Opportunity Information: Apply for F17AS00036
The Sport Fish Restoration Grant Program - Region 5 (Funding Opportunity Number F17AS00036) is a discretionary federal grant opportunity administered by the U.S. Department of the Interior, Fish and Wildlife Service under CFDA 15.605. It is rooted in the Sport Fish Restoration Act of 1950, also known as the Dingell-Johnson Sport Fish Restoration Act (16 U.S.C. 777-777m), which was enacted on August 9, 1950 and later amended. The law was designed to mirror the Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration Act by creating a dedicated, long-term funding mechanism specifically for the conservation, management, and restoration of sport fishery resources and the broader public benefits tied to those resources.
A key feature of this program is how it is funded. Rather than relying primarily on general tax revenue, the program draws from user- and industry-linked revenues, including excise taxes on sport fishing equipment, electric motors and sonar, and import duties on fishing tackle, yachts, and pleasure craft, along with a portion of the federal gasoline tax attributable to motorboats and small engines. These revenues flow into the Sport Fish Restoration and Boating Trust Fund, from which Congress appropriates funding for grants. This structure is meant to connect boating and angling-related commerce with reinvestment into aquatic resources and access infrastructure.
The program’s purpose is broad but focused on practical, on-the-ground outcomes. Grants support efforts to restore, conserve, manage, or enhance sport fish populations, as well as projects that increase public use and enjoyment of these fisheries. In addition to biological and habitat-oriented work, the program also supports public education about aquatic resources and efforts that expand or improve boating access to public waters. In other words, it is not only about fish populations themselves, but also about the systems that sustain them and the facilities and outreach that allow the public to benefit from them responsibly.
Eligibility is limited to state governments, specifically State Fish and Wildlife Agencies, reflecting the way the program is distributed and implemented. Funding is apportioned annually according to a formula established in statute, meaning states generally receive allocations based on legislatively defined criteria rather than competing in a purely open national competition. The listing notes an award ceiling of $5,000,000. The opportunity record shows a creation date of November 29, 2016 and an original closing date of August 21, 2018 at 11:59 PM Eastern, with “Expected Awards” listed as 0 in the source record, which typically indicates that awards may be issued through apportionment processes and state-level grant workflows rather than a conventional competitive cycle with a set number of standalone awards announced under the notice.
In practical terms, this grant program functions as a major federal-state partnership mechanism for sustaining recreational fisheries and boating opportunities. It channels dedicated trust-fund revenues back into state-led work such as fishery management and restoration activities, aquatic education initiatives, and boating access improvements, with annual allocations determined by statutory formula and administered through the Fish and Wildlife Service.Apply for F17AS00036
- The Department of the Interior, Fish and Wildlife Service in the natural resources sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Sport Fish Restoration Grant Program - Region 5" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 15.605.
- This funding opportunity was created on Nov 29, 2016.
- Applicants must submit their applications by Aug 21, 2018 1159 EST. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
- Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $5,000,000.00 in funding.
- Eligible applicants include: State governments.
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