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Department of Fish and Game
| DEPARTMENT | FY 2015 Budgetary Recommendations |
FY 2015 Federal, Trust, and ISF |
FY 2015 Total Spending |
FY 2015 Budgetary Non-Tax Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Department of Fish and Game | 23,906 | 6,801 | 30,708 | 17,611 |
| account | description | amount | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND GAME | 30,707,554 | |||||||||
| Budgetary Direct Appropriations | 23,906,159 | |||||||||
| Direct Appropriations | ||||||||||
| 2300-0100 | Department of Fish and Game Administration
For the office of the commissioner; provided, that the commissioner's office shall assess and receive payments from the division of marine fisheries, the division of fisheries and wildlife and all other programs under the control of the department of fish and game; provided further, that the purpose of those assessments shall be to cover appropriate administrative costs of the department, including but not limited to payroll, personnel, legal and other budgetary costs; and provided further, that the amount and contribution from each division or program shall be determined by the commissioner of fish and game |
768,414 | ||||||||
| 2300-0101 | Riverways Protection Restoration and Public Access Promotion
For the division of ecological restoration and riverways protection program and for the promotion of public access to rivers and wetland restoration, including grants to public and nonpublic entities; provided, that the positions funded in this item shall not be subject to chapter 31 of the General Laws |
507,404 | ||||||||
| 2300-3025 | Division of Fisheries and Wildlife Field Headquarters
For the costs charged by the Division of Capital Asset Management and Maintenance (DCAMM) to the Department of Fish and Game in connection with the Division of Fisheries and Wildlife Headquarters building in Westborough; provided that all operating, maintenance and other expenses charged to the Department shall be in accordance with a service level agreement entered into between the Department of Fish and Game, the Division of Fisheries and Wildlife and DCAMM; provided further, that 100 % of the expenses from DCAMM to be paid by the Division of Fisheries and Wildlife shall be charged to the Inland Fisheries and Game Fund by the office of the state comptroller each fiscal year; and provided further that all other expenses charged by DCAMM to the Department of Fish and Game, including associated overhead expenses, shall be charged to the General Fund of the commonwealth
|
587,080 | ||||||||
| 2310-0200 | Division of Fisheries and Wildlife Administration
For the administration of the division of fisheries and wildlife, including the fisheries and wildlife board, the administration of game farms and wildlife restoration projects, wildlife research and management, administration of fish hatcheries, improvement and management of lakes, ponds and rivers, fish and wildlife restoration projects, the commonwealth's share of certain cooperative fishery and wildlife programs and certain programs reimbursable under the federal Aid to Fish and Wildlife Restoration Act; provided, that funds may be expended to supplement the natural heritage and endangered species program
|
12,000,838 | ||||||||
| 2310-0300 | Natural Heritage and Endangered Species Program
For the operation of the natural heritage and endangered species program |
150,000 | ||||||||
| 2310-0306 | Hunter Safety Program
For the hunter safety training program
|
426,872 | ||||||||
| 2310-0316 | Wildlife Habitat Purchase
For the purchase of land containing wildlife habitat and for the costs of the division of fisheries and wildlife directly related to the administration of the wildlands stamp program under sections 2A and 2C of chapter 131 of the General Laws
|
1,500,000 | ||||||||
| 2310-0317 | Waterfowl Management Program
For the waterfowl management program established under section 11 of chapter 131 of the General Laws
|
65,000 | ||||||||
| 2320-0100 | Fishing and Boating Access
For the office of fishing and boating access, including the maintenance, operation and improvements of public access land and water areas; provided, that positions funded in this item shall not be subject to chapter 31 of the General Laws |
537,143 | ||||||||
| 2330-0100 | Division of Marine Fisheries Administration
For the operation of the division of marine fisheries, including a program of enhancement and development of marine recreational fishing and related programs and activities, marine research programs, a commercial fisheries program and a shellfish management program, including coastal area classification, mapping and technical assistance; provided, that funds shall be expended on a recreational fisheries program to be reimbursed by federal funds; and provided further, that the division shall continue to develop strategies to improve federal regulations governing the commercial fishing industry so as to promote sustainable fisheries |
5,254,213 | ||||||||
| 2330-0120 | Marine Recreational Fisheries Development and Enhancement Prog
For the division of marine fisheries for a program of enhancement and development of marine recreational fishing and related programs and activities, including the cost of equipment, maintenance and staff and the maintenance and updating of data |
606,791 | ||||||||
| 2330-0300 | Saltwater Sportfish Licensing
For the administration and operation of the saltwater fishing permit program, under section 17C of chapter 130 of the General Laws
|
1,084,415 | ||||||||
| account | description | amount |
|---|---|---|
| Retained Revenues | ||
| 2330-0121 | Marine Recreational Fishing Fee Retained Revenue
The division of marine fisheries may expend for the sportfish restoration program an amount not to exceed $217,989 from federal reimbursements related to sportfish restoration and from the sale of materials which promote marine recreational fishing |
217,989 |
| 2330-0150 | Shellfish Purification Plant RR
For the operation and maintenance of the Newburyport shellfish purification plant; provided, that the division of marine fisheries may expend not more than $200,000 from revenue collected from fees generated by operations |
200,000 |
| account | description | amount |
|---|---|---|
| Federal Grant Spending | 2,909,585 | |
| 2300-0114 | USFWS Partners for Fish and Wildlife Program
For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, USFWS Eastern Brook Trout Joint Venture and Fish Passage |
39,770 |
| 2300-0115 | USFWS Eastern Brook Trout Joint Venture and Fish Passage
For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, USFWS Eastern Brook Trout Joint Venture and Fish Passage |
30,000 |
| 2310-0115 | Landowner Incentive Program - Tier 1
For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Landowner Incentive Program - Tier 1 |
300,000 |
| 2310-0118 | Junior Duck Stamp Program
For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Junior Duck Stamp Program |
3,000 |
| 2310-0120 | New England Cottontail
For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, New England Cottontail |
225,000 |
| 2330-9222 | Clean Vessel
For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Clean Vessel |
850,000 |
| 2330-9712 | Commercial Fisheries Statistics
For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Commercial Fisheries Statistics |
102,457 |
| 2330-9725 | Boating Infrastructure
For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Boating Infrastructure |
100,000 |
| 2330-9730 | Interstate Fisheries Management Support
For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Interstate Fisheries Management Support |
165,457 |
| 2330-9732 | Atlantic Coastal Cooperative Statistics Program Implementation
For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, ACCSP Implementation Strategic Plan |
75,000 |
| 2330-9739 | Turtle Disengagement
For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Turtle Disengagement |
300,000 |
| 2330-9741 | Massachusetts Fisheries Economic Assistance Program
For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Massachusetts Fisheries Economic Assistance Program |
500,000 |
| 2330-9742 | Age and Growth Project Segment One
For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Age and Growth Project Segment One |
218,901 |
| account | description | amount |
|---|---|---|
| Trust and Other Spending | 3,891,810 | |
| 2300-1300 | DFG Ecological Mitigation Trust | 100,000 |
| 2300-6007 | Division of Ecological Restoration Expendable Trust | 25,000 |
| 2310-0301 | Heritage and Species Program | 1,500,000 |
| 2310-0302 | Upland Sandpiper Expendable Trust | 42,359 |
| 2320-0102 | Fishing and Boating Access Expendable Trust | 104,451 |
| 2330-0101 | Marine Mammals, Fisheries Research, and Conservation Trust | 2,120,000 |
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