I thought most research funding came from tuition, private donations and corporate sources. Not even close as it relates to Fisheries programs. Those management dollars go to study all types of fisheries topics (gather data) which turns into studies , papers and knowledge/advice. The people doing lots of the work are students , profs and grad students. I will try to find some examples to post.

I thought those aforementioned funds were for management. They are used for many purposes as management is a big topic.

Here is one bit out of 1400+ AFS studies which cite it.
Understanding ecological
mechanisms can help
solve management prob-
lems, as revealed by Gary
Isbell, executive administrator,
Fish Management
and Research, Division of
Wildlife, Ohio Department
of Natural Resources (ODNR). At the AFS meeting, Isbell
and The Ohio State University's David A. Culver jointly
received an award for the "best" research project funded
by Federal Aid to Sport Fish Restoration funds for developing
techniques that dramatically improved walleye
(Stizostedion vitreum vitreum) and saugeye (S. vitreum x S.
canadense) produced via extensive pond culture. Surprisingly,
Culver et al.'s (1992) work dealt with Daphnia production.
One might ask, How many management agencies
would fund this research, and how often would
such seemingly esoteric research provide answers to
management questions? However, from Culver's study,
we now understand the temporal production of Daphnia,
an important food for larval and juvenile fish. In addition,
in Ohio hatchery ponds, we now know how this
productivity responds to delayed pond-filling and how
the application of inorganic fertilizers drives Daphnia
production. Consequently, techniques are now available
to Ohio DNR that overcome historical problems with
extensive culture of walleye and saugeye. Immediate
applicability came with this study because percid production
has increased six-fold in Ohio hatchery ponds,
where Culver's techniques have been applied. Annual
continuing-education workshops, led by Culver, keep
hatchery managers current about rigorous limnological
methods to assess pond productivity. Clearly, this
research, which might be considered expensive by many
agencies, has solved an outstanding management problem
that will provide a long-term, cumulative, positive
impact on Ohio's percid fisheries.





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