Opens call for proposals for 2017 funding
NOAA has awarded $5.4 million in grants to states and tribes in all coastal regions to help in the recovery of endangered and threatened marine species. The agency also opened a call for 2017 proposals under the Species Recovery Grants Program, authorized under Section 6 of the Endangered Species Act.
![Northeast Fisheries Science Center scientist Tim Sheehan holds an Atlantic salmon. (Image credit: NOAA) Northeast Fisheries Science Center scientist Tim Sheehan holds an Atlantic salmon.](/sites/default/files/styles/landscape_width_1275/public/legacy/image/2019/Jun/PHOTO%20-%20Atlantic%20salmon%20-%20061006%20-%20NOAA%20-%202240x1068%20-%20LANDSCAPE.jpg?itok=n8Xnyjij)
Northeast Fisheries Science Center scientist Tim Sheehan holds an Atlantic salmon. (Image credit: NOAA)