A -- Financial Assistance for Research and Development Projects To Strengthen and Develop the U.S. Fishing Industry

No. 960223046-2083-07; I.D. 032002ARIN 0648-ZA09 The notice solicits grant proposals for the FY 2002 Saltonstall-Kennedy (S-K) Grant Program and was published in the Federal Register on May 14, 2002. The deadline for submitting a grant application is July 15, 2002. We must receive your application by close of business at one of the offices listed in section H. Application Addresses, page 34429 of the document. The S-K Grant Program is a competitive program administered by the National Marine Fisheries Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce. The program provides financial assistance (grants and cooperative agreements) for research and development projects to benefit the U.S. fishing industry.!! Approximately $10.3 million is available to fund successful applicants. Of that amount, $5 million will be used solely for projects dealing with Atlantic salmon aquaculture. http:/www.nmfs.noaa.gov/sfweb/skhome.html!!