{"id":488,"date":"2014-02-05T20:51:17","date_gmt":"2014-02-05T20:51:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bbedc.aktechproof.com\/?page_id=488"},"modified":"2026-01-05T20:44:41","modified_gmt":"2026-01-05T20:44:41","slug":"vessel-acquisition-program","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/bbedc.com\/?page_id=488","title":{"rendered":"Vessel Acquisition Program"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/bbedc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Charles-Mincher-Pg-22.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"975\" height=\"535\" alt=\"\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8138\" src=\"https:\/\/bbedc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Charles-Mincher-Pg-22.jpg\" style=\"width: 475px; height: 261px; border-width: 3px; border-style: solid; margin: 5px; float: right;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bbedc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Charles-Mincher-Pg-22.jpg 975w, https:\/\/bbedc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Charles-Mincher-Pg-22-300x165.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bbedc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Charles-Mincher-Pg-22-768x421.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 975px) 100vw, 975px\" \/><\/a>The <strong>Vessel Acquisition Program<\/strong> is offered to residents of the&nbsp;BBEDC CDQ and Bristol Bay watershed&nbsp;communities in order to enhance the opportunity for resident fishers to obtain a competitive and efficient vessel.&nbsp; Through an evaluative process, participants may receive technical assistance, equity assistance (sweat equity), interest subsidy, training, an RSW incentive, and\/or down payment assistance.&nbsp; Participation is contingent upon the applicant&#39;s ability to obtain and maintain a loan from approved lenders.&nbsp;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\tApplications accepted September 1-April 1\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/bbedc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/2026-VAP-Application-Authorization-Forms-fillable-12-25-final.pdf\">2026&nbsp;Vessel Acquisition Program Application<\/a>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/bbedc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/2026-VAP-Fact-Sheet-Final-12-25-final.pdf\">2026&nbsp;Vessel Acquisition Program Fact Sheet<\/a>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\tResidency is a requirement, if you have any any questions regarding residency requirements or questions about any absences you may need to take, please contact BBEDC and have them addressed BEFORE you begin your travel.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\tFor more information, contact Alice Ruby 1-907-842-4370 or 1-800-478-4370.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Vessel Acquisition Program is offered to residents of the&nbsp;BBEDC CDQ and Bristol Bay watershed&nbsp;communities in order to enhance the opportunity for resident fishers to obtain a competitive and efficient vessel.&nbsp; Through an evaluative process, participants may receive technical assistance, equity assistance (sweat equity), interest subsidy, training, an RSW incentive, and\/or down payment assistance.&nbsp; Participation [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":247,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-488","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bbedc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/488","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bbedc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bbedc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bbedc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bbedc.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=488"}],"version-history":[{"count":43,"href":"https:\/\/bbedc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/488\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9137,"href":"https:\/\/bbedc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/488\/revisions\/9137"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bbedc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/247"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bbedc.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=488"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}