# Fish and Aquatic Conservation

**Agency:** Interior  
**Account:** Resource Management  
**Source document:** Fish and Wildlife Service · p. 25  
**Vintage:** President's Budget PB2027  
**Canonical URL:** https://hitchintel.com/budget/interior/fish-and-aquatic-conservation  

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

## Funding ($M)

| Fiscal year | Basis | Amount |
| --- | --- | --- |
| FY2026 | enacted | 225.8 |
| FY2027 | request | 154.6 |

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

FY2027 $18.80B, FY2026 $17.30B. This is the agency total, not a sum of the parsed lines.


## What this funds

Fish and Aquatic Conservation used contributed funds to support the Aquatic Animal Drug Approval Federal, State, private, Tribal, and university partners participated in the INAD Program that included 19 INADs to choose from. INAD treatments were used in over 775 studies on approximately 24 million fish. Therapeutic types of INADs that were administered to sick fish saved 83% of the treated fish that would One example of how the INAD Program is being used is by the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources where a spawning aid is being used to develop a successful tiger muskie production program in their state. The use of this spawning aid has dramatically increased the number of tiger muskie fry for not only Utah but for the surrounding states as well. The tiger muskie production program in Utah manages fish populations by introducing sterile tiger muskies into Utah waters. This program not only helps to control nuisance fish but also creates better fishing opportunities. Without this INAD, and support of the INAD Program, tiger muskie production in Utah would suffer and possibly come to an end. Lee Kay Hathery manager Chad Hill injecting female Muskellunge with Carp Pituitary Extract. All spawning activity takes place at the Lee Kay facility where we have 4 brood ponds. Photo Credit: UTDWR. Department of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, as amended, (P.L. 98-473, section 320; 98 Stat. 1874). Provides that all rents and charges collected for quarters of agencies funded by the Act shall be deposited and remain available until expended for the maintenance and operation of quarters Flood Control Act, as amended, (16 U.S.C. 460d). Provides that receipts collected from the sales of timber and crops produced on U.S. Army Corps of Engineers land leased by another Federal agency for natural resources conservation may be used to cover expenses of producing these products and for managing the land for natural resource purposes. by Department of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations Act for FY 1998, (P.L. 105-277). Authorizes certain revenues and donations from non-Federal entities to be deposited into the Lahontan Valley and Pyramid Lake Fish and Wildlife Fund to support restoration and enhancement of wetlands in the Lahontan Valley and to restore and protect the Pyramid Lake fishery, including the recovery of two endangered or threatened species of fish. Payments to the Bureau of Reclamation for storage in Northern Nevada's Washoe Project that exceed the operation and maintenance costs of Stampede Reservoir are deposited into the Fund and are available without further appropriation, starting in FY 1996. Beginning in FY 1998, P.L. 105-277 provides that receipts from the sales of certain lands by the Secretary of the Interior are to be deposited into the Lahontan Valley and Pyramid Lake Fish and Wildlife Fund. Commercial Filming Fee, (P.L. 113-287). This law authorizes a fee system for commercial filming activities on Service land and to use the fees for expenditure by the Secretary, without further Community Partnership Enhancement Act of 1998, (16 U.S.C.742f). This Act authorizes the cooperative agreements with nonprofit organizations, academic institutions, or State and local governments to construct, operate, maintain, or improve refuge facilities and services, and to promote volunteer outreach The Operations and Maintenance of Quarters (Quarters) Account uses receipts from the rental of Service- owned quarters to pay for maintenance of those quarters. Certain circumstances, including a lack of off- site residences and site isolation, require Service personnel to occupy government-owned quarters. Such work includes protecting fish hatchery stock (e.g. maintaining water flow to fish rearing ponds during freezing temperatures), monitoring water management facilities, ensuring the health and welfare of visitors, responding to fires and floods, and protecting government property. As described in 16 U.S.C. 460(d), receipts collected from the sale of timber and crops from National Wildlife Refuge System lands leased or licensed from the Department of the Army may be used to pay the costs of production of the timber and crops and for managing wildlife habitat. Twenty-three National Wildlife Refuges were established as overlay projects on U.S. Army Corps of Engineers land, and they are administered in accordance with cooperative agreements. The agreements provide that timber and grain may be harvested and sold with the receipts returned for development, conservation, maintenance, and utilization of such lands. The Service has used these funds in the past for soil amendments; road construction and repairs; and ditch and fence construction and maintenance. These expenses cannot exceed the receipt amounts deposited as proceeds from sales. Lahontan Valley and Pyramid Lake Fish and Wildlife Fund Pursuant to the Truckee-Carson Pyramid Lake Water Rights Settlement Act of 1990, the Lahontan Valley and Pyramid Lake Fish and Wildlife Fund receives revenues and donations from non-Federal parties to support the restoration and enhancement of wetlands in the Lahontan Valley and t


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*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.*