PROGRAM OBJECTIVES:
Multi-year effort to develop and test the technology of a marine stock management program in Hawaii. The marine hatchery- and-release stock enhancement concept may afford the State of Hawaii a powerful management option for protecting and enhancing some of Hawaii's depleted nearshore fishery resources.

ELIGIBLE FUNCTIONAL CATEGORIES:
1. BUSINESS AND COMMERCE;
- Commercial Fisheries;
2. FOOD AND NUTRITION;
- Research;
3. NATURAL RESOURCES;
- Wildlife Research and Preservation;
4. SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY;
- Research - Specialized;

WHO CAN BENEFIT FROM THIS PROGRAM:
- Anyone/general public;

WHO CAN APPLY:
- State (includes District of Columbia, public institutions of higher education and hospitals);
- Public non-profit institution/organization (includes institutions of higher education and hospitals);
- Other public institution/organization;
- Private non-profit institution/organization (includes institutions of higher education and hospitals);