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S 1255 111th Congress Senate

Flexibility in Rebuilding American Fisheries Act of 2009

Official title: A bill 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: March 2, 2010 Introduced by: Schumer, Charles E. Democratic · New York See on congress.gov
Public Lands and Natural Resources Administrative law and regulatory proceduresDepartment of CommerceFishesMarine and coastal resources, fisheries
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Jun 11, 2009
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Jun 11, 2009
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 Latest action June 11, 2009

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Flexibility in Rebuilding American Fisheries Act of 2009 - 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 (under current law, 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 1584 Related bill Flexibility in Rebuilding American Fisheries Act of 2009
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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Democratic 1
Burr, Richard
· Mar 2, 2010
 D
Gillibrand, Kirsten E.
New York · Dec 17, 2009
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 1255: Flexibility in Rebuilding American Fisheries Act of 2009. 111th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/111-S-1255/
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