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Code of Federal Regulations Title 50. Wildlife and Fisheries § 50.80.65 Does an agency have to allocate funds between marine and freshwater fisheries projects?

Current as of January 02, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

Yes. Each coastal State's fish and wildlife agency must equitably allocate the funds apportioned under the Dingell–Johnson Sport Fish Restoration Act between projects with benefits for marine fisheries and projects with benefits for freshwater fisheries.

(a) The subprograms authorized by the Dingell–Johnson Sport Fish Restoration Act do not have to allocate funding in the same manner as long as the State fish and wildlife agency equitably allocates Dingell–Johnson Sport Fish Restoration funds as a whole between marine and freshwater fisheries.

(b) The coastal States for purposes of this allocation are:

(1) Alabama, Alaska, California, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mississippi, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Oregon, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Texas, Virginia, and Washington;

(2) The Commonwealths of Puerto Rico and the Northern Mariana Islands;  and

(3) The territories of Guam, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and American Samoa.

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