Sec. 306. Gulf of Mexico fisheries cooperative research and red snapper management
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Section 407 ( 16 U.S.C. 1883 ) is amended by striking all after the section heading and inserting the following: In establishing the acceptable biological catch and total allowable catch for red snapper in the Gulf of Mexico, the Secretary shall include— Gulf State recreational fisheries surveys that are certified under subsection (b); and data related to red snapper in the Gulf of Mexico collected by the Gulf States Marine Fisheries Commission, nongovernmental organizations, and other nongovernmental sources, including universities and research institutions.
A Gulf State that conducts a recreational fisheries survey in the Gulf of Mexico to make catch estimates for red snapper landed in such State may submit such survey to the Secretary for certification. The Secretary shall make a certification or a denial of certification for any survey submitted under paragraph
(1)not later than the end of the 6-month period beginning on the date the survey is submitted. A recreational fisheries survey is deemed to be certified effective upon the expiration of such period if the Secretary has not made a certification or denial of certification. If a survey of a Gulf State is denied certification under paragraph (2), the Secretary shall, not later than 60 days after the date of the denial, provide the Gulf State a proposal for modifications to the survey. A proposal provided to a Gulf State for a survey under subparagraph (A)— shall be specific to the survey submitted by such Gulf State and may not be construed to apply to any other Gulf State; shall require revision to the fewest possible provisions of the survey; and may not unduly burden the ability of such Gulf State to revise the survey. If a survey of a Gulf State was denied certification under paragraph (2), the Gulf State may modify the survey and submit the modified survey to the Secretary for certification or denial of certification. The Secretary shall make a certification or denial of certification for any modified survey not later than the end of the 30-day period beginning on the date the modified survey is submitted. A modified survey is deemed to be certified effective upon the expiration of the period described in clause
(ii)if the Secretary has not made a certification or denial of certification. In this section: The term Gulf State means each of the States of Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, or Florida. The term red snapper means the species Lutjanus campechanus . . The Secretary of Commerce, acting through the National Marine Fisheries Service Regional Administrator of the Southeast Regional Office, shall for purposes of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act ( 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.)— develop a schedule of stock surveys and stock assessments for the Gulf of Mexico Region and the South Atlantic Region for the 5-year period beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act and for every 5-year period thereafter; direct the Southeast Science Center Director to implement such schedule; and in such development and implementation— give priority to those stocks that are commercially or recreationally important; and ensure that each such important stock is surveyed at least every 5 years. The Southeast Science Center Director shall ensure that fisheries information made available through fisheries programs funded under Public Law 112–141 is incorporated as soon as possible into any fisheries stock asessments conducted after the date of the enactment of this Act. Section 306(b) ( 16 U.S.C. 1856(b) ) is amended by adding at the end the following: Notwithstanding section 3(11), for the purposes of managing the recreational sector of the Gulf of Mexico red snapper fishery, the seaward boundary of a coastal State in the Gulf of Mexico is a line 9 miles seaward from the baseline from which the territorial sea of the United States is measured. .
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Sec. 306
Gulf of Mexico fisheries cooperative research and red snapper management
Pub. L.Pub. L. 112-141
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