Subject to the availability of funding, the U.S. National Sea Grant Office anticipates approximately $1,000,000 in fiscal year 2025 federal funds will be available to eligible applicants to support two to three projects that will develop and execute local, regional, and national programs, workshops, and services to enable fishermen to enter career paths and make a living supplying seafood from our oceans, coasts, and Great Lakes. 

Successful projects will create and implement trainings that include the following types of programs, workshops, and services:

• seamanship, navigation, electronics and safety
• vessel and engine care, maintenance, and repair 
• sustainable fishing practices
• other training needs as identified by the community

To be eligible to receive a grant under this program a recipient shall be a collaborative state, tribal, local, or regionally based network or partnership of public or private entities, which may include: a Sea Grant institution; a federal or state agency or a tribal organization; a community-based nongovernmental organization; fishermen’s cooperatives or associations; an institution of higher education (including an institution awarding an associate’s degree), or a foundation maintained by an institution of higher education; or any other appropriate entity.

Applications must be submitted to Grants.gov by April 23, 2025.

Learn more here.