• Monitoring U.S. maritime and trade policies.

Duration: January 1, 2008 to present

General Issues: Marine/Maritime/Boating/Fisheries, Homeland Security

Spending: about $600,000 (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 2008: House of Representatives, U.S. Senate, Federal Maritime Commission, Maritime Administration (MARAD), U.S. Coast Guard (USCG), U.S. Customs & Border Protection, Commerce - Dept of (DOC), Homeland Security - Dept of (DHS), Maritime Administration (MARAD),, U.S. Senate,, Commerce - Dept of (DOC), Transportation - Dept of (DOT), Transportation - Dept of (DOT),