Earmark details |
Year 2008 |
Description
Massachusetts Groundfish Disaster, to provide relief due to economic losses due to new fishing limitations on fishermen, Massachusetts Division of Marine Fisheries |
Amount
$13,395,000
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Sponsors
Former Sen. Ted Kennedy (D-MA) Former Sen. John Kerry (D-MA) |
Locations
Suffolk, Massachusetts |
Recipients
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Earmark details |
Year 2008 |
Description
Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument Fishery Disaster |
Amount
$6,697,500
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Sponsors
Former Sen. Dan Inouye (D-HI) |
Locations
Hawaiian Islands, Hawaii |
Recipients
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Earmark details |
Year 2008 |
Description
Harbor seal and stellar sea lion protection program, for management measures to protect harbor seals and steller sea lions and multi-year interdisciplinary research in partnership with NMFS, Alaska Sea Life Center |
Amount
$3,478,000
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Sponsors
Former Sen. Ted Stevens (R-AK) |
Locations
Seward, Alaska |
Recipients
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Earmark details |
Year 2008 |
Description
New England Multi-Species Survey, for multi-species groundfish surveys, School of Marine Science and Technology |
Amount
$2,679,000
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Sponsors
Former Rep. Barney Frank (D-MA) Former Sen. Ted Kennedy (D-MA) Former Sen. John Kerry (D-MA) ...more |
Locations
Bristol, Massachusetts |
Recipients
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Earmark details |
Year 2008 |
Description
Center for Ecosystem-based Fisheries Management, operations to conduct fisheries based research in the Northern Gulf of Mexico from in-shore shallow waters out across the continental shelf |
Amount
$2,632,000
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Sponsors
Former Sen. Richard Shelby (R-AL) |
Locations
Dauphin Island Sea Lab, Alabama |
Recipients
Dauphin Island (Ala.) Sea Lab |
Earmark details |
Year 2008 |
Description
Chesapeake Bay Oyster Restoration, funding for on the water/in the field oyster restoration efforts, Oyster Recovery Partnership |
Amount
$1,786,000
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Sponsors
Sen. Ben Cardin (D-MD) Former Sen. Barbara Mikulski (D-MD) |
Locations
Annapolis, Maryland |
Recipients
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Earmark details |
Year 2008 |
Description
Scallop Fishery Assessment (MFI), to determine conservation and sustainability measures to ensure a strong future for the New England Scallop fishery, Massachusetts Marine Fisheries Institute |
Amount
$1,786,000
|
Sponsors
Former Rep. Barney Frank (D-MA) Former Sen. Ted Kennedy (D-MA) Former Sen. John Kerry (D-MA) ...more |
Locations
Bristol, Massachusetts |
Recipients
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Earmark details |
Year 2008 |
Description
Migratory Shark Research at Mote Marine Laboratory |
Amount
$1,504,000
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Sponsors
Rep. Vern Buchanan (R-FL) Former Rep. Jo Ann Davis (R-VA) Former Rep. Sam Farr (D-CA) ...more |
Locations
Sarasota, Florida |
Recipients
Mote Marine Laboratory and Aquarium |
Earmark details |
Year 2008 |
Description
Southern New England Cooperative Research Initiative, cooperative research and monitoring projects in southern New England, Commercial Fisheries Research Foundation |
Amount
$1,339,500
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Sponsors
Sen. Jack Reed (D-RI) |
Locations
Narragansett, Rhode Island |
Recipients
Commercial Fisheries Research Foundation |
Earmark details |
Year 2008 |
Description
Monkfish and Migratory Trawl Surveys, collection of data to accurately and efficiently manage fish resources, Garden State Seafood Assoc |
Amount
$1,339,500
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Sponsors
Former Sen. Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ) Sen. Bob Menendez (D-NJ) |
Locations
Cape May, New Jersey |
Recipients
Garden State Seafood Association |