The Texas Department of Agriculture (TDA) is accepting applications for the Seafood Processors Pandemic Response and Safety (SPRS) Block Grant Program (Program) provides support to seafood processors, processing facilities and processing vessels through reimbursement of costs incurred to prepare for, prevent exposure to, and respond to the COVID-19 pandemic, including measures to protect workers against COVID-19.
Donor Name: Texas Department of Agriculture
State: Texas
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 10/28/2022
Size of the Grant: $353,135
Details:
The Seafood Processors Pandemic Response and Safety Block Grant Program provides grants to eligible state agencies and territories to support seafood processing facilities and processing vessels to respond to coronavirus, including for measures to protect workers against COVID-19.
Funding Information
- USDA has determined that the Texas allocation of SPRS funding is $353,135.
Eligibility Criteria
Seafood processors, processing facilities and processing vessels, including at-sea processors or dealers are eligible to apply for grant funding under the SPRS Program. Each processing facility or vessel may apply separately for funding; processors may only apply once for each location or vessel.
- “Processor” means the owner, operator, dealer, or agent responsible for any activity that changes the physical condition of a fisheries resource suitable for human consumption, retail sale, industrial uses, or long-term storage, including cooking, canning, smoking, salting, drying, shucking, filleting, freezing, or rendering into meal or oil. Any owner, operator, dealer, or agent exclusively gutting, gilling, heading, or icing seafood without performing any of the above activities is not considered a processor.
- “At-sea processor” means a vessel or other platform that floats and can be moved from one location to another, whether in State waters or water of the exclusive economic zone (EEZ), receiving fish and operating as a processor.
- “Dealer” means an entity that first receives fish by way of purchase and sells directly to restaurants, markets, other dealers, processors, or consumers without substantially altering the product.
For more information, visit Texas Department of Agriculture.
