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Bycatch Reduction Engineering Program (BREP) is sponsored by NOAA Fisheries. Supports applied management projects to develop and test fishing gears that minimize bycatch, benefiting protected marine mammals.
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Bycatch Reduction Engineering Program | NOAA Fisheries Bycatch Reduction Engineering Program The Bycatch Reduction Engineering Program (BREP) provides funding to those looking for creative solutions to fishery bycatch challenges. 2025 Bycatch Reduction Engineering Program Awards NOAA Fisheries announces $2. 4 million in funding for 10 innovative bycatch reduction research projects.
NOAA Fisheries has awarded $2. 4 million to partners around the country to support 10 innovative bycatch reduction research projects through its Bycatch Reduction Engineering Program. Bycatch is catch that fishermen do not want, cannot sell, or are not allowed to keep.
Bycatch of various species—fish, marine mammals, or turtles—can have significant biological, economic, and social impacts. Preventing and reducing bycatch is a shared goal of fisheries managers, the fishing industry, and the environmental community. Working side-by-side with fishermen on their boats we've developed solutions to some of the top bycatch challenges facing our nation's fisheries.
Examples of past regional projects include: Researchers on the West Coast have shown that a dual sorting flexible grid system, called Flexigrid, reduces under-sized sablefish bycatch by more than 45%, while maintaining catches of adult sablefish and other target fish species.
In the Southeast, larger-sized 15/0 circle hooks are reducing more than 70% of under-sized red grouper bycatch and smaller 13/0 circle hooks having greater selectivity at catching red snapper.
Read brief descriptions of the selected projects 2025 Recipients by Region Sea Mammal Education Learning Technology Society (SMELTS): $254,100 Whale and Dolphin Conservation, Inc.: $258,527 Cornell Cooperative Extension of Suffolk County: $226,780 Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution: $249,972 Mote Marine Laboratory: $208,529 Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission: $243,797 Pacific Whiting Conservation Cooperative: $72,000 Alaska Department of Fish and Game: $348,723 Previously Funded Projects Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act The Magnuson–Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (2007) is the primary law that governs marine fisheries management in U.S. federal… Bycatch Reduction Engineering Program Annual Report to Congress, 2015 This report highlights outcomes of projects funded through the Bycatch Reduction Engineering Program (BREP) Fiscal Year 2015.
Bycatch Reduction Engineering Program Annual Report to Congress, 2013 This report highlights outcomes and management applications of projects funded through the Bycatch Reduction Engineering Program (BREP) in FY 2012. Bycatch Reduction Engineering Program Annual Report to Congress, 2014 This report highlights outcomes of projects funded by the Bycatch Reduction Engineering Program in Fiscal Year 2013.
National Bycatch Reduction Strategy Bycatch Reduction Engineering Program 2022 Report to Congress Celebrating Habitat Month 2025 Species Recovery Grant Awardees Announced White abalone. Credit: NOAA Fisheries Reducing Burdens on Domestic Fishing and Increasing Production Fishing boats at sunset in an Alaska harbor. Credit: NOAA Fisheries/Kalei Shotwell Fishing operations sometimes result in "bycatch" of non-target species.
Learn how NOAA Fisheries is working with partners to reduce bycatch. Office of Sustainable Fisheries Bycatch Reduction Engineering Program
According to the current listing, eligibility includes: Eligible applicants include nonprofit organizations, academic institutions, and state or tribal agencies. Confirm the full requirements in the official notice before applying.
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Bycatch Reduction Engineering Program (BREP) is funded by NOAA Fisheries. Verify program details on the funder's official page before applying.
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