Closed · F17AS00255 · CFDA 15.662 · Discretionary
Status of Cisco in Western Lake Superior
Federal grant opportunity posted by Fish and Wildlife Service, cataloged on Grants.gov.
- $95K-$95K
- Award range
- Closed
- Status
- June 20, 2017
- Close date
- 1
- Expected awards
The verdict
Status of Cisco in Western Lake Superior is a closed discretionary listing from Fish and Wildlife Service that offered $95,000 -- $95,000 across 1 expected award. Future funding cycles may be published under the same CFDA number. PlainGrants indexes 4,242 other opportunities from Fish and Wildlife Service.
- $95K-$95K
- award range
- Closed
- application status
- 1
- expected award
- 15.662
- CFDA program
Archived opportunity record
Status of Cisco in Western Lake Superior is closed (last close June 20, 2017). Check the agency catalog for replacement NOFOs. Fish and Wildlife Service still indexes 4,242 other opportunities here.
According to Grants.gov (extract vintage 2026-08-10), this record reflects the officially published listing. See methodology.
Deadline tracker
Application window closed
Closed June 20, 2017
Est. Total Funding
$95,000
Expected Awards
1
Instrument
Cooperative Agreement
Description
Cisco are an important native fish species in Lake Superior that moves energy and nutrients across habitats both vertically and horizontally, serve as forage for top-level predators, and support large-scale commercial fisheries. Unfortunately, cisco recruitment, indexed by annual lake-wide bottom trawl surveys, has been sporadic with few strong year-classes produced in recent years. Down-looking hydroacoustic methods have been developed and implemented recently to estimate cisco spawning biomass, but a major weakness in the use of this technology is the inability to effectively sample the surface waters where high numbers of cisco have been collected in trawls fished just below the surface. Even more recently, up-looking hydroacoustic methods have been developed and this project will implement this new technology to determine the degree that traditional down-looking hydroacoustic surveys underestimate cisco spawning biomass. In addition, this project will contribute to a comprehensive, multi-agency cisco status survey of the western end of Lake Superior. This is a notice of intent to award a single source cooperative agreement to University of Minnesota - Duluth under justification 505DM 2.14.B 4. Competition for the award is not practical as the University of Minnesota - Duluth, has an expert professor in hydroacoustic data collection, population modeling, and Lake Superior fisheries, is uniquely qualified to lead and supervise this project. The Service, through the Ashland Fish and Wildlife Conservation Office will be substantially involved in this project by assisting with development and refinement of specific research objectives, providing technical assistance with the data collection, statistical analyses, and editing of manuscripts, ensuring project highlights are shared with the scientific community and other interested parties both orally and in writing, and by serving as an active member of a University of Minnesota - Duluth graduate student advisory committee.
Catch-all / unrestricted eligibility mark · F17AS00255
Grants.gov marks Status of Cisco in Western Lake Superior with a catch-all / unrestricted eligibility code (Others (see official listing text)). Read the official announcement text for the real applicant filter — the code alone is not a door list. The extract does not mark applicant cost-sharing as required. Instrument: Cooperative Agreement. Funding-activity codes span Environment · Natural Resources (ENV;NR). 939 other Fish and Wildlife Service listings share this eligibility-code string (22% of 4,243).
- Code 25
- Others (see official listing text)
Codes are Grants.gov eligibility category values from the extract vintage 2026-08-10. Confirm the full eligibility statement on the official listing or the Grants.gov eligibility reference.
Official Listing on Grants.gov
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Agency Contact
Jared Myers 715-682-6185 jared_myers@fws.gov
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What to do next
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