3.0.0 2991 2023-01-11T13:25:04Z 2023-01-11T13:25:04Z Senate S S 2014-12-09 113 sscm00 Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2014-12-09T22:52:33Z Florida Fisheries Improvement Act 113 2824 S 2014-09-16 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Related bill CRS 2014-12-09 sscm00 Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. IntroReferral 2014-12-09 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress B001265 Sen. Begich, Mark [D-AK] Mark Begich D AK N Public Lands and Natural Resources Advisory bodies Atlantic Ocean Capital gains tax Congressional oversight Disaster relief and insurance Economic performance and conditions Fishes Florida Government studies and investigations Gulf of Mexico International organizations and cooperation Legislative rules and procedure Marine and coastal resources, fisheries Marine and inland water transportation Pacific Ocean Research administration and funding Public Lands and Natural Resources 00 2014-12-09 Introduced in Senate 2015-03-26T20:09:29Z Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Reauthorization Act of 2014 - Reauthorizes and revises the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (MSA), the Anadromous Fish Conservation Act, the Interjurisdictional Fisheries Act of 1986, the Atlantic Coastal Fisheries Cooperative Management Act, the Atlantic Striped Bass Conservation Act, the Yukon River Salmon Act of 2000, the Atlantic Tunas Convention Act of 1975, and the High Seas Driftnet Fishing Moratorium Protection Act through FY2021. Reauthorizes the South Pacific Tuna Act of 1988. Reauthorizes the Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Convention Act of 1995 through FY2020.

Extends permanently the authority of Washington, Oregon, and California to manage any Dungeness crab fishery that does not have a fishery management plan under the MSA and is in the exclusive economic zone adjacent to the state.

Revises the MSA, including by:

  • providing for the role of tribal governments in managing fish,
  • adding subsistence fishing to the types of fishing managed under the Act,
  • giving regional fishery management councils the authority to use alternative fishery management measures in a recreational fishery,
  • providing for the management of depleted fisheries,
  • increasing civil and criminal penalties,
  • establishing a Fisheries Enforcement Fund, and
  • revising requirements governing fishery management plans and regional fishery management councils.
]]> Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Reauthorization Act of 2014 Display Title Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Reauthorization Act of 2014 Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act to promote sustainable conservation and management for the Nation's fisheries and the communities that rely on them, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Reauthorization Act of 2014 Introduced in Senate 2014-12-09T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-113s2991is/xml/BILLS-113s2991is.xml 2014-12-09 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. 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.