Sign-up for USDA NRCS’s EQIP by October 3
September 22, 2025
The USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) in Florida has begun accepting applications for the Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP). Last year, disaster assistance funding introduced growers impacted by the 2024 hurricane season to EQIP Conservation Practice 400 – Bivalve Aquaculture Gear and Biofouling Control – the first practice made available for shellfish growers in Florida! The program is now available for all Florida shellfish growers. The deadline to apply for this practice is October 3, 2025. EQIP Conservation Practice 400, a voluntary practice, involves cycling new or clean gear with production gear in waters where biofouling of gear occurs. The fouled gear
