Closed · F19AS00355 · CFDA 15.608 · Discretionary
Quantifying Double-Crested Cormorant effects on recreational fish populations
Federal grant opportunity posted by Fish and Wildlife Service, cataloged on Grants.gov.
- $65K-$70K
- Award range
- Closed
- Status
- September 4, 2019
- Close date
- 1
- Expected awards
The verdict
Quantifying Double-Crested Cormorant effects on recreational fish populations is a closed discretionary listing from Fish and Wildlife Service that offered $65,000 -- $70,000 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.
- $65K-$70K
- award range
- Closed
- application status
- 1
- expected award
- 15.608
- CFDA program
Archived opportunity record
Quantifying Double-Crested Cormorant effects… is closed (last close September 4, 2019). 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 September 4, 2019
Est. Total Funding
$70,000
Expected Awards
1
Instrument
Grant
Description
The Cormorant Working Group for the Great Lakes will hire a post-doctoral researcher to collate and analyze existing information on double crested cormorant (DCCO) impacts on fish and fish population responses to DCCO management. The researcher, guided by the Working Group and Michigan State University's Quantitative Fishery Center experts, would develop predictive models to inform decision making for DCCO control for multiple states. These models will include existing data sets from across North America related to DCCO fish consumption and effects on fish populations. Available data will be analyzed to determine which fish population metric(s) are most sensitive for indexing changes in DCCO predation to fish populations. DCCO consumption will be treated in a similar way as traditional fishery models used to set harvest levels. Thresholds (bounded by uncertainty) will be determined in each studied aquatic system where DCCO predation proved problematic, and where DCCO subsequent management provided a positive fish population response. A predictive yield model will be developed to determine a "safe allowable foraging effort" that will identify the level of DCCO control needed to benefit fish populations across systems. Expected is methodology that can be widely applied to water bodies and fish populations across the United States. We intend to make a single source award to the Michigan Department of Natural Resources, making the award without competition under justification 505DM 2.14.B(1), because the award is the result of an unsolicited proposal to complete a unique approach to meet an important need for the cormorant and fishery resources of the Great Lakes. Competition is not practical given this was an unsolicited proposal.
Catch-all / unrestricted eligibility mark · F19AS00355
Grants.gov marks Quantifying Double-Crested Cormorant effects… 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: Grant. Funding-activity codes span Environment · Natural Resources · Regional Development (ENV;NR;RD). 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.
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Agency Contact
Rob Simmonds rob_simmonds@fws.gov Daniel_Lovdahl@fws.gov
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