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HR 1411 115th Congress House Public Lands and Natural Resources Administrative law and regulatory procedures Atlantic Ocean Department of Commerce Fishes Marine and coastal resources, fisheries

Transparent Summer Flounder Quotas Act

Introduced: March 7, 2017 Introduced by: Pallone, Frank Democratic · New Jersey See on congress.gov
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Apr 3, 2017
Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Mar 16, 2017
Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Power and Oceans.
Mar 7, 2017
Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
Mar 7, 2017
Introduced in House
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Transparent Summer Flounder Quotas Act

This bill addresses rules governing summer flounder fisheries.

As applicable to summer flounder, the rule submitted by the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) titled "Fisheries of the Northeastern United States; Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass Fisheries; 2017-2018 Summer Flounder Specifications and Announcement of 2017 Summer Flounder and Black Sea Bass Commercial Accountability Measures" is nullified. The rule published in the Federal Register on December 22, 2016, establishes summer flounder quotas for the 2017-2018 recreational and commercial fishing seasons.

The prior regulations governing summer flounder shall apply until the NMFS completes a new summer flounder stock assessment and establishes a new rule based on the stock assessment. (The prior regulations titled "Fisheries of the Northeastern United States; Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass Fisheries; 2016-2018 Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass Specifications" were published in the Federal Register on December 28, 2015, and effective as of January 1, 2016.)

What's happening now April 3, 2017

Subcommittee Hearings Held.

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