Sec. 2. Approval of certain limited access privilege programs
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Section 303A(c)(6)(B) of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act ( 16 U.S.C. 1853a(c)(6)(B) ) is amended by striking For multispecies permits and all that follows through this subparagraph. . Section 303A(c)(6)(D) of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (16 U.S.C. 1853a(c)(6)(D)) is amended to read as follows: In the case of a fishery under the authority of the New England, Mid-Atlantic, South Atlantic, or Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council, a fishery management plan or an amendment to a fishery management plan that would establish a limited access privilege program to harvest fish may not take effect unless— a petition requesting development of such program is submitted in accordance with clause
(ii)and certified under clause (iii); the appropriate Council makes available to eligible fishermen an estimate of the amount of the fee that would be collected under section 304(d)(2) if such program were established; and not earlier than 90 days after the estimate required under subclause
(II)has been made available, the proposed plan or amendment is approved by a vote of two-thirds of eligible fishermen in the fishery for which the program would be established. A group of fishermen constituting more than 50 percent of eligible fishermen in a fishery may submit a petition to the Secretary requesting the development of a limited access privilege program for the fishery. Any such petition shall clearly state the fishery to which the limited access privilege program would apply. Upon the receipt of any such petition, the Secretary shall review all of the signatures on the petition and, if the Secretary determines that the signatures on the petition are those of more than 50 percent of eligible fishermen in the fishery for which the program would be established, the Secretary shall certify the petition. For purposes of this subparagraph, the term eligible fishermen means holders of permits issued under a fishery management plan. .
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Approval of certain limited access privilege programs
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