Sec. 101. Process for allocation review for South Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico mixed-use fisheries
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Not later than 60 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Commerce shall enter into an arrangement with the National Academy of Sciences to conduct a study of the South Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico mixed-use fisheries— to provide guidance to the South Atlantic Fishery Management Council and Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council on criteria that could be used for allocating fishing privileges, including consideration of the conservation and socioeconomic benefits of the commercial, recreational, and charter components of a fishery, to a Regional Fishery Management Council established under section 302 of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act ( 16 U.S.C. 1852 ) in the preparation of a fishery management plan under that Act; to identify sources of information that could reasonably support the use of such criteria in allocation decisions; and to develop procedures for allocation reviews and potential adjustments in allocations based on the guidelines and requirements established by this section.
Pursuant to subsection (a), not later than 1 year after the date an arrangement is entered into, the National Academy of Sciences shall submit a report on the study to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate and the Committee on Natural Resources of the House of Representatives. The Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council and South Atlantic Fishery Management Council shall— notwithstanding the report required pursuant to this section, and any other provision of law, shall each— within 2 years after the date of enactment of this Act, perform an initial review of the allocations to the commercial fishing sector and the recreational fishing sector of all applicable fisheries in the Councils’ respective jurisdictions; and every 3 years thereafter, perform a review of such allocations; and consider the conservation and socioeconomic benefits of each of the commercial fishing sector and the recreational fishing sector in any allocation decisions.
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Process for allocation review for South Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico mixed-use fisheries
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