§1143 — Title 33 Navigation and Navigable Waters | U.S. Code

Summary

The Secretary must give competitive grants to support new and existing local and regional training, education, outreach, and technical help for young fishermen. The grants fund training on things like seamanship and safety, boat and engine care, new conservation gear, sustainable fishing, business and marketing, money and risk management (including how to buy a vessel, permit, or quota), laws and fishery rules, fisheries policy, and mentoring or apprenticeships. Grant projects can include other activities the Secretary thinks fit. Grant recipients must be teams of public or private groups working together, such as Sea Grant programs, government or Tribal agencies, community non-profits, fishermen’s groups, colleges, or similar partners. All young people who want to join U.S. commercial fisheries, including the Great Lakes, can take part, but each grantee picks participants. Grants last up to 3 fiscal years and up to $200,000 per year. Recipients may get back-to-back grants. Recipients must match at least 25% of the grant with cash or in-kind help. The Secretary should try to fund projects across different regions and must consult Sea Grant, community fishing groups, agencies, colleges, and other partners when setting rules. Grant money cannot be used to buy any fishing license, permit, quota, or other harvesting right.

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(a)In carrying out the Program, the Secretary shall make competitive grants to support new and established local and regional training, education, outreach, and technical assistance initiatives for young fishermen, including programs, workshops, and services relating to—

(1)seamanship, navigation, electronics, and safety;

(2)vessel and engine care, maintenance, and repair;

(3)innovative conservation fishing gear engineering and technology;

(4)sustainable fishing practices;

(5)entrepreneurship and good business practices;

(6)direct marketing, supply chain, and traceability;

(7)financial and risk management, including vessel, permit, and quota purchasing;

(8)State and Federal legal requirements for specific fisheries, including reporting, monitoring, licenses, and regulations;

(9)State and Federal fisheries policy and management;

(10)mentoring, apprenticeships, or internships; and

(11)any other activities, opportunities, or programs, as the Secretary determines appropriate.

(b)(1)To be eligible to receive a grant under the 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)a Sea Grant Institution;

(B)a Federal or State agency or a Tribal organization;

(C)a community-based nongovernmental organization;

(D)fishermen’s cooperatives or associations;

(E)an institution of higher education (including an institution awarding an associate’s degree), or a foundation maintained by an institution of higher education; or

(F)any other appropriate entity, as the Secretary determines appropriate.

(2)All young fishermen seeking to participate in the commercial fisheries of the United States and the Great Lakes are eligible to participate in the activities funded through grants provided for in this section, except that participants in such activities shall be selected by each grant recipient.

(c)(1)A grant under this section shall—

(A)have a term of no more than 3 fiscal years; and

(B)be in an amount that is not more than $200,000 for each fiscal year.

(2)An eligible recipient may receive consecutive grants under this section.

(d)To be eligible to receive a grant under this section, a recipient shall provide a match in the form of cash or in-kind contributions from the recipient in the amount equal to or greater than 25 percent of the funds provided by the grant.

(e)In making grants under this section, the Secretary shall, to the maximum extent practicable, ensure geographic diversity.

(f)In carrying out this section and in developing criteria for evaluating grant applications, the Secretary shall consult, to the maximum extent practicable, with—

(1)Sea Grant Institutions and extension agents of such institutions;

(2)community-based nongovernmental fishing organizations;

(3)Federal and State agencies, including Regional Fishery Management Councils established under the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (16 U.S.C. 1851 et seq.); 11 See References in Text note below.

(4)institutions of higher education with fisheries expertise and programs; and

(5)partners, as the Secretary determines.

(g)A grant under this section may not be used to purchase any fishing license, permit, quota, or other harvesting right.

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

References in Text

The Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act, referred to in subsec. (f)(3), is Pub. L. 94–265, Apr. 13, 1976, 90 Stat. 331, which is classified principally to chapter 38 (§ 1801 et seq.) of Title 16, Conservation. Title III of the Act is classified generally to subchapter IV (§ 1851 et seq.) of chapter 38 of Title 16. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see

Short Title

note set out under section 1801 of Title 16 and Tables. Codification Section was enacted as part of the Young Fishermen’s Development Act, and not as part of titles I and II of Pub. L. 89–454 which comprise this chapter.

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