3.0.0 6350 2022-03-02T05:20:15Z 2022-03-02T05:20:15Z House H HR 2012-08-02 112 [Pages H5710-H5711]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. RUNYAN:H.R. 6350.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:[[Page H5711]]The Commerce Clause, Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3 of theConstitution]]> hsii00 Natural Resources Committee House Standing Referred to 2012-08-02T13:08:00Z Flexibility in Rebuilding American Fisheries Act of 2011 112 632 S 2011-03-17 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Related bill CRS 2012-08-02 Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsii00 Natural Resources Committee 2012-08-02 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2012-08-02 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress R000594 Rep. Runyan, Jon [R-NJ-3] Jon Runyan R NJ 3 N S001186 Rep. Southerland, Steve II [R-FL-2] Steve Southerland R FL 2 2012-08-02 True R000590 Rep. Rivera, David [R-FL-25] David Rivera R FL 25 2012-08-02 True L000554 Rep. LoBiondo, Frank A. [R-NJ-2] FRANK LOBIONDO R NJ A. 2 2012-08-02 True R000435 Rep. Ros-Lehtinen, Ileana [R-FL-18] ILEANA ROS-LEHTINEN R FL 18 2012-08-02 True G000570 Rep. Guinta, Frank C. [R-NH-1] Frank Guinta R NH C. 1 2012-08-02 True Y000033 Rep. Young, Don [R-AK-At Large] DON YOUNG R AK E. 0 2012-09-12 False W000807 Rep. West, Allen B. [R-FL-22] Allen West R FL B. 22 2012-09-12 False Public Lands and Natural Resources Administrative law and regulatory procedures Alaska Aquatic ecology Congressional oversight Department of Commerce Disaster relief and insurance Fishes Government information and archives Marine and coastal resources, fisheries Public-private cooperation Wildlife conservation and habitat protection Public Lands and Natural Resources 00 2012-08-02 Introduced in House 2012-10-16T19:16:23Z Transparent and Science-Based Fishery Management Act of 2012 - Amends the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act to provide that a Regional Fishery Management Council is not required to develop an annual catch limit for: (1) an ecosystem component species; or (2) a species, fishery, or stock for which a survey and stock assessment have not been performed within the preceding five years.

Defines "ecosystem component species" as a stock of fish that is a nontarget, incidentally harvested stock of fish in a fishery, or a nontarget, incidentally harvested stock of fish, that a Council or the Secretary of Commerce has determined is not: (1) subject to overfishing, approaching an overfished condition, or overfished; and (2) likely to become subject to overfishing or overfished in the absence of conservation and management measures.

Requires each annual catch limit to take into account: (1) management measures under international agreements in which the United States participates, and (2) informal transboundary agreements under which management activities outside the exclusive economic zone by another country may hinder conservation efforts by U.S. fishermen for a species for which any of the recruitment, distribution, life history, or fishing activities are transboundary.

Prohibits the New England, Mid-Atlantic, South Atlantic, and Gulf of Mexico Councils, except with respect to the Gulf of Mexico commercial red snapper fishery, from submitting a fishery management plan or amendment that creates a catch share program for a fishery (and prohibits the Secretary from implementing a secretarial plan or amendment) unless the final program has been approved in a referendum by a majority of specified permit holders eligible to participate in the fishery.

Requires 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 exceptions to the requirement that such period not exceed 10 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 extends the rebuilding period under specified provisions, that the maximum rebuilding time not exceed the sum of the initial 10-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.

Permits the Secretary to: (1) suspend annual catch limits under specified circumstances, and (2) use portions of fisheries enforcement penalties for data collection purposes.

Directs the Secretary to review and report to Congress on each fishery closure under federal law for which notice was published in the Federal Register that was not a normal and expected occurrence under the fishery management plan for the fishery concerned and was considered disruptive to sport, charter, or commercial fishing operations, and that was in effect for more than 120 days within the five-year period preceding the enactment of this Act.

]]> Transparent and Science-Based Fishery Management Act of 2012 Short Titles as Introduced Transparent and Science-Based Fishery Management Act of 2012 Display Title Transparent and Science-Based Fishery Management Act of 2012 Official Title as Introduced To amend the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act to provide additional flexibility for fishery managers, additional transparency for fishermen, a referendum for catch shares, and additional sources for fishery survey funding, and for other purposes. Introduced in House 2012-08-02T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-112hr6350ih/xml/BILLS-112hr6350ih.xml 2012-08-02 Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources. 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.