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Fishermen's Contingency Fund

Program Information

Popular name

Fisheries Contingency Fund

Program Number

11.408

Program objective

To compensate U.S. commercial fishermen for damage/loss of fishing gear and 50 percent of resulting economic loss due to oil and gas related activities in any area of the Outer Continental Shelf.

Program expenditures, by FY (2023 - 2025)

This chart shows obligations for the program by fiscal year. All data for this chart was provided by the administering agency and sourced from SAM.gov, USASpending.gov, and Treasury.gov.

For more information on each of these data sources, please see the About the data page.

Additional program information

Single Audit Applies (2 CFR Part 200 Subpart F):

For additional information on single audit requirements for this program, review the current Compliance Supplement.

OMB is working with the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) and agency offices of inspectors general to include links to relevant oversight reports. This section will be updated once this information is made available.

Available from Chief, Financial Services Division, National Marine Fisheries Service. 43 U.S.C. 1841 et seq; 50 CFR Part 296.

  1. IV, 402, Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act Amendments of 1978.

Program details

Categories & sub-categories

Business and Commerce

Eligible beneficiaries

  • Anyone/general public
  • Individual/Family

Additional resources