Federal contractor · ARLINGTON, VA

ATLANTIC STATES MARINE FISHERIES COMMISSION

ATLANTIC STATES MARINE FISHERIES COMMISSION received $6.2M in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 1 awards (−38% vs FY2025). Since FY2020: $33.9M. Its largest customer was National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ($6.2M). It also received $56.9M in federal grants and other assistance in FY2026.

Obligations · FY2026: $6.2M
New awards: 1
Sole-source: 100%
Single offer: 0.0%

UEI: ZXRMKZBNC8Y1

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Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

2.5MFY2020
2.2MFY2021
3.4MFY2022
4.4MFY2023
5.3MFY2024
9.9MFY2025
6.2MFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration$6.2M100%
1 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

Professional services$6.2M100%

Where the work was performed

Barnstable County, MA$6.2M100%

Integrity signals

Shares of the year's obligations, next to the country's.

Low competition100%
US 39% · $6.2M
Sole-source awards100%
US 30% · $6.2M
Single-offer competitions0.0%
US 8.7% · $0
Urgency justifications0.0%
US 5.1% · $0

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Largest awards

SOLE SOURCE CONTRACT TO THE ATLANTIC STATES MARINE FISHERIES COMMISSION (ASMFC) FOR THE ADMINISTRATION OF INVOICE TRACKING AND REIMBURSEMENT FOR AT-SEA AND INDUSTRY-FUNDED MONITORING OBSERVER SUPPORT SERVICES FOR THE NORTHEAST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTE$13.2M
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration· Barnstable County, MA· Professional services· Sep 23, 2025 – Jul 16, 2026· 1305M325C0040

Federal grants & assistance received

Grants, loans (counted at their subsidy cost), direct payments and insurance, by fiscal year of the action (USAspending.gov, FABS). Reported apart from contracts and never added to them.

ATLANTIC STATES MARINE FISHERIES COMMISSION received $56.9M in federal assistance in FY2026, on 18 actions (6 new awards), +37% vs FY2025. Its largest program was 11.454 · Unallied Projects ($40.8M).

Assistance · FY2026: $56.9M
New awards: 6
Actions: 18
Since FY2021: $363.9M

Assistance by fiscal year

122.4MFY2021
32MFY2022
53.6MFY2023
57.4MFY2024
41.6MFY2025
56.9MFY2026

By type

Grants$56.9M100%

Top programs

11.454 · Unallied Projects$40.8M72%
11.434 · Cooperative Fishery Statistics$9.5M17%
11.437 · Fisheries Data Program$3.4M5.9%
11.474 · Atlantic Coastal Fisheries Cooperative Management Act$2.4M4.2%
11.407 · Interjurisdictional Fisheries Act of 1986$527.1K0.9%
15.808 · U.S. Geological Survey Research and Data Collection$258.8K0.5%
11.435 · Southeast Area Monitoring and Assessment Program$68K0.1%

Awarding agencies

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration$56.6M99.5%
Department of Commerce
U.S. Geological Survey$258.8K0.5%
Department of the Interior

Largest awards

THIS PROJECT BETTER INFORMS RESEARCH FOR IMPROVED FISHING GEAR MODIFICATIONS AND MANAGEMENT DECISIONS TO REDUCE THE REGULATORY BURDEN ON…$29.1M
11.454 · Unallied Projects· National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration· Cooperative agreement· Sep 4, 2026 – Sep 4, 2026· NA26NMFX454C0010
PURPOSE: TO COORDINATE, PLAN, AND ADMINISTER ACCSP ACTIVITIES THROUGHOUT THE YEAR AS WELL AS PROVIDE RECREATIONAL FISHING INFORMATION TO…$21.3M
11.434 · Cooperative Fishery Statistics· National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration· Cooperative agreement· Sep 13, 2024 – Jul 18, 2026· NA24NMFX434C0001
THE FY22 FEDERAL BUDGET INCLUDED AN APPROPRIATION TO SUPPORT (1) COMPLIANCE WITH THE ATLANTIC LARGE WHALE TAKE REDUCTION PLAN (ALWTRP), (2)…$14M
11.469 · Congressionally Identified Awards and Projects· National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration· Cooperative agreement· Aug 5, 2022 – May 28, 2026· NA22NMF4690228
ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT TO THE ATLANTIC COASTAL COOPERATIVE STATISTICS PROGRAM AND CONTINUED EXPANSION OF SAFIS$12.4M
11.474 · Atlantic Coastal Fisheries Cooperative Management Act· National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration· Project grant· May 12, 2021 – Jan 16, 2026· NA21NMF4740282
THE PURPOSE OF THE PROPOSAL IS TO MANAGE, ENHANCE, RESTORE AND MAINTAIN THE SHARED FISHERIES, PROTECTED SPECIES AND FISHERIES HABITAT OF…$11.7M
11.454 · Unallied Projects· National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration· Cooperative agreement· Sep 16, 2026 – Sep 16, 2026· NA26NMFX454C0009
PURPOSE: ON JANUARY 10 AND JANUARY 13, 2024, MAINE EXPERIENCED BACK-TO-BACK COASTAL STORMS THAT BROUGHT WIND GUSTS OF MORE THAN 60 TO 80…$10M
11.472 · Cooperative Research Program· National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration· Cooperative agreement· Sep 13, 2024 – Sep 25, 2026· NA24NMFX472C0014

Source: Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 8, 2026, loaded Oct 8, 2026 · FY2021–FY2026.

Subawards

Matched by Unique Entity ID: the first-tier subawards this organization reported as a prime recipient, and those primes reported paying it.

As a prime: who it pays · FY2026

Sub-grants: $18.3M (8 subawards)

8 sub-recipients

MARINE RESOURCES, MAINE DEPARTMENT OF$17.3M94%
WEST BOOTHBAY HARBOR, ME · 1 subaward
VIRGINIA INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE$360K2.0%
GLOUCESTER POINT, VA · 1 subaward
KEYSTONE CENTER$150K0.8%
DILLON, CO · 1 subaward
NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY$147.3K0.8%
RALEIGH, NC · 1 subaward
HARBOR LIGHT SOFTWARE, INC.$140K0.8%
BETHLEHEM, PA · 1 subaward
KAREN CANNELL$120K0.7%
ROCKPORT, MA · 1 subaward
NATIONAL OPINION RESEARCH CENTER$120K0.7%
CHICAGO, IL · 1 subaward
RIVERHEAD FOUNDATION FOR MARINE RESEARCH$50K0.3%
RIVERHEAD, NY · 1 subaward

As a sub-recipient: who pays it · FY2026

No subawards reported to it in FY2026.

By fiscal year

FY2022: $9.6M paid out · $0 received
FY2023: $7.9M paid out · $2.6M received
FY2024: $24.4M paid out · $0 received
FY2025: $21.6M paid out · $0 received
FY2026: $18.3M paid out · $0 received

Primes report first-tier subawards of $30,000 or more themselves, and many go unreported (GAO-24-106214). Reporting moved from FSRS to SAM.gov in March 2025 and fewer sub-contracts have been reported since. Amounts are what primes reported; they are never added to prime award totals.

Source: Subawards (first-tier sub-contracts and sub-grants reported under FFATA) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov (reports filed in SAM.gov, formerly FSRS)), data current to Oct 9, 2026, loaded Oct 9, 2026 · Subawards loaded from FY2021.

Teaming partners

Companies this company reported paying, primes that reported paying it, from FFATA subaward reports.

Companies it pays

33 companies · $81.9M reported

DEPARTMENT OF MARINE RESOURCES MAINE$22.2M
AUGUSTA, ME · 6 subawards
MARINE RESOURCES, MAINE DEPARTMENT OF$17.3M
WEST BOOTHBAY HARBOR, ME · 1 subaward
FISH AND GAME, MASSACHUSETTS DEPARTMENT OF$16.1M
BOSTON, MA · 5 subawards

Primes that pay it

1 company · $2.6M reported

NATURAL RESOURCES SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT$2.6M
COLUMBIA, SC · 1 subaward

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Competitors

Companies that win from the same buyers in the same markets: obligations by agency and industry compared over the last three fiscal years.

Compared on 1 market (agency × industry), FY2024–FY2026.

AZURA CONSULTING LLC$24.6M−118% in FY2026
GARLAND, TX · 100% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveNational Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration · Other professional, scientific, and technical services
PACIFIC STATES MARINE FISHERIES COMMISSION$23.2M−1.7% in FY2026
PORTLAND, OR · 93% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveNational Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration · Other professional, scientific, and technical services
SALTWATER INC.$18.8M−9.6% in FY2026
ANCHORAGE, AK · 82% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveNational Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration · Other professional, scientific, and technical services

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Who sells to the same buyers in the same markets, not who wins against whom on a given contract. Prime contract obligations by the agency and NAICS code of each award; subawards are never added. A company is a family of legal entities, joined by parent UEI or, in part, by an AI reading of names.

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 9, 2026, loaded Oct 9, 2026 · FY2024–FY2026.

Lobbying and PAC activity

Organizations in House lobbying disclosures and FEC records whose names an AI judgment matched to this company. Those records carry no identifier shared with contracts, so every match is by name.

Matched organizations

Atlantic States Marine Fisheries CommissionAI match · 100%

Lobbying · 2025: $80K; 4 reports
Lobbying · 2023–2026: $280K

Lobbying by year

2023$80K
4 reports
2024$80K
4 reports
2025$80K
4 reports
2026$40K
2 reports

Top issues

Budget and appropriations14 reports
Marine, maritime, boating and fisheries14 reports

Who was contacted

U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES14 reports
U.S. SENATE14 reports

Houses of Congress and federal agencies the reports list as contacted (a report names every one for all its issues).

Lobbying firms hired

BLANK ROME GOVERNMENT RELATIONS$280K
14 reports

Registrants who are individuals are counted, not named.

Lobbying amounts are the filers' own good-faith estimates on quarterly LD-2 reports (the law asks for amounts rounded to $10,000; under $5,000 need not be itemized), latest amendment only. When an organization files its own report, it replaces what outside firms report for it that quarter. Matches are by name. Lobbying and political giving are legal and public: they show engagement with government, not influence over any award. Correlation is not influence: these organizations' lobbying and their contracts are shown side by side, and nothing here implies either affected the other.

Source: Lobbying disclosures (LD-1 registrations, LD-2 quarterly reports, LD-203 contribution reports) (Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives), data current to Oct 9, 2026, loaded Oct 9, 2026 · 2023–2026.

Source: Committees, candidates and committee contributions to candidates (Federal Election Commission), data current to Oct 9, 2026, loaded Oct 9, 2026 · 2026, 2024, 2022.

Matches: Analisa AI name judgments (entity-match@1), updated Sep 30, 2026.

Congress: members and bills

Through the organizations matched to this company: members of Congress whose campaigns received contributions from their PACs, and the bills their lobbying reports named. Shown beside the company's contracts as a comparison, not a cause.

Bills named in its lobbying reports

S. 2321 · Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 20245 reports
118th Congress · Reported by committee · 2023–2024
H.R. 1968 · Full-Year Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 20251 report
119th Congress · Became law · 2025

6 of 14 reports (2023–2026) name at least one bill. Bills and resolutions the current reports name in their issue descriptions, by number of reports. A report names what it lobbied on, not which side it took.

Amounts, members and bills are as recorded, shown side by side. They say nothing about why a contribution was made, how a member voted or what a report sought. A bill number written in a report is read as the measure of the Congress its context points to (a law's number, the Congress written next to it, the title), else of the Congress then sitting.

Source: Committees, candidates and committee contributions to candidates (Federal Election Commission), data current to Oct 9, 2026, loaded Oct 9, 2026.

Source: Lobbying disclosures (LD-1 registrations, LD-2 quarterly reports, LD-203 contribution reports) (Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives), data current to Oct 9, 2026, loaded Oct 9, 2026.

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 9, 2026, loaded Oct 9, 2026.