Partners for Fisheries Monitoring (2026-2029)

The Department of the Interior, Office of Subsistence Management administers the Partners for Fisheries Monitoring Program. The Partners for Fisheries Monitoring Program provides funding for biologist, social scientist, outreach coordinator, and educator positions in Alaska Native and rural nonprofit organizations with the intent of increasing the organization’s ability to participate in Federal Subsistence Management Program. In addition, the program supports a variety of opportunities for local and rural students to connect with subsistence resource monitoring and management through science camps and paid internships.The Office of Subsistence Management is seeking proposals to strengthen Alaska Native and rural involvement in Federal subsistence fishery management. Up to four years of funding may be awarded through competitive cooperative agreements. Multiple awards are expected this cycle.