The Sport Fish Restoration Program provides grant funds to State and Territorial fish and wildlife agencies for projects to restore, conserve, manage, and enhance sport fish, water resources, and aquatic life.
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The Sport Fish Restoration Program, authorized by the Sport Fish Restoration Act (Dingell-Johnson DJ) of 1950, was created to restore and better manage America's declining fishery resources and was modeled after the successful Wildlife Restoration Program. The Program includes the Recreational Boating Access and Aquatic Resource Education subprograms.
§ 80.51 What activities are eligible for funding under the Dingell-Johnson Sport Fish Restoration Act?
The following activities are eligible for funding under the Dingell-Johnson Sport Fish Restoration Act:
(a) Sport Fish Restoration program.
(1) Restore and manage sport fish for the benefit of the public.
(2) Conduct research on the problems of managing fish and their habitat and the problems of fish culture if necessary to administer sport fish resources efficiently.
(3) Obtain data to guide and direct the regulation of fishing. These data may be on:
(i) Size and geographic range of sport fish populations;
(ii) Changes in sport fish populations due to fishing, other human activities, or natural causes; and
(iii) Effects of any measures or regulations applied.
(4) Develop and adopt plans to restock sport fish and forage fish in the natural areas or districts covered by the plans; and obtain data to develop, carry out, and test the effectiveness of the plans.
(5) Stock fish for recreational purposes.
(6) Acquire real property suitable or capable of being made suitable for:
(i) Sport fish habitat or as a buffer to protect that habitat, or
(ii) Public access for sport fishing. Closures to sport fishing must be based on the recommendations of the State fish and wildlife agency for fish and wildlife management purposes.
(7) Restore, rehabilitate, improve, or manage:
(i) Aquatic areas adaptable for sport fish habitat, or
(ii) Land adaptable as a buffer to protect sport fish habitat.
(8) Build structures or acquire equipment, goods, and services to:
(i) Restore, rehabilitate, or improve aquatic habitat for sport fish, or land as a buffer to protect aquatic habitat for sport fish; or
(ii) Provide public access for sport fishing.
(9) Construct, renovate, operate, or maintain pumpout and dump stations. A pumpout station is a facility that pumps or receives sewage from a type III marine sanitation device that the U.S. Coast Guard requires on some vessels. A dump station, also referred to as a “waste reception facility,” is specifically designed to receive waste from portable toilets on vessels.
(10) Operate or maintain:
(i) Projects that the State fish and wildlife agency completed under the Dingell-Johnson Sport Fish Restoration Act; or
(ii) Facilities that the agency acquired or constructed with funds other than those authorized by the Dingell-Johnson Sport Fish Restoration Act if these facilities are necessary to carry out activities authorized by the Act.
(11) Coordinate grants in the Sport Fish Restoration program and related programs and subprograms.
[76 FR 46156, Aug. 1, 2011]
Sport Fish Restoration Program Quick Reference
Aquatic Resource Education Subprogram
Recreational Boating Access Subprogram
Sport Fish Restoration Program Apportionments