美国商务部拨款1580万美元渔业灾害救助：涵盖加州红海胆渔业与佛州飓风灾损
美国国家海洋和大气管理局（NOAA）10月23日宣布，商务部将拨款1580万美元渔业资源灾害资金，资金由国会通过《2025年美国救助法》（American Relief Act, 2025）拨出，用于应对2019年至2024年间发生在佛罗里达州、加州以及华盛顿州 Makah 部落的多起已宣布的渔业资源灾害。
本次拨款涵盖的灾害包括：佛罗里达州2022年飓风「伊恩」（Hurricane Ian）造成的渔业损失；Makah 部落2020年与2021年的海洋条约拖网渔业损失；Makah 部落2019年、2020年、2021年与2023年的 Fraser 河红鲑渔业损失；以及加州2023/2024渔业季的红海胆渔业损失。NOAA 渔业局（NOAA Fisheries）依据各灾害的商业收入损失数据，在符合条件的灾害之间分配这笔资金。
NOAA 局长 Neil Jacobs 表示，美国海产品产业在沿海经济中扮演关键角色，渔民靠每一次出海维持生计，而渔业灾害会给依赖这些资源的企业与社区带来毁灭性影响，NOAA 致力于支持沿海企业与社区渡过难关。NOAA 渔业局助理局长 Eugenio Piñeiro Soler 表示，这批灾害资金是对受灾社区的切实帮助，有助于减轻影响并恢复渔业。
NOAA 表示，这笔资金旨在提升受灾渔业的长期经济与环境可持续性，可用于直接补助商业渔民、休闲渔民与包船经营业者，支持岸边基础设施、栖息地恢复、由州政府执行的船只与捕捞许可回购、职业再培训等项目。受灾企业与部落实体还可考虑通过联邦救助渠道申请其他贷款与资金，例如小企业局（SBA）的经济伤害灾害贷款（EIDL）。
下一步，NOAA 渔业局将向各受灾方发出非竞争性的资助机会通知函，受助方须在120天内向 NOAA 渔业局提交申请。NOAA 表示，受此次灾害影响的渔业社区与个人应按规定与所在州政府或部落政府对接办理。
Commerce Department Allocates $15.8 Million in Fishery Disaster Funding, Covering California's Red Sea Urchin Fishery
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) announced on October 23 that the U.S. Department of Commerce will allocate $15.8 million in fishery resource disaster funding, appropriated by Congress in the American Relief Act, 2025. The funding will address multiple previously declared fishery resource disasters that occurred in Florida, California, and for the Makah Tribe in Washington state between 2019 and 2024.
The disasters covered by the allocation include Florida's losses from Hurricane Ian in 2022; the Makah Tribe's ocean treaty troll fishery in 2020 and 2021; the Makah Tribe's Fraser River sockeye salmon fisheries in 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2023; and California's red sea urchin fishery in the 2023/2024 season. NOAA Fisheries used commercial revenue loss information to allocate the funding across the eligible disasters.
"The U.S. seafood industry plays a critical role in our coastal economy," said NOAA Administrator Neil Jacobs. "Our fishermen depend on each catch to sustain their livelihoods, yet fishery disasters can have devastating impacts on the businesses and communities that rely on these resources. NOAA is committed to supporting and uplifting our coastal businesses and communities through such challenges so they can continue to thrive." Eugenio Pineiro Soler, assistant administrator for NOAA Fisheries, said the allocations are a tangible way to assist the affected communities in mitigating impacts and restoring fisheries.
NOAA said the funds are intended to improve the long-term economic and environmental sustainability of the impacted fisheries. Eligible uses include direct assistance to commercial fishermen, recreational fishermen and for-hire businesses, shore-side infrastructure projects, habitat restoration, state-run vessel and fishing permit buybacks, and job retraining. Eligible businesses and tribal entities may also be able to access other federal relief programs, such as the Small Business Administration's Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL) program.
In the next steps, NOAA Fisheries will issue a non-competitive Notice of Funding Opportunity letter to the fishery disaster recipients, who will have 120 days to submit an application to NOAA Fisheries. NOAA said fishing communities and individuals affected by the disasters should work with their state or tribal government, as appropriate.
来源：GSM·美国（原文链接）
图片来源：加州红海胆（资料图），其2023/2024渔业季被列入本次联邦灾害救助。照片：Taollan82 摄，CC BY 3.0，经 Wikimedia Commons。 / A California red sea urchin (file photo); its 2023/2024 fishery is among the disasters covered by this federal allocation. Photo: Taollan82, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
