIRGIN ISLANDS · VITHE PURPOSE OF THIS GRANT IS TO MAINTAIN A TERRITORIAL AND FEDERAL PARTNERSHIP TO COLLECT FISHERIES-DEPENDENT STATISTICS IN SUPPORT OF FISHERIES MANAGEMENT. THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS COOPERATIVE STATISTICS PROGRAM COLLECTS AND MANAGES DATA PERTAINING TO ALL COMMERCIAL FISHERIES LANDINGS IN THE USVI. IN THIS PROGRAM, THE USVI DIVISION OF FISH AND WILDLIFE (DFW) CONDUCTS ONGOING OUTREACH WITH THE COMM$688KStarts Apr 1, 2022 · Award ↗
  • NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY · NCTHE NORTH CAROLINA DIVISION OF MARINE FISHERIES (DMF) WILL BE RESPONIBLE FOR COLLECING AND PROCESSING COMMERCIAL FISHERIES LANDINGS STATISTICS IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE NORTH CAROLINA TRIP TICKET PROGRAM (NCTTP). DATA, COLLECTED ON THE TRIP LEVEL, INCLUDE FISHERMAN LICENSE AND VESSEL INFORMATION, START AND UNLOADING DATES, GEARS AND WATERBODY FISHED, SPECIES, UNITS OR POUNDS, AND OTHER FISHERY-SPECI$659KStarts Apr 1, 2022 · Award ↗

Pass-through funding: largest sub-awards

Prime recipients (often state agencies, universities or national organizations) passed funding to these organizations. If your organization can't apply directly, a prime recipient may run its own sub-grant competition.

  • FLORIDA FISH AND WILDLIFE CONSERVATION COMMISSIONfrom GULF STATES MARINE FISHERIES COMMISSION$2.46M · Sep 16, 2024
  • NEW JERSEY DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTIONfrom ATLANTIC STATES MARINE FISHERIES COMMISSION$1.6M · Mar 26, 2025
  • STATE OF MARYLAND DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCESfrom ATLANTIC STATES MARINE FISHERIES COMMISSION$1.33M · Jan 1, 2025
  • NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITYfrom ATLANTIC STATES MARINE FISHERIES COMMISSION$1.16M · Jan 1, 2025
  • FISH AND GAME, MASSACHUSETTS DEPARTMENT OFfrom ATLANTIC STATES MARINE FISHERIES COMMISSION$1.06M · Jan 1, 2025
  • LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF WILDLIFE AND FISHERIESfrom GULF STATES MARINE FISHERIES COMMISSION$1.02M · Sep 16, 2024
  • LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF WILDLIFE AND FISHERIESfrom GULF STATES MARINE FISHERIES COMMISSION$1.01M · Sep 16, 2024
  • NATURAL RESOURCES SECRETARY OFfrom ATLANTIC STATES MARINE FISHERIES COMMISSION$983K · Jan 1, 2025
  • NATURAL RESOURCES SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENTfrom ATLANTIC STATES MARINE FISHERIES COMMISSION$910K · Jan 1, 2025
  • NEW JERSEY DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTIONfrom ATLANTIC STATES MARINE FISHERIES COMMISSION$776K · Jan 1, 2024

Source: USAspending.gov (grants and cooperative agreements, award types 02–05), refreshed weekly; last checked Oct 9, 2026. Names and amounts are as reported by agencies and prime recipients. Past recipients show where money went — not who is eligible or how likely an application is to succeed.

Frequently asked questions

What is ALN 11.434?

11.434 is the Assistance Listing Number for “Cooperative Fishery Statistics.” Assistance Listing Numbers (formerly CFDA numbers) identify federal assistance programs; individual grant opportunities reference the listing they are funded under.

Who can apply under ALN 11.434?

The SAM.gov listing names these applicant types: State, Territorial, Tribal, Unrestricted by Entity Type and Local. Each funding notice under the program sets its own eligibility, so check the specific opportunity.

How much funding does 11.434 provide?

The agency reported $19,930,000 in obligations for FY2025 in the SAM.gov Assistance Listing. These are program-wide totals reported by the agency, not a prediction of future awards.

Who has received funding under ALN 11.434?

Since October 1, 2023, USAspending.gov records 17 grant awards under 11.434. The largest recipients by obligations were GULF STATES MARINE FISHERIES COMMISSION ($29.9M), ATLANTIC STATES MARINE FISHERIES COMMISSION ($21.3M), DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES ($561K), NATURAL RESOURCES SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT ($444K) and 1 more. Prime recipients also reported 45 sub-awards to other organizations. Past recipients do not indicate eligibility or chances of approval.