Partners for Fisheries Monitoring (2026-2029)

The Department of the Interior, Office of Subsistence Management administers the Partners for Fisheries Monitoring Program. The Partners for Fisheries Monitoring Program provides funding for biologist, social scientist, outreach coordinator, and educator positions in Alaska Native and rural nonprofit organizations with the intent of increasing the organization’s ability to participate in Federal Subsistence Management Program. In addition, the program supports a variety of opportunities for local and rural students to connect with subsistence resource monitoring and management through science camps...

Alaska Native and Rural Non-profit organizations, and Federally recognized Tribal Governments are eligible and are encouraged to apply.Applicants should have the necessary technical and administrative abilities and resources to ensure successful support of the position. To be considered for funding under the Partners for Fisheries Monitoring Program, a proposal must have a direct linkage to Federal subsistence fishery management in Alaska. This means the biologist, social scientist, outreach coordinator, or educator must engage in activities with direct association to a Federal subsistence fishery. Federal subsistence fisheries occur in waters within and adjacent to Federal public lands in Alaska (National Wildlife Refuges, National Forests, National Parks and Preserves, National Conservation Areas, National Wild and Scenic River Systems, National Petroleum Reserves, and National Recreation Areas).Please reach out for programmatic technical assistance if you need help in identifying fisheries under Federal management or Federal Public lands.

Kristen Barth kristen_barth@ibc.doi.gov