Buck Island Reef National Monument Acoustic Array Collaboration

The summary for the Buck Island Reef National Monument Acoustic Array Collaboration grant is detailed below. This summary states who is eligible for the grant, how much grant money will be awarded, current and past deadlines, Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) numbers, and a sampling of similar government grants. Verify the accuracy of the data FederalGrants.com provides by visiting the webpage noted in the Link to Full Announcement section or by contacting the appropriate person listed as the Grant Announcement Contact. If any section is incomplete, please visit the website for the National Park Service, which is the U.S. government agency offering this grant.

Buck Island Reef National Monument Acoustic Array Collaboration: This is a notice of intent to award, applications will not be accepted for this agreement. The objectives of this agreement are:
1) to train and assist NPS staff in deployment of a VEMCO Positioning System (VPS) system capable of triangulating acoustic transmitters and the operation of an acoustic array centered around Buck Island Reef National Monument;

2) to train and assist NPS staff on fish surgery techniques used in transmitter deployment on fishes;

3) to train and assist NPS staff on acoustic telemetry data processing and analysis.

4) to provide UMass researchers the opportunity to collect acoustic telemetry data from the Buck Island Reef National Monument in the available window, capturing data critical for management of Monument fish populations.