Application for funds
DMF issued a request for response (RFR) for grant proposals that benefit the Massachusetts commercial fishing industry. In compliance with the budget language, grants were capped at $100,000 and focused on “innovative approaches to enhance environmental benefits and encourage increased economic activity” in the following categories:
- capital infrastructure improvements that promote energy efficiency;
- the purchase or expanded use of renewable energy technologies;
- tools to address barriers to economic growth, including business management technical assistance and the purchase of more efficient equipment and technology;
- tools, technologies, and technical assistance to support practices that promote resilience against the impacts of climate change;
- tools and technologies to facilitate sustainability and new product development;
- research development, acquisition, and purchase of innovative commercial fishing gear designed to protect stocks and species of concern including, but not limited, to the North Atlantic right whale; and
- direct marketing and branding of products to consumers