• General Fisheries issues- North Pacific and Pacific fisheries, issues related to vessel safety and fisheries management (S.1124). Monitored the House (H.R.3619) and Senate (S.1194) Coast Guard Authorization Act for FY2010-2011; H.R.2652, Maritime Safety Act of 2009; and the House (H.R.3910) and Senate (S.1609) Longline Catcher Processor Subsector Single Fishery Cooperative Act.

Duration: January 1, 2008 to August 10, 2010

General Issues: Marine/Maritime/Boating/Fisheries

Spending: about $480,000 (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,, U.S. Senate, Natl Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce - Dept of (DOC)