Sec. 6. Fishery management rights
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The Secretary of Commerce shall grant to each State exclusive fishery management authority over reef fish in the Gulf of Mexico and the Atlantic Ocean in the expanded submerged land. In addition to the authority granted under subsection
(a)and subject to paragraph (2), the Secretary of Commerce shall grant to each State exclusive fishery management authority over the red snapper fish (lutjanus campechanus), in the Gulf of Mexico and the Atlantic Ocean in the area of the outer Continental Shelf that is located between the expanded seaward boundary of a State and the point that is 200 miles seaward of the coast line of the State, consistent with the jurisdictional limit of the exclusive economic zone. The authority under paragraph
(1)shall remain in effect for any State until the date on which the Governor of that State has certified to the Secretary of Commerce, in writing, that the Governor is confident that the stock assessments of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration for the red snapper fish (lutjanus campechanus) within the authority of the State, as established by this Act, are— accurate; and based on sound science.