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S 1035 105th Congress Senate Public Lands and Natural Resources Atlantic Ocean Environmental Protection Fishery management Fishing boats Herring fisheries Law Licenses Marine and coastal resources, fisheries Overfishing Planning Surveys Territorial waters

A bill to establish a moratorium on large fishing vessels in Atlantic herring and mackerel fisheries.

Introduced: July 17, 1997 Introduced by: Reed, Jack Democratic · Rhode Island See on congress.gov
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce.
Jul 17, 1997
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Prohibits, notwithstanding the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act, any large fishing vessel from fishing for Atlantic herring or Atlantic mackerel in the U.S. Exclusive Economic Zone until: (1) the National Marine Fisheries Service has completed a new population survey regarding the discrete spawning stocks of those fish; and (2) the Secretary of Commerce has approved and implemented fishery management plans, developed by the appropriate regional fishery management council for those fish, that specifically allow participation of large fishing vessels. Defines "large fishing vessel" as being at least 165 feet long and having over 3,000 horsepower.

What's happening now July 17, 1997

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce.

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