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 South Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico mixed-use fisheries— to provide guidance to each applicable 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, in the preparation of a fishery management plan; 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.
Not later than 1 year after the date an arrangement is entered into under subsection (a), the National Academy of Sciences shall submit to the appropriate committees of Congress a report on the study conducted under that subsection. Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of this Act, and every 5 years thereafter, an applicable Council shall perform a review of the allocations to the commercial fishing sector and the recreational fishing sector of all applicable fisheries in its jurisdiction.
In conducting a review under paragraph (1), an applicable Council shall consider, in each allocation decision, the conservation and socioeconomic benefits of— the commercial fishing sector; and the recreational fishing sector. In this section, the term applicable Council means— the South Atlantic Fishery Management Council; or the Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council.