U.S. President Joe Biden announces USD 2 million for red snapper recovery efforts

Published 2024년 10월 18일

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The Biden administration has announced a investment of USD 2 million from the Inflation Reduction Act to support the recovery of red snapper populations in the Gulf of Mexico. The funding will be distributed to the Gulf States Marine Fisheries Commission and NOAA’s Cooperative Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Studies at the University of Miami, to improve data collection and understanding of the impacts of climate change on fisheries. The money will be used for expanding data collection programs and developing next-generation acoustic surveys to improve red snapper detection.

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U.S. President Joe Biden’s administration has announced USD 2 million (EUR 1.8 million) to help red snapper populations recover in the Gulf of Mexico.“This USD 2 million investment, made possible thanks to President Biden’s historic Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), will boost NOAA’s ability to support red snapper populations by expanding scientific partnerships that improve data collection and help us understand and mitigate the impacts of climate change on fisheries in coastal regions nationwide,” U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo said. The money was drawn from the USD 20 million (EUR 18 million) in IRA funding the Biden administration dedicated to boosting Red Snapper science in the southeast in October 2023. In total, the IRA provided the Biden administration USD 2.6 billion (EUR 2.4 billion) to spend on coastal resilience and fisheries support.“We know climate change is impacting many fish species, and these effects are not fully understood,” NOAA Fisheries Assistant ...

Source: Seafoodsource