The NOAA Coral Reef Management Grant Program,
as authorized under the Coral Reef Conservation Act of 2000, provides
matching grants to the Governors appointed point of contact agencies
for the jurisdictions of Puerto Rico, the U. S. Virgin Islands (USVI),
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Florida, Hawaii, Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands
(CNMI), and American Samoa for State and Territory Coral Reef
Management activities.
The objective of the State and Territory Coral
Reef Management Grant program is to support comprehensive management
programs for the conservation of coral reef ecosystems in these
jurisdictions.