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Fisheries Research Improvement Act

Introduced: September 19, 2002 See on congress.gov
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Sep 19, 2002
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. (text of measure as introduced: CR S8931)
Sep 19, 2002
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S8930-8931)
Sep 19, 2002
Introduced in Senate
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service
Fisheries Research Improvement Act - Amends the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act to require the National Academy of Sciences to review and recommend measures for improving National Marine Fisheries Service procedures for ensuring data quality in the data collection phase of the stock assessment program.

Requires the Secretary of Commerce to establish a national cooperative research and management program to be administered by the National Marine Fisheries Service, based upon recommendations by the Regional Fishery Management Councils.

Requires the Secretary to create guidelines so that participants in this program are not penalized for loss of catch history or unexpended days-at-sea as part of a limited entry system.

Authorizes specified funds for cooperative comparative trawl research between the National Marine Fisheries Service and fishing industry participants for the Northeast multispecies groundfish fishery.

Authorizes a Council or the Secretary to extend beyond ten years the time period for the rebuilding of an overfished fishery to accommodate a new rebuilding target if the target is changed during the rebuilding period. Repeals the current exception to the ten year rebuilding deadline in cases where the biology of the stock of fish, other environmental conditions, or management measures under an international agreement in which the United States participates dictate a longer rebuilding period.

What's happening now September 19, 2002

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. (text of measure as introduced: CR S8931)

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 1
All 1 Republican 1