August 12, 2020 — Four U.S. states have had their CARES Act funding distribution plans approved so far, as NOAA Fisheries continues to receive and process applications “as expeditiously as possible.”
California, Massachusetts, Oregon, and South Carolina have had CARES Act spend plans approved by NOAA. Those approvals mean the states will be able access their portions of the USD 300 million (EUR 254 million) they were allocated back in May. A fifth state, Louisiana, is indicated as having funding approval per NOAA Fisheries, but an official with the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries told SeafoodSource that as of 12 August, no offical approval documentation had been seen.