# Western Pacific Sustainable Fisheries Fund

**Agency:** Commerce  
**Account:** Western Pacific Sustainable Fisheries Fund  
**Source document:** National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration · p. 391  
**Vintage:** President's Budget PB2027  
**Canonical URL:** https://hitchintel.com/budget/commerce/western-pacific-sustainable-fisheries-fund  

> **Trust:** parsed from the agency Congressional Justification. Approximate, **not summable**, verify at the cited page.


## Commerce discretionary budget authority (OMB PBDB — authoritative)

FY2027 $7.00B, FY2026 $11.90B. This is the agency total, not a sum of the parsed lines.


## What this funds

The Western Pacific Sustainable Fisheries Fund serves as a repository for any permit payments received by the Secretary for foreign sometimes known as the Pacific remote island areas (PRIA). Funds are available to: ' The Western Pacific Council for the purpose of carrying out implementation of a marine conservation plan (see below for ' The Secretary of State mutually agreed upon travel expenses for no more than two Federal representatives incurred as a direct result of negotiations and entering into a Pacific Insular Area fishery agreement. These fishery agreements authorize foreign fishing within the exclusive economic zone adjacent to a Pacific Insular Area other than American Samoa, Guam, or the Northern Mariana Islands, at the request of the Western Pacific Council. ' The Western Pacific Council to meet conservation and management objectives in the State of Hawaii if monies remain in the Western Pacific Sustainable Fisheries Fund after the funding requirements of Section 204(e) subparagraphs (A) and (B) of the 2006 amendments to the MSA have been satisfied. In the case of violations by foreign vessels occurring in these areas, amounts received by the Secretary attributable to fines and penalties are deposited into the fund to be used for fisheries enforcement and for implementation of a marine conservation plan. Additionally, any funds or contributions received in support of conservation and management objectives under a Marine Conservation Plan for any Pacific Insular Area other than American Samoa, Guam, or the Northern Mariana Islands are deposited in the fund.


**Where it sits:** Civilian / Non-Defense › Commerce › National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration › Western Pacific Sustainable Fisheries Fund


*HitchAI is an independent intelligence service, not affiliated with the U.S. government. Civilian line dollars are parsed from agency Congressional Justifications and are approximate.*