Social, Cultural, and Economic Assessment of Harmful Algal Blooms (SEAHAB) Program

Social, Cultural, and Economic Assessment of Harmful Algal Blooms (SEAHAB) Program is sponsored by NOAA National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS). Funds research to assess the social, cultural, and economic impacts of HAB events to inform management strategies.

SEAHAB - NCCOS - National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science Social, Cultural, and Economic Assessment of Harmful Algal Blooms The Social, Cultural, and Economic Assessment of Harmful Algal Blooms (SEAHAB) program is a national, peer-reviewed, competitive research funding program that seeks to assess the social, cultural and economic impacts of harmful algal bloom (HAB) events at both the individual and community levels.

The goal of this program is to facilitate the development and implementation of strategies that prevent or mitigate such impacts. Social, cultural and economic research provides critical information that allows communities, resource management, public health agencies, affected sectors, and scientists to develop and implement coordinated, effective responses to HAB events at local, state and regional scales.

SEAHAB funds research that may guide future research on the social, cultural and economic impacts of HAB events at a local, state, and regional, and national level, and inform the selection of management strategies and methods most appropriate to a specific HAB event and ongoing issues.

Resulting research will also provide the necessary building blocks that can lead to a better national assessment of the social, cultural, and economic impacts from HAB events. Prior to the establishment of the SEAHAB program, socioeconomic research to assess impacts of HAB events and the costs and benefits of mitigation strategies was previously funded through the Prevention, Control, and Mitigation of HABs (PCMHAB) program.

SEAHAB was authorized by the Harmful Algal Bloom and Hypoxia Research and Control Act (HABHRCA , 33 U.S.C. §§ 4001 et seq. ) in 1998 and reauthorized in 2004, 2014, and 2017 .

SEAHAB funds research that addresses Social and/or cultural impacts of HAB events response at local, state and/or regional scales. Economic impacts of HAB events at local, state and/or regional scales. Impacts of HAB events on subsistence at local, state and/or regional scales.

Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) announcements for SEAHAB and other national competitive HAB programs are available on the Check back for available funding. Contact the NCCOS for details.

– Hide when not available Assessing the Economic Benefits and Costs of Red Tide Control and Mitigation Strategies Along the South Florida Gulf Coast (2025) Co-Producing Local Assessment and Mitigation Strategies for HABs to Enhance Alaskan Lifeways and Indigenous Governance (2025) Contact Brittany King , SEAHAB Coordinator For additional HAB Competitive Research Programs, visit Ecology and Oceanography of HABs Monitoring and Event Response for HABs Prevention, Control, and Monitoring of HABs View HAB event responses since 2015 that received funding support from the HABER Program; responses organized by funding recipient in each region and state.

Responding to Harmful Algal Bloom – Sitka Tribe of Alaska ($12,950) Responding to Multispecies Mortality Event Occurring in Norton Sound Region ($15,000) Testing Tribal Shellfish for Toxin in Southwest Alaska ($48,507) Collecting Real-Time Harmful Algal Bloom Data in Alaska ($29,923) Communicating Harmful Algal Bloom Risk to Communities in the Bering Strait Region ($15,000) Investigating Unusual Marine Animal Mortalities and Possible Harmful Algal Bloom around Kachemak Bay ($5,000) Responding to Multispecies Mortality Event in St.

George Island, Alaska ($5,344) Sampling Harmful Algal Bloom In Kachemak Bay ($19,800) Responding to Unusual Harmful Algal Bloom ($7,880) Helping New England Respond to Unprecedented Harmful Algal Bloom ($22,000) Investigating Diamondback Terrapin Die-Offs ($5,400) Responding to Ongoing Harmful Algal Blooms in Long Island ($19,000) Assessing Impacts of Bioluminescent Algae on Chesapeake Bay Fisheries ($3,000) Protecting Chesapeake Bay Oyster Aquaculture from Harmful Algal Blooms ($8,200) Responding to Ongoing HAB in the Lower Chesapeake Bay ($6,820) Assessing Martin County Threat of Blue-green Algal Toxin ($9,273) Monitoring Brown Tide in Indian River Lagoon ($7,096) Studying Airborne Health Risks from Cyanobacteria Blooms ($5,000) Investigating Unusual Fish Behavior in the Florida Keys ($25,000) Supporting Sargassum Response ($38,467) Responding to Cyanobacterial Blooms in the Northern Gulf ($11,640) Responding to Red Tide ($19,200) Examining Sea Turtle Mortalities and Dietary Exposure to Red Tide Toxins ($10,045) Testing Treatment for Birds Sickened by Red Tide ($8,250) Sampling Ongoing Red Tide to Determine Impacts ($28,000) Quantifying Toxin Accumulation in Seabirds and Prey Fish ($7,820) Responding to Cyanobacterial Blooms in Lake Pontchartrain Caused by Opening Bonnet Carre Spillway ($12,907) Reducing Migratory Duck Mortality on Padre Island ($5,000) Responding to Southern California Harmful Algal Bloom Event ($14,250) Investigating Bioluminescent Red Tide Event Off Southern California Coast ($17,950) Responding to Harmful Algal Bloom in the San Francisco Bay ($15,420) Responding to Harmful Algal Bloom Following Marine Mammal Strandings in Southern California ($12,550) Responding to Marine Mammal Mortality Event Occurring in Southern California ($4,520) Explaining Harmful Algal Bloom ($13,000) Assessing Paralytic Shellfish Poisoning Risk in Southern Washington ($19,762) Responding to Paralytic Shellfish Poisoning Outbreak in Oregon ($6,000)