Stan Mayfield Working Waterfronts Capital Outlay Grant Program

The Stan Mayfield Working Waterfronts Capital Outlay Grant Program is administered by the Florida Department of Environmental Protection. The program supports Florida's commercial fishing and marine aquaculture industries by providing financial assistance for working waterfront infrastructure. Its purpose is to help maintain and enhance seafood-related operations while supporting Florida's seafood economy. The program specifically identifies infrastructure and facilities used for receiving, unloading, processing, and otherwise supporting seafood operations. Funding has been appropriated for the FY 2026-27 funding cycle. Eligible applicants identified by the program include commercial saltwater products businesses, commercial saltwater wholesale dealers, retail seafood license holders, seafood houses, and marine aquaculture operations. Applicants must demonstrate that the proposed project provides a benefit to the local economy. The source also directs prospective applicants to relevant Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission licensing and permitting information and Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services aquaculture information, including information concerning the Aquaculture Certificate of Registration. No broader eligibility for nonprofit organizations, governmental entities, educational institutions, or individuals is stated in the supplied program information. The program provides funding for projects that strengthen working waterfront infrastructure, including facilities used to receive, unload, process, and support seafood operations. The supplied source does not state an award minimum, award maximum, total program funding amount, anticipated number of awards, or required applicant matching amount. It does state that grant funding is awarded on a first-come, first-served basis. Because no cost share or matching requirement is identified in the supplied information, no matching requirement is recorded. Applicants should rely on the program's official funding information and application guidance for any additional expense or reimbursement requirements not reproduced in the supplied source. Applications for the FY 2026-27 cycle were accepted electronically through the FDEP Grant Portal. The submission cycle opened Monday, August 3, 2026, at 8:00 a.m. EDT and closed Monday, August 17, 2026, at 5:00 p.m. EDT. Applications received after the published deadline are not accepted or considered for funding. Applicants were encouraged to establish their FDEP Grant Portal user account and login credentials before the application cycle opened so that account setup would not interfere with timely submission. Account registration itself is not identified as a pre-application competitive gating stage. Applicants are required to view the program's pre-recorded webinar materials because they must attest to having completed this action during application submission. The available webinar materials address the program overview and purpose, application cycle and grant funding, eligibility requirements and expenses, FDEP Grant Portal and account registration, application submission, supporting exhibit documentation, and the grant agreement lifecycle and reimbursement process. The program page also identifies supporting exhibit documentation including Exhibit A, Payment Request Summary Form; Exhibit B, Property Reporting Form; and Exhibit C, Annual Progress Report. The supplied information does not provide a scored evaluation framework or identify weighted evaluation criteria. It does, however, require applicants to demonstrate a benefit to the local economy and states that available grant funding is awarded on a first-come, first-served basis. For program questions, applicants may contact the Stan Mayfield Working Waterfronts Capital Outlay Grant Program at SMWorkingWaterfrontsCO@FloridaDEP.gov or by telephone at 850-245-2555. The FY 2026-27 submission period ended August 17, 2026. The supplied information does not expressly state that the opportunity recurs annually or otherwise establish a recurring application schedule, and it does not provide a future application cycle, award notification date, or project performance period. Accordingly, no future cycle is projected from the supplied information.

Establish FDEP Grant Portal credentials before the application cycle to avoid submission delays; complete the required webinar viewing and attestation; clearly demonstrate benefit to the local economy; submit before the published deadline because late applications are not accepted; submit promptly because funding is awarded on a first-come, first-served basis.