# NOAA Fisheries Implemented the Requirements for Awarding Funds Under the CARES Act but Faces Challenges with the Pace of Funds Disbursement to Fishery Participants
> **Inspection / Evaluation** by Department of Commerce OIG · 2021-06-09
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## Report
- **Title:** NOAA Fisheries Implemented the Requirements for Awarding Funds Under the CARES Act but Faces Challenges with the Pace of Funds Disbursement to Fishery Participants
- **Submitting OIG:** Department of Commerce OIG
- **Component agency:** Department of Commerce
- **Type:** Inspection / Evaluation
- **Publication date:** 2021-06-09

## Summary

For our evaluation of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA’s) National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS, also known as NOAA Fisheries) plan for the implementation of Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act) funding, our objective was to determine whether NOAA complied with the requirements of the CARES Act.

## Source
- [oversight.gov report page](https://www.oversight.gov/reports/noaa-fisheries-implemented-requirements-awarding-funds-under-cares-act-faces-challenges)
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