R6 Sport Fish Restoration Grant Program TO STATE FISH & GAME AGENCIES ONLY | F16AS00059

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The R6 Sport Fish Restoration Grant Program (Funding Opportunity Number F16AS00059) is a mandatory federal grant program administered by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service under CFDA 15.605. It is explicitly limited to state fish and game agencies (eligible applicants are state governments only) and supports work in the natural resources category. The program traces back to the Sport Fish Restoration Act of 1950, also known as the Dingell-Johnson Sport Fish Restoration Act (16 U.S.C. 777-777m). The law was designed as a fisheries counterpart to the Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration Act, creating a dedicated funding and management framework focused on conserving, restoring, and improving sport fish resources for public benefit.

A key feature of this program is how it is funded. Rather than relying primarily on general tax revenue, Sport Fish Restoration is supported by excise taxes collected from manufacturers of sport fishing equipment such as rods, reels, creels, lures, flies, and artificial baits. Those excise tax revenues are deposited into the U.S. Treasury and then made available through the grant program. In 1984, the Wallop-Breaux Amendment expanded the program by extending excise taxes to additional sport fishing equipment that had not previously been taxed, strengthening and broadening the revenue base that supports fisheries and boating-related conservation work.

In terms of what the funding is intended to accomplish, SFR grants are aimed at efforts that restore, conserve, manage, or enhance sport fish populations and improve the public use and benefits tied to those resources. That can include activities that directly improve fisheries (for example, population management, habitat and resource improvements, and conservation initiatives) as well as projects that expand or improve boating access to public waters, which is an important part of ensuring the public can actually use and benefit from healthy fisheries and water resources.

The opportunity is listed as a grant funding instrument and was originally posted with a closing date of 2017-08-31 (with a creation date of 2015-12-16). The award ceiling is shown as 0 in the source data, which typically indicates the listing does not specify a single maximum award amount in that field and that funding levels are determined by the program structure, allocations, and project approvals rather than a single stated cap in the announcement. Additional program background and reference material is provided through the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Sport Fish Restoration pages at http://wsfrprograms.fws.gov/Subpages/GrantPrograms/SFR/SFR.htm.

• The Fish and Wildlife Service in the natural resources sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "R6 Sport Fish Restoration Grant Program TO STATE FISH & GAME AGENCIES ONLY" 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 2015-12-16.
• Applicants must submit their applications by 2017-08-31. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
• Eligible applicants include: State governments.

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