Fisheries Management: Administration of the Sport Fish Restoration
Program (Chapter Report, 11/08/93, GAO/RCED-94-4).

The long-term decline in the quality of sport fishing in the United
States prompted the creation in 1950 of the Sport Fish Restoration
Program, which seeks to restore, conserve, and enhance the nation's
sport fishery resources.  During fiscal years 1998-92, the program
received nearly $1 billion in federal funding.  In response to
congressional concerns about the program's rapid expansion and about
whether program money was being used for its intended purposes, this
report determines (1) the extent to which the Fish and Wildlife Service
(FWS) used these funds to run the program, (2) whether FWS' use of
program funds for special investigations helped the agency to achieve
the program's goals, (3) whether the states allocated the required
amount of funds to freshwater and marine projects, and (4) the extent to
which the states programmed funds to enhance fish habitat.  GAO limited
its review to five coastal states--California, Florida, North Carolina,
Texas, and Washington--that historically have either received the
largest apportionments of program funds or have underwritten a diverse
range of sport fish projects.

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 REPORTNUM:  RCED-94-4
     TITLE:  Fisheries Management: Administration of the Sport Fish 
             Restoration Program
      DATE:  11/08/93
   SUBJECT:  Fishery legislation
             Wildlife management
             Marine policies
             Marine resources conservation
             Funds management
             State-administered programs
             Federal aid to states
             Fishing industry
             Federal/state relations
             Oceanographic research
IDENTIFIER:  California
             Florida
             North Carolina
             Texas
             Washington
             FWS Sport Fish Program
             Dept. of the Interior Take Pride in America Program
             Federal Aid in Wildlife Restoration Fund
             Aquatic Resources Trust Fund
             Wildlife Refuge Fund
             Cooperative Endangered Species Conservation Fund
             North American Wetlands Conservation Fund
             
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