Arctic-Yukon-Kuskokwim Tribal Research and Restoration Program

Bering Sea Fishermens Association managed the coordination and administration of PCSRF funded projects for the Arctic-Yukon-Kuskokwim Tribal Consortium. Projects funded through this process involved cooperation and or collaboration with tribal, private, federal and state partners. Primary duties under this project included coordinating the annual PCSRF application using the federal government process, writing and amending subcontracts with grant recipients, maintaining the PCSRF database, reporting to the AYK SSI partners, budget tracking by project, financial management, gathering individual progress reports and submitting comprehensive progress reports to NOAA Fisheries, coordinating the project selection process and audit compliance process. The project also allowed for staff participation in all NOAA Fisheries events regarding planning, implementation, region-wide coordination, and reporting of PCSRF efforts.

Research projects will address declined Chinook salmon populations necessary for the exercise of subsistence fishing or contribute to sustaining salmon populations utilized for subsistence and contribute to building the capacity of local and regional entities to manage and participate in fisheries research.