• HR 2706 - Billfish Conservation Act of 2011, HR 2304 - Fishery Science Improvement Act of 2011, HR 3429 - Rigs to Reefs Habitat Protection Act: Issues related to funding for fisheries, issues related to management of federal marine resources with emphasis on fisheries management; Issues surrounding the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill in S. 1451 - Billfish Conservation Act of 2011, S. 1916 - Fishery Science Improvement Act of 2011, S. 1555 - Rigs to Reefs Habitat Protect Act, and H.R. 4348/ S. 1813 - MAP-21.

Duration: March 16, 2010 to June 30, 2013

General Issues: Natural Resources, Marine/Maritime/Boating/Fisheries, Budget/Appropriations, Taxation/Internal Revenue Code

Spending: about $380,000 (But it's complicated. Here's why.)

It can be tricky to figure out how much an organization spent on a particular lobbying engagement. The law only requires lobbyists to report the amount they were paid for federal lobbying each quarter rounded to the nearest $10,000—and if it's less than $3,000 in a given quarter (or less than $13,000 for organizations with in-house lobbyists), they don't have to disclose it at all. Plus, some organizations include spending that doesn’t belong in the report—for instance, money spent lobbying state governments or other legal work.

Agencies lobbied since 2010: House of Representatives, U.S. Senate, Commerce - Dept of (DOC)