Sec. 9. Cooperative research and management program
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Section 318 ( 16 U.S.C. 1867 ) is amended— in subsection (a), by inserting
(1)before the first sentence, and by adding at the end the following: Within one year after the date of enactment of the Fishing Economy Improvement Act , and after consultation with the Councils, the Secretary shall publish a plan for implementing and conducting the program established in paragraph (1). Such plan shall identify and describe critical regional fishery management and research needs, including for data-poor stocks for which limited scientific or commercial information is available, possible projects that may address those needs, and estimated costs for such projects. The plan shall be revised and updated every 5 years, and updated plans shall include a brief description of projects that were funded in the prior 5-year period and the research and management needs that were addressed by those projects. ; in subsection (b), by striking in consultation with the Secretary. and inserting . Each Council shall provide a list of such needs to the Secretary on an annual basis, identifying and prioritizing such needs. ; in subsection (c)— in the heading, by striking and inserting funding ; and priorities in paragraph (1), by striking all after including and inserting an em dash, followed on the next line by the following: the use of fishing vessels or acoustic or other marine technology; expanding the use of electronic catch reporting programs and technology; and improving monitoring and observer coverage through the expanded use of electronic monitoring devices and satellite tracking systems such as vessel monitoring systems
(VMS)on small vessels. ; and by adding at the end the following: The Secretary may, using the authority established under section 208 of Public Law 109–479 ( 16 U.S.C. 1891b ), accept and use funding from other Federal agencies, academic institutions, persons, including fishery participants, and nongovernmental organizations to expand cooperative fisheries research and management efforts, including efforts to improve data collection in recreational fisheries, for the purposes of improving management certainty and outcomes. . Section 208 of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Reauthorization Act of 2006 ( 16 U.S.C. 1891b ) is amended— in the section heading, by inserting before Zeke Grader ; Fisheries Conservation and Management Fund in subsection (a), by inserting Zeke Grader before Fisheries Conservation and Management Fund ; in subsection (c), by striking Fishery Conservation and Management Fund each place it appears and inserting Zeke Grader Fisheries Conservation and Management Fund ; and by adding at the end the following: Notwithstanding subsection (d), the Secretary may apportion monies from the Fund to a specific project or region if such monies were identified by the Council that designated them for inclusion in the Fund under subsection (c)(1), or by the appropriation Act, State, public source, or nonprofit or organization from which received under subsection (c)(2), as being deposited for that specific project or region. . The table of contents is amended by striking the item relating to section 208 and inserting the following: Sec. 208. Zeke Grader Fisheries Conservation and Management Fund. . Any reference in a law, map, regulation, document, paper, or other record of the United States to the Fisheries Conservation and Management Fund is deemed to be a reference to the Zeke Grader Fisheries Conservation and Management Fund .
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