State CPRG Resource Center
Learn and Take Action
Forty-six states are developing Comprehensive Climate Action Plans (CCAPs) in 2024-2025 as a result of the Environmental Protection Agency’s Climate Pollution Reduction Grants (CPRG) program, with another 173 CCAPS simultaneously led by tribes and metropolitan areas.
These plans will set in motion several decades of climate policy and investment, and they represent a critical moment to shape decarbonization pathways. The resources on this page synthesize timely information and targeted opportunities to help fishermen center fishery friendly climate action in their state CCAP processes.
The Fishery Friendly Climate Action Campaign is available to support state-based and local groups of fishermen make the most of their opportunity to engage in state-level CCAP processes by:
Tracking state-level CCAP processes and providing you with cues, tips, and tricks on when and how to engage in these processes for the most meaningful and efficient impact;
Being a thought partner for you as you strategize on how your own group will engage in these processes;
If desired, liaise on your behalf with state-level CCAP planning bodies to convey your priorities and/or obtain more information to help you engage;
Share knowledge and best practices gleaned from fishermen’s participation in other state-level CCAP processes with you and help you integrate these lessons into your own CCAP strategy; and
If there is sufficient interest from multiple states, we will convene an interstate community of practice to support collaborative learning and strategizing across the fishing industry.
KEY LINKS
State CCAP programs:
State Updates:
Click the fact sheets to learn more.
Fishing Communities Taking Action
In September 2024, Massachusetts fishermen and fisheries associations asked the Massachusetts Office of Climate Innovation and Resilience to :
Meaningfully engage with the Massachusetts fishing and seafood community in the context of the CCAP, using the same climate justice-informed values that they would use when engaging with any other frontline and fenceline community in Massachusetts.
Consider impacts to ocean ecosystems, fishing activities, and fishing dependent communities within their analysis of co-benefits and disbenefits associated with GHG reduction measures considered in the CCAP, and use this analysis to prioritize the plan’s reliance on measures that are “fishery friendly”
Read the full letter and watch for future updates as fishing communities continue to promote fishery friendly climate action in state CCAP processes.