New Jersey to Receive $800K for Seafood Processors Through Pandemic Response Grant
New Jersey congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. announced that New Jersey will receive $826,807 from the USDA to help support the state’s seafood processors that were impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic.
The funding will also head to worker protection against the virus. The grant is from the Seafood Processors Pandemic Response and Safety (SPRS) Block Grant Program which was included in the Omnibus and Coronavirus Relief Bill Congress passed and was signed into law in December 2020.
"The COVID-19 pandemic deeply affected our state’s fishing...
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