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HR 5425 110th Congress House

Flexibility in Rebuilding American Fisheries Act of 2008

Official title: To amend the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act to extend the authorized time period for rebuilding of certain overfished fisheries, and for other purposes.

Introduced: May 15, 2008 Introduced by: Pallone, Frank Democratic · New Jersey See on congress.gov
Public Lands and Natural Resources Administrative procedureDepartment of CommerceFishery managementGovernment Operations and Politics
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Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Feb 19, 2008
Referred to the Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, and Oceans.
Feb 13, 2008
Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
Feb 13, 2008
Introduced in House
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 Latest action February 19, 2008

Referred to the Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, and Oceans.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Flexibility in Rebuilding American Fisheries Act of 2008 - Amends the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act to require fishery management plans, amendments, or regulations for overfished fisheries to specify a time period for ending overfishing and rebuilding the fishery that is as short as practicable (currently, as short as possible). Modifies the exceptions to the requirement that such period not exceed ten years.

Requires consideration, in evaluating progress to end overfishing and rebuild overfished stocks, of factors other than commercial and recreational fishing.

Requires, when the Secretary of Commerce extends the period under specified provisions, that the maximum rebuilding time not exceed the sum of the initial ten-year period, the expected time to rebuild the stock absent any fishing mortality and under prevailing environmental conditions, and the mean generation time of the stock.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 4087 Related bill Flexibility in Rebuilding American Fisheries Act of 2007
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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 4
All 4 Republican 1
Sali, Bill
· Jun 23, 2008
 R
Wittman, Robert J.
Virginia · May 15, 2008
Fortuno, Luis
· Apr 14, 2008
LAMPSON, NICK
· Feb 13, 2008
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 5425: Flexibility in Rebuilding American Fisheries Act of 2008. 110th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/110-HR-5425/
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"H.R. 5425: Flexibility in Rebuilding American Fisheries Act of 2008." 110th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/110-HR-5425/.
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H.R. 5425, 110th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/110-HR-5425/.
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