Sec. 202. Recreational data collection
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Section 401(g) ( 16 U.S.C. 1881(g) ) is amended— by redesignating paragraph
(4)as paragraph (5); and by inserting after paragraph
(3)the following: The Secretary shall establish a partnership with a State to develop best practices for implementing the State program established under paragraph (2). The Secretary shall develop guidance, in cooperation with the States, that details best practices for administering State programs pursuant to paragraph (2), and provide such guidance to the States. The Secretary shall submit to the appropriate committees of Congress and publish biennial reports that include— the estimated accuracy of— the information provided under subparagraphs
(A)and
(B)of paragraph
(1)for each registry program established under that paragraph; and the information from each State program that is used to assist in completing surveys or evaluating effects of conservation and management measures under paragraph (2); priorities for improving recreational fishing data collection; and an explanation of any use of information collected by such State programs and by the Secretary. The Secretary shall make grants to States to improve implementation of State programs consistent with this subsection. The Secretary shall prioritize such grants based on the ability of the grant to improve the quality and accuracy of such programs. A portion of the funds made available through the Saltonstall–Kennedy Grant Program under section 2 of the Saltonstall–Kennedy Act ( 15 U.S.C. 713c–3 ) shall be provided for implementation of this section. . The Secretary of Commerce shall— not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act, enter into an agreement with the National Academy of Sciences to evaluate, in the form of a report, whether the design of the Marine Recreational Information Program, for the purposes of stock assessment and the determination of stock management reference points, is compatible with the needs of in-season management of annual catch limits under section 303(a)(15) of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act ( 16 U.S.C. 1853(a)(1) ), including whether in-season management of annual catch limits is appropriate for all recreational fisheries; and not later than 180 days after the date the Secretary receives the report under paragraph (1), submit to the appropriate committees of Congress recommendations regarding— changes that could be made to the Marine Recreational Information Program to make the program compatible with in-season management of annual catch limits and other requirements under section 303(a)(15) of that Act for those recreational fisheries for which in-season management of annual catch limits is appropriate; and alternative management approaches that could be applied to recreational fisheries for which the Marine Recreational Information Program is incapable of providing data at the level of accuracy and timeliness necessary for in-season management of annual catch limits, consistent with other requirements of this Act.
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- 15 USC 713c–3
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