3.0.0 2066 2023-01-15T10:03:18Z 2023-01-15T10:03:18Z Senate S S 2004-02-11 108 sscm00 Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee Senate Standing sscm09 Oceans, Fisheries and Coast Guard Subcommittee Hearings by 2004-09-14T14:31:02Z Referred to 2004-02-11T23:20:22Z 2004-09-14 sscm09 Oceans, Fisheries and Coast Guard Subcommittee Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation Subcommittee on Oceans, Fisheries and Coast Guard. Hearings held. Committee 2004-02-11 sscm00 Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. IntroReferral 2004-02-11 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S1018-1019) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2004-02-11 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress S000663 Sen. Snowe, Olympia J. [R-ME] Olympia Snowe R ME J. N Public Lands and Natural Resources Administrative fees Administrative procedure Administrative remedies American Samoa Animals Auctions Authorization Business records Canada Caribbean Sea Caribbean area Citizen participation Commerce Confidential communications Congress Congressional reporting requirements Cost accounting Cost effectiveness Crime and Law Enforcement Department of Commerce Ecological research Economic impact statements Economic research Economics and Public Finance Ecosystem management Environmental Protection Environmental law enforcement Federal advisory bodies Federal-state relations Federally-guaranteed loans Fees Finance and Financial Sector Fisheries Fishery management Fishes Fishing boats Government Operations and Politics Government paperwork Government publicity Guam Gulf of Mexico Habitat conservation International Affairs Jurisdiction Law Law enforcement officers Licenses Maine Marine and coastal resources, fisheries Marine resources conservation Marine terminals Northern Mariana Islands Overfishing Pacific Ocean Performance measurement Planning Puerto Rico Quality control Referendum Science, Technology, Communications Scientists Shellfish Small business Standards State employees Surveys Trade secrets Transportation and Public Works Treaties Tuna Virgin Islands Public Lands and Natural Resources 00 2004-02-11 Introduced in Senate 2004-03-03T21:18:29Z Fishery Conservation and Management Amendments Act of 2004 - Amends the Magnuson-Stevenson Fishery Conservation and Management Act to: (1) extend, through FY 2008, the authorization of appropriations under the Act; (2) provide for implementation of a treaty between the United States and Canada concerning Pacific coast albacore tuna fishing; and (3) allow, with respect to Pacific insular area fisheries and fishing agreements, monitoring programs that the Secretary of Commerce determines to monitor harvests by foreign fishing vessels.

Requires fishery management plans (plans) for Federal fisheries to include harvest and processing revenues, production costs, capital expenditures, and other fishing or processing expenses. Allows any plan established by a regional fishery management council to establish a fishing quota system for achieving optimum yield, including compliance with specified quota share and allocation requirements. Requires: (1) a quota system to be approved in advance by more than two-thirds of those voting in a referendum among eligible fishing permit holders; (2) the National Research Council, every five years, to provide an independent review of the effectiveness of fishing quota systems in Federal fisheries; and (3) the Secretary to issue regulations establishing requirements for the quota system. Directs the Secretary to: (1) make a preliminary evaluation of a plan or amendment, or a regulation concerning a plan or amendment; and (2) take specified action, depending on whether evaluation results are positive or negative.

Directs the Secretary to promulgate regulations governing fishing after January 1, 2008, that: (1) limit fishing mortality to specified rates; and (2) allocate both fishing restrictions and recovery benefits fairly among fishery gear sectors and communities.

Authorizes the Secretary to: (1) conduct a fishing capacity reduction program in a fishery under the authority of the Secretary, a regional council, or a State; and (2) implement an information collection or observer program for the collection of necessary additional information under a plan. Allows plan information to be disclosed to State employees responsible for plan monitoring.

Directs the Secretary to establish a national cooperative research and management program between fishing industry participants, affected States, and the National Marine Fisheries Service (Service). Requires an independent review of the Service's procedures for ensuring data quality in the data collection phase of the stock assessment program.

Authorizes Federal-State cooperative marine law enforcement agreements.

Requires the Scientific and Statistical Committees of each council to identify and report to the Secretary priority research needs to support ecosystem-based management of fisheries within its jurisdiction.

]]> Fishery Conservation and Management Amendments Act of 2004 Display Title Fishery Conservation and Management Amendments Act of 2004 Official Title as Introduced A bill to authorize appropriations to the Secretary of Commerce for the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act for fiscal years 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, and 2008, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Fishery Conservation and Management Amendments Act of 2004 Introduced in Senate 2004-02-11T05:00:00Z 2004-09-14 Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation Subcommittee on Oceans, Fisheries and Coast Guard. Hearings held. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.