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FEC filings through Nov 30, 2026 · FEC bulk filing data · committee C00101204 · files monthly
SummaryAt a glance
Why it exists
No statement of purpose found on its site.
Money
$202.1K raised, $217.2K spent, $78.8K cash on hand (through Nov 30, 2026). Where it comes from
Who funds it
98% from donors giving over $200 · largest donor Santiago Alvarez, $10K. See who funds it
Where it goes
$216.5K given to candidates and committees, the largest to Susan M. Collins ($10K) · 85% of its support to Republicans, 8% to Democrats. See where it goes
Lobbying
National Seafood Association, F/K/A National Fisheries Institute lobbied on 8 issues. See lobbying
Audits and penalties
3 administrative fines, published by the FEC
Its wordsWhat does this committee say it is for?
No published list of positions
This committee’s site publishes no list of positions we could read, and we found no statement of why it exists. We do not write one for it.
Who it gives toWhich candidates and committees get its money?
Each part reads different filings, so counts and totals can differ.
Party support distribution$118.5K to 50 candidates
Direct PAC contributions and independent expenditures explicitly reported as support, by the party of the candidate they went to.
For candidates $118,500
Republican 85%
Support by the party of the candidate
Party of the candidate
Candidates
Direct
Independent
Amount
Share
Republican
44
$100,500
$0
$100,500
85%
Democratic
4
$9,500
$0
$9,500
8%
Other or unresolved
2
$8,500
$0
$8,500
7.2%
Shown support
50
$118,500
$0
$118,500
100%
Contributions are reported money, not endorsements; a PAC giving to both parties is common.
Who this PAC gave to$216,500 in 134 payments
Every contribution on line 23 of the committee’s own Schedule B, which is the filing its summary totals are built from. That line covers federal candidates, party committees and other political committees alike, so a super PAC funding other super PACs appears here rather than under candidate giving.
By recipient
Line 23 contributions by kind and party of recipient
Recipient
Count
Amount
Democratic candidates
25
$39.5K · 18%
Republican candidates
62
$120K · 55%
Other or unresolved candidates
2
$8.5K · 3.9%
Republican party committees
1
$1K · 0.5%
Other PACs and committees
19
$47.5K · 22%
All recipients
109
$216.5K
By the candidate’s state
Contributions to candidates by the candidate’s state
State
Candidates
Amount
North Carolina
6
$15K
Minnesota
3
$14.5K
Maine
3
$12K
Massachusetts
4
$12K
Florida
9
$11K
Georgia
4
$8.5K
Maryland
3
$8K
Virginia
5
$8K
The largest 8 of 33 states.
Recipients 109
Show candidate activity and the money network
Candidate and election activity as the recipients filed it
Susan M. Collins5 receipts, latest May 29, 2026Collins for Senator · S6ME00159$10K
Peter Allen Stauber4 receipts, latest Mar 26, 2026Pete Stauber for Congress · H8MN08043$8.5K
Andrew P. Harris3 receipts, latest May 29, 2026Andy Harris for Congress · H8MD01094$6K
Thom R. Tillis3 receipts, latest Jun 23, 2025Thom Tillis Committee · S4NC00162$6K
Dan Sullivan1 receipt, latest May 29, 2026Alaskans for Dan Sullivan · S4AK00214$5K
Candidate contribution rows come from candidate committee Schedule A filings, the same rows the party chart above counts.
Committee money network
Money moving between this committee and other committees, matched on FEC committee ID rather than the name each filing was typed under. Both sides exclude memo entries. The figures here count each committee once, from the itemized transfers read for this section, so they will not match the payment counts under Who this PAC gave to.
Committees funding this one
Committees that reported giving to this one on their own Schedule A filings, grouped by the giver’s committee ID.
No committee-to-committee receipts were itemized this cycle.
Committees this one funds
Disbursements this committee itemized to another committee: candidate contributions, party transfers and payments alike, not contributions only.
Committees this one funds
Name
Amount
Collins for SenatorSenate campaign committee · Connected to COLLINS VICTORY COMMITTEE · 5 payments
$10K
Pete Stauber for CongressHouse campaign committee · Connected to TAKE BACK THE HOUSE 2022 · 4 payments
$8.5K
Andy Harris for CongressHouse campaign committee · Connected to ANDY HARRIS VICTORY FUND · 4 payments
Eric Bloom2 contributions, latest Jan 19, 2026 · PRESIDENT · EASTERN FISH COMPANY · WOODCLIFF, NJ$7,500
Daryl Gormley2 contributions, latest Mar 14, 2026 · CEO · AQUAMAR · NEW YORK, NY$6,000
Travis Larkin2 contributions, latest Jan 19, 2026 · PRESIDENT · SEAFOOD EXCHANGE OF FLORIDA IN · RALEIGH, NC$6,000
Christine Ngo2 contributions, latest Jan 20, 2026 · EXECUTIVE VP · H & N FISH CO. · MANHATTEN BEACH, CA$6,000
A donor who gave several times appears once. The 12 largest donors by total given are listed. In all, 165 itemized contributions were filed this cycle, totaling $197.6K. FEC contributor lists are public records and cannot be used for commercial solicitation.
Unitemized ($200 or less)Donors who have given $200 or less this cycle, so the FEC does not itemize (name) them.$4,2442.1%
Total reported receipts $202,079
Every dollar the committee reported receiving this cycle, split by the source the FEC filing attributes it to. FEC filings through Nov 30, 2026.
Who donated: where they live, their employers and jobs
Where the donors live $197,580 placed by state
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under $1.5K
$1.5K+
$6.1K+
$13.7K+
$24.3K+
none
Top states
Top donor states
Name
Amount
California14 contributions · 19%
$38,000
Illinois20 contributions · 18%
$35,245
Virginia75 contributions · 10%
$19,835
Rhode Island8 contributions · 9.6%
$19,000
Florida8 contributions · 8.6%
$17,000
North Carolina4 contributions · 8.1%
$16,000
Texas
SpendingWhere does the money go?
How the spending splits $217,188 reported
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Contributions to candidates and other committeesMoney given to federal candidates, party committees and other PACs.$216,50099.7%
Every dollar this committee reported spending this cycle, split by the lines it reports against. Open a line to see who was actually paid on it. FEC filings through Nov 30, 2026.
What the payments were for $216,656 itemized
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Given to othersContributions to other candidates, party committees, and PACs.$216,50099.9%
Filed as
CONTRIBUTION$216,500
Paid to
Collins, Susan M. M.$10,000
Stauber, Peter Allen$8,500
Harris, Andrew P$7,000
Tillis, Thom R. SEN.$6,000
Whatley, Michael$5,000
Dirigo PAC$5,000
Taxes, fees, and bank chargesPayroll and income taxes, filing fees, bank and merchant processing charges.$98<0.1%
Filed as
BANK FEES$98
Paid to
Citibank$98
Office and administrativeRent, utilities, phones, supplies, equipment, security, food, and campaign merchandise.$34<0.1%
Filed as
Spending over time
$217.2K spent from Jan 2025 to Nov 2026. Most in one report: $64.5K, Oct 1 – Oct 14, 2026.
$217.2K
Jan 2025Nov 2026
The running total of what the committee’s FEC reports say it spent, independent expenditures included, with a point at the end of each report. The line is straight between reports because a report gives one total for its whole period.
Published by the Commission against this committee’s own FEC ID. An audit is a periodic examination that reports findings; an administrative fine is a penalty for filing a specific report late or not at all. They are separate instruments and are not combined into a score here.
Source: the Commission’s audit-case and administrative-fine records, joined on this committee’s FEC ID, imported Nov 8, 2026. Enforcement matters (MURs) are published only against respondent names, with no committee identifier, so they are not shown here rather than being matched by name.
LobbyingWhat does its sponsor lobby on?
What National Seafood Association, F/K/A National Fisheries Institute lobbies on 2026 reports
Besides giving through its PAC, National Seafood Association, F/K/A National Fisheries Institute pays lobbyists to press Congress and federal agencies. Each quarter it, or a firm it hires, files a public report under the Lobbying Disclosure Act saying which topics it worked on, what it spent, and whom it contacted. This is what those reports say.
Spent on lobbying in 2026
$600K
Quarterly reports read
8
Bills it named
2
Topics it lobbied on
Each report files its work under official topics. The bar shows how often each topic came up across the reports; open one to read what was filed under it. Naming a bill says the organization lobbied on it, not which side it took.
Food Industry (safety, labeling, etc.)in 8 report entries
In its own words
FDA budget and user fees; food safety issues related to country of origin labeling; user fees; third-party certification; seafood traceability regulations;international regulatory issues; inspection issues of domestic and imported seafood products; global seafood supply to U.S.;
FY26 Appropriations implementation;
FY27 Appropriations, tax reform;
Enforcement of Net Weight Violations;
Food Safety Modernization ActImplementation; food costs; health benefits of a seafood diet;
Food labeling requirements and enforcement;
Standard of Identity issues relating to seafood;
FDA enforcement of seafood labeling laws;
FDA traceability rule;
FDA enforcement ofcorrect labeling of highly processed plant based alternative seafood products, Farm Bill, WIC proposed Rule, National School Lunch Program, economic integrity of food by FDA;
Making America Healthy Again, One Big Beautiful Bill Act implementation, Seafood Executive Order;
FDA food safety; bycatch reduction act; legislation pertaining to what type of seafood harvest techniques should or should not be used.
FDA food safety;
Seafood nutrition and labeling issues;
Fiscal Year 2027 appropriations for the Food and Drug Administration (FDA);
FDA drained weight tuna standard of identity;
USDA establishment of an Office of Seafood;
FDA regulation of ultraprocessed food and additive ingredients.
Offices it contacted
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
SENATE
Natl Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
Agriculture, Dept of (USDA)
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Executive Office of the President (EOP)
Food & Drug Administration (FDA)
Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS)
and 4 more offices
Office of Management & Budget (OMB)
State, Dept of (DOS)
U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC)
U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)
Trade (domestic/foreign)in 8 report entries
In its own words
International trade issues;
Trade Promotion Authority; trade discussions;promotion of exported goods;
Generalized Systems of Preferences;
Lacey Act violations; food costs; tax reform; seafood traceability regulations; international regulatory issues; international seafood treaties; global seafood supply for both imported and domestic seafood; anti-dumping and countervailing duties policy; trade issues with a variety of individual countries, and the European Union; trade and tariffs disputes for imported and domestic goods, tariffs on goods and structure of tariffs; tariff exclusions;Congressional trade authority; import tax relief; implementation of FY25 and FY26 appropriations implementation;
FY27 Appropriations;
Port congestion;
Ocean Shipping Reform Act implementation;
Port closure concerns; seafood Executive order, seafood export promotion;bycatch reduction act; legislation pertaining to what type of seafood harvest techniques should or should not be used.
Port closure concerns; seafood Executive order, seafood export promotion;
Issues related to trade and tariffs on seafood imports and exports; issues related to illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing; NOAA seafood import monitoring program; NOAA Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA).
Trade and tariff policy impacting seafood production, exports and imports.
Agriculturein 3 report entries
In its own words
Food Safety Modernization Act Implementation; health benefits of a seafood diet; food costs; tax reform; global production and distribution of seafood;labeling regulations; seafood traceability regulations; international regulatory issues; inspection of domestic and imported seafood products;enforcement of net weight violations;
Agriculture Improvement Act of 2019; standards of identity for food products; labeling of highly processedplant-based alternative seafood products;
FY23 and FY24 Appropriations implementation;
FY25 Appropriations; port congestion impact;
Farm Bill;Nutrition Programs;
WIC; opportunities for growth for seafood consumption promotion at USDA;
Seafood purchases; opportunities for growth in seafood processing via USDA programs, opportunities for Aquaculture in USDA;
Make America Healthy Again; seafood executive orders;
One Big Beautiful Bill Act; opportunities for seafood processing financing or debt relief; codification of the office of Seafood; bycatch reduction act; legislation pertaining to what type of seafood harvest techniques should or should not be used.
One Big Beautiful Bill Act; opportunities for seafood processing financing or debt relief; codification of the office of Seafood
One Big Beautiful Bill Act; opportunities for seafood processing financing or debt relief
Animalsin 3 report entries · 1 bill named
In its own words
Sustainability and management of fisheries resources; regional fisheries management organizations; health benefits versus risk of consuming seafood;fish farming management and aquaculture to provide fish for the future;
NOAA enforcement; seafood traceability regulations; globalproduction and distribution of seafood;Magnuson-Stevens Act Reauthorization; domestic aquaculture improvements;
American Fisheries AdvisoryCommittee Act;
FY25 Appropriations implementation;
FY26 Appropriations Bills implementation;
FY 2027 Budget and Appropriation;
Farm Bill, Seafood Executive Order;MARA act;
The American Seafood Competitiveness Act;
The Fighting Illegal Seafood Harvest Act; bycatch reduction act; legislation pertaining to what type of seafood harvest techniques should or should not be used.
Food Safety Modernization Act Implementation; health benefits of a seafood diet;
FDA budget and user fees; food costs; tax reform; global production and distribution of seafood;food safety; country of origin labeling; user fees; third-party certification; food traceability rule; seafoodtraceability regulations; international regulatory issues; inspection of domestic and imported seafood products; enforcement of net weight violations;standards of identity; labeling of seafood products; labeling of highly processed plant-based alternative seafood products;
FY24 and FY25 Appropriations implementation;
FY26 and FY27 Appropriations; port congestion relief and port closure concerns; 2022-2025 NDAA Implementation;
Making America Healthy Again;
Seafood Executive Orders; legislation pertaining to what type of seafood harvest techniques should or should not be used.
Seafood Executive Orders
FY26 and FY27 Appropriations; port congestion relief and port closure concerns; 2022 NDAA Implementation;
Offices it contacted
Agriculture, Dept of (USDA)
Commerce, Dept of (DOC)
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Executive Office of the President (EOP)
Food & Drug Administration (FDA)
Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS)
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Immigrationin 3 report entries
In its own words
H2B immigration wage regulations and processing concerns; number of H2B visas issued; H-2B returning worker exemption; Implementation of FY25 and FY2026 Homeland Security Appropriations; FY27 Appropriations;
Offices it contacted
Executive Office of the President (EOP)
Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS)
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Labor, Dept of (DOL)
SENATE
Manufacturingin 3 report entries
In its own words
manufacturing of domestic and imported seafood products;
Food Safety Modernization Act Implementation; health benefits of a seafood diet; food costs; tax reform; global production and distribution of seafood;trade discussions; promotion of exported goods;
Generalized Systems of Preferences;Lacey Act violations; seafood traceability regulations; international regulatory issues; international seafood treaties;anti-dumping and countervailingduties policy; trade issues and concerns; tariff disputes over imported and domestic seafood products; import taxrelief;
Congressional Trade Authority; enforcement of net weight violations; standards of identity for food products; labeling regulations; expanding domestic aquaculture;
CARES Act implementation;
FY24 and FY25 Appropriations implementation;
Ocean Shipping Reform Act implementation;
FY26 and FY27 Appropriations; 2025 NDAA implementation; opportunities for seafood processing growth;
One Big Beautiful Bill Act implementation; bycatch reduction act; legislation pertaining to what type of seafood harvest techniques should or should not be used.
One Big Beautiful Bill Act implementation
One Big Beautiful Bill Act
Offices it contacted
Agriculture, Dept of (USDA)
Commerce, Dept of (DOC)
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Who did the lobbying
The organization’s own reports give its total lobbying costs, including any firms it hired; each firm reports what this client paid it.
National Fisheries InstituteIts own staff · 2 reports$400K
Holland & Knight LLPLobbying firm · 5 reports$230K
National Seafood Association, F/K/A National Fisheries InstituteIts own staff · 1 report$200K
Matched by name: these reports are filed for “NATIONAL SEAFOOD ASSOCIATION, F/K/A NATIONAL FISHERIES INSTITUTE”, found by searching “NATIONAL FISHERIES INSTITUTE”. Lobbying and FEC records share no ID, so an organization that lobbies under another name is missed. Source: LDA.gov, accessed Nov 7, 2026. Senate Office of Public Records cannot vouch for the data or analyses derived from these data after the data have been retrieved from LDA.gov.
National Fisheries Institute is registered with the Federal Election Commission as a PAC (qualified). It is a lobbyist/registrant PAC. Its FEC record names National Fisheries Institute as an affiliate. Official FEC summary: Federal Election Commission committee record.
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Linked public records
No approved organization identity yet
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$216.5K across 102 recipient committees, or 99.7% of everything this committee reports spending. The largest 12 are shown.
Built from FEC Schedule A and Schedule B filings for the selected cycle. A committee only appears here if the money was itemized under its FEC committee ID.
7 contributions · 6.5%
$12,750
New York4 contributions · 5.8%
$11,500
By the state each contributor wrote on the filing. The FEC aggregates every Schedule A line together, so one committee or organization transfer can account for a whole state. Contributors who have given $200 or less this cycle are not itemized and cannot be placed on a map. The FEC’s grouping also counts joint-fundraising memo lines, so these rows can add up to more than the itemized total.
Donors’ employers as filed
Donors’ employers
Employer as filed
Amount
Santa Monica Seafood3 contributions · 7.6% of ranked
$15,000
Alfa International Seafood4 contributions · 6.1% of ranked
$12,000
H & N Fish Co4 contributions · 5.6% of ranked
$11,000
Great American Seafood Imports2 contributions · 5.1% of ranked
$10,000
HomemakerWritten instead of an employer · 2 contributions · 5.1% of ranked
$10,000
Libby Hill Seafood Restaurants2 contributions · 5.1% of ranked
$10,000
Maritime Products Intl2 contributions · 5.1% of ranked
$10,000
Pappas Restaurants2 contributions · 5.1% of ranked
$10,000
Itemized receipts grouped by the words contributors filed. The FEC aggregates every Schedule A line here, so committee and organization money sits alongside individuals; this is not an industry classification. The FEC’s grouping also counts joint-fundraising memo lines, so these rows can add up to more than the itemized total. Gifts of $200 or less ($4,244) are not itemized, so no employer or occupation is filed for them.
Donors’ occupations as filed
Donors’ occupations
Occupation as filed
Amount
President27 contributions · 36% of ranked
$71,500
CEO8 contributions · 10% of ranked
$20,500
President And CEO3 contributions · 7.6% of ranked
$15,000
Executive VP3 contributions · 5.6% of ranked
$11,000
Ceoand Director2 contributions · 5.1% of ranked
$10,000
HomemakerWritten instead of an occupation · 2 contributions · 5.1% of ranked
$10,000
Presdient2 contributions · 5.1% of ranked
$10,000
Owner1 contribution · 2.5% of ranked
$5,000
Itemized receipts grouped by the words contributors filed. The FEC aggregates every Schedule A line here, so committee and organization money sits alongside individuals; this is not an industry classification. The FEC’s grouping also counts joint-fundraising memo lines, so these rows can add up to more than the itemized total. Gifts of $200 or less ($4,244) are not itemized, so no employer or occupation is filed for them.
CHECK SUPPLIES FOR ECHECKS$34
Paid to
Citibank$34
OtherPayments whose filed description does not match any category above. Every one is listed so it can be read directly.$24<0.1%
Filed as
No description filed$24
Paid to
Citibank$24
Total itemized disbursements $216,656
Every itemized payment the committee reported this cycle, sorted by what it said each one was for. The categories are ours; the wording they are matched against is the committee’s own. Open a category to read the filed descriptions and who was paid. FEC filings through Nov 30, 2026.
All 140 itemized payments filed this cycle. Spending below the itemization threshold is not filed line by line.
The people, firms and committees paid the most, across every kind of payment. Each share is of everything the committee reported spending this cycle, not only the itemized payments above. A payee that is itself a committee links to its own profile.