Surdna Foundation Fisheries-Related Grants
Provided by Nils Stolpe - FishNet USA
Note: Due to inconsistencies in how the data for the various grants are entered, there might be other fishing-related grants that weren'y captured her. 
I would suggest that you familiarize yourself with the database yourself - the search page is at http://www.surdna.org/what-we-fund/search-our-grants.html - and let me know if you discover any discrepancies.
Grantor Year Grantee Amount                         Description
Surdna 2007 Alaska Marine Conservation Council $150,000 For a joint initiative of 3 organizations to: develop business plans for sustainable fisheries trusts in Alaska and Cape Cod; to implement a trust; and to assess the need/opportunity to create a national infrastructure and methodology to implement trusts.
Surdna 2008 Alaska Marine Conservation Council $300,000 Support to continue development of Sustainable Fisheries Trusts that will finance Alaska and Cape Cod community-based fishermen employing conservation practices and whose access to the fisheries is critical to economic and social vitality.
Surdna 2007 Cape Cod Commercial Hook Fishermen's Association $180,000 To provide general operating support policy reform campaigns for herring and groundfish, and to implement the nation's first Sustainable Fisheries Trust.
Surdna 2010 Cape Cod Commercial Hook Fishermen's Association $75,000 For the creation of Sustainable Fisheries Trusts in Alaska and Cape Cod that will finance community-based fishermen, employing conservation practices vital to ocean health and whose access to fisheries is critical to local economic and social vitality.
Surdna 2010 Cape Cod Commercial Hook Fishermen's Association $15,000 For a comprehensive assessment of the organization as it enters its second decade as a professionally staffed nonprofit.
Surdna 2010 Cape Cod Commercial Hook Fishermen's Association $150,000 To grow the Cape Cod Fisheries Trust into a nationally significant model for preserving marine ecosystems and ensuring the environmental, economic, and cultural sustainability of the communities on which they depend.
Surdna 2010 Ecotrust $75,000 For the creation of Sustainable Fisheries Trusts in Alaska and Cape Cod that will finance community-based fishermen, employing conservation practices vital to ocean health and whose access to fisheries is critical to local economic and social vitality.
Surdna 2010 Ecotrust $150,000 To establish the Alaska Sustainable Fisheries Trust as a durable model leveraged to catalyze creation of a national network of community based fishing entities working to achieve healthy fisheries and fishing economies.
Surdna 2010 Marine Conservation Biology Institute $450,000 General support to grow and expand the capacity of a leading science and advocacy organization to become a more effective catalyst for change in oceans particularly in domestic fishing issues and place based ecosystem conservation.
Surdna 2010 Marine Conservation Biology Institute $115,000 To fund a scientific thought leader and catalyst to advance innovative policies and management strategies that will protect marine biodiversity and sustain ocean resources.
Surdna 2007 Marine Conservation Biology Institute $450,000 General support to grow and expand the capacity of a leading science and advocacy organization to become a more effective catalyst for change in oceans particularly in domestic fishing issues and place based ecosystem conservation.
Surdna 2007 Marine Fish Conservation Network $75,000 To defend the conservation provisions of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act and promote the recommendations of the Pew Oceans Commission and US Commission on Ocean Policy.
Surdna 2008 Marine Fish Conservation Network $150,000 To ensure that implementation of the conservation gains made through passage of the reauthorization of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act in 2007 will strengthen U.S. fisheries management.
Surdna 2010 Marine Fish Conservation Network $75,000 To press for implementation of the conservation measures in the Magnuson-Stevens Act; advocate for its ecosystem principles; seek more appropriations for fisheries data collection/analysis; and frame the next MSA reauthorization.
Surdna 2007 National Environmental Trust $150,000 For a campaign to defend federal marine conservation policy provisions by generating greater public awareness and involvement in fisheries issues.
Surdna 2009 Northwest Atlantic Marine Alliance $15,000 For organizational c apacity building that promotes NAMA's efforts to revitalize poverty-stricken fishing communities.
Surdna 2007 Pew Charitable Trusts $215,000 To facilitate strategic planning and coordination of multiple fishery conservation efforts which employ diverse community-based advocacy and empowerment approaches, and to fund several such efforts.
Surdna 2008 Pew Charitable Trusts $200,000 To facilitate strategic planning and coordination of multiple fishery conservation initiatives that employ diverse community-based advocacy and empowerment approaches, and to provide financial support for selected projects.
TOTAL $2,990,000