Sec. 5. Modifications to the annual catch limit requirement
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Section 302 ( 16 U.S.C. 1852 ) is amended by adding at the end the following: In establishing annual catch limits a Council may, consistent with section 302(h)(6), consider changes in an ecosystem and the economic needs of the fishing communities. Notwithstanding subsection (h)(6), a Council is not required to develop an annual catch limit for— an ecosystem component species; a fishery for a species that has a life cycle of approximately 1 year, unless the Secretary has determined the fishery is subject to overfishing; or a stock for which— more than half of a single-year class will complete their life cycle in less than 18 months; and fishing mortality will have little impact on the stock.
Each annual catch limit may, consistent with section 302(h)(6), take into account— management measures under international agreements in which the United States participates; informal transboundary agreements under which fishery management activities by another country outside the exclusive economic zone may hinder conservation efforts by United States fishermen for a fish species for which any of the recruitment, distribution, life history, or fishing activities are transboundary; and in instances in which no transboundary agreement exists, activities by another country outside the exclusive economic zone that may hinder conservation efforts by United States fisherman for a fish species for which any of the recruitment, distribution, life history, or fishing activities are transboundary.
For purposes of subsection (h)(6), a Council may establish— an annual catch limit for a stock complex; or annual catch limits for each year in any continuous period that is not more than three years in duration. In this subsection the term ecosystem component species means 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 has determined— is not subject to overfishing, approaching a depleted condition or depleted; and is not likely to become subject to overfishing or depleted in the absence of conservation and management measures. .
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Modifications to the annual catch limit requirement
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