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Today, NOAA Fisheries over $4 million in grants awarded through the 2023 John H. Prescott Marine Mammal Rescue Assistance Grant Program. We awarded 50 grants to 44 recipients in 20 states and 1 Tribe, representing marine mammal health partners around the country from every NOAA Fisheries Region. For more information read our web story.
Additionally, the Notice of Funding Opportunity for the 2024 Prescott grants was published on July 14, 2023, and the deadline for application submission is October 19, 2023. More information on how organizations can apply is available on our website.
NOAA appreciates and supports the valuable work our Stranding Network, Entanglement Response Network, and marine mammal health research partners provide. Prescott Grants support a core mission of NOAA Fisheries—the conservation and recovery of protected marine species—by helping to improve our national marine mammal stranding and entanglement response capabilities and investigations into marine mammal health. Marine mammals are important sentinels of ocean health, and the work of our Network partners significantly helps NOAA establish links among the health of marine mammals, ocean and coastal ecosystems, and coastal communities.
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