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2020 GRANT SLATE

Papahānaumokuākea Research and Conservation Fund

NFWF CONTACTS Michelle Pico Program Director, Marine Conservation [email protected] 262-567-0601

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ABOUT NFWF Chartered by Congress in 1984, Removing at Papahānaumokuākea | Credit: Steven Gnam, JIMAR/NOAA PIFSC the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF) protects and OVERVIEW restores the nation’s fish, wildlife, plants and habitats. Working with federal, corporate and individual The National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF) and NOAA’s Office of Marine partners, NFWF has funded more Sanctuaries announced funding in support of the Papahānaumokuākea Marine National than 5,000 organizations and gen- Monument through a special initiative of the Conservation Landscape Program. One erated a total conservation impact million dollars in funding was awarded to increase the capacity to conserve the wildlife of $6.1 billion. and habitats of the Monument. The six awards announced leveraged more than $3 million in matching funds from the grantees to generate a total conservation impact of over $4 Learn more at www.nfwf.org million.

NATIONAL HEADQUARTERS The Papahānaumokuākea Research and Conservation Fund seeks to advance the 1133 15th Street, NW management of the remote island archipelago of the Northwestern with Suite 1000 a focus on the interconnectivity of these marine island systems and their adaptability Washington, D.C., 20005 to environmental stressors. The 2020 slate also addresses two recent events in the 202-857-0166 Monument, an outbreak of a highly invasive(continued) and impactful algae, and significant destruction from . 2020 GRANT SLATE

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Equipping Albatross with Radar-Detecting Tags to Monitor Fishing Around Papahānaumokuākea (HI) The following six projects directly implement the five initial priorities for the Fund, set by the locally based Advisory Committee, to address critical management Grantee: Oregon State University questions and actions to benefit wildlife and habitat in the Grant Amount:...... $216,904 Papahānaumokuākea1) Increase management Marine capacity National Monument: Matching Funds: ...... $363,298 Total Project:...... $580,202 to assess and respond Deploy radar-detecting tracking devices on breeding black- to potential impacts of predicted environmental stressors footed and at Midway National such as ocean acidification and on wildlife and Wildlife Refuge to determine the frequency of vessel 2)their Characterize habitats unexplored habitat encounters and potential drivers of albatross-fisheries associations within and outside the Papahānaumokuākea like the deep Marine National Monument. Project will allow managers mesophotic zone to evaluate importance of these habitats to to infer and mitigate the potential bycatch risk to breeding 3)the Decrease food web theand impactsas potential of marine refugia debris albatrosses, thus furthering conservation goals for the Communityspecies, and increaseEngagement monitoring Programing of illegal for fishing. to wildlife and Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument 4)habitat Explore from new entanglement, innovations ingestion and scouring Discovery Center (HI)

like autonomous vehicles as a 5)way Support to increase shared management marine andcapacity terrestrial in remote goals environments Grantee: National Marine Sanctuary Foundation Grant Amount:...... $200,491 such Matching Funds: ...... $230,500 as restoration of native species and translocation of Total Project:...... $430,991 species impacted by sea level rise to safer areas within the Provide dedicated cultural programming at the Monument (continued)Mokupapapa Discovery Center and other Hawaii based education centers to nurture and strengthen connections 2020 GRANT SLATE

Reef fish in Papāhanaumokuākea Marine National Monument | Credit: Andrew Gray

with the remote ocean wilderness of Papahānaumokuākea habitats at damaged by Hurricane Marine National Monument. Project will create exhibits, DiscoveringWalaka. Deepwater Habitats and Species in the host public outreach events and use social media to Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument (HI) highlight the ecological and cultural resources of the Monument and spotlight the work that is being supported Marineto protect Debris them. Removal from Papahānaumokuākea Grantee: University of Hawaii at Manoa Marine National Monument (HI) Grant Amount:...... $122,460 Matching Funds: ...... $73,419 Total Project:...... $195,879 Grantee: Papahānaumokuākea Marine Debris Project Establish an online catalog of deep-sea habitats and Grant Amount:...... $299,629 species of the Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Matching Funds: ...... $1,953,958 Monument to increase management understanding of Total Project:...... $2,253,587 the resources of these remote environments. Project will Mitigate hazards to protected species and coral reef habitat combine animal records from 284 submersible dives of Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument through conducted in deep-sea habitats into a single, standardized large-scale marine debris removal from the coral reefs and dataset and create an animal identification guide and shorelines. Project will remove an estimated 240,000 pounds Understandinginteractive web the map. Impacts of the Invasive Alga to Support of derelict fishing gear and plastics, restoring 1,300 acres of Management of Papahānaumokuākea (HI) Respondingcoral reef habitat to Invasive and 400 Species acres of and shoreline Hurricane habitat. Walaka Impacts in the Papahānaumokuākea (HI) Grantee: College of Charleston Grant Amount:...... $120,000 Grantee: University of Hawaii Matching Funds: ...... $120,000 Grant Amount:...... $299,891 Total Project:...... $240,000 Matching Funds: ...... $306,021 Understand and mitigate the effects of the invasive alga at Total Project:...... $605,912 Pearl and Hermes Atoll in the Papahānaumokuākea Marine Increase conservation and management capacity for National Monument. Project will determine its current mitigating the impacts of an invasive species outbreak and distribution in the Monument, ecological impact on diversity hurricane damage at two locations in Papahānaumokuākea at multiple scales, assess its population dynamics, describe Marine National Monument. Project will evaluate the and model its physiological characteristics in cooperation potential management/control options for the invasive red with oceanographic phenomena, and develop best alga outbreak at Pearl and Hermes Atoll and recommend management practices for removal. monitoring and management actions for reefs and island