Sec. 301. Healthy fisheries through better science
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Section 3 ( 16 U.S.C. 1802 ), as amended by section 102(a) of this Act, is further amended by redesignating the paragraphs after paragraph
(42)in order as paragraphs
(44)through (53), and by inserting after paragraph
(42)the following: The term stock assessment means an evaluation of the past, present, and future status of a stock of fish, that includes— a range of life history characteristics for such stock, including— the geographical boundaries of such stock; and information on age, growth, natural mortality, sexual maturity and reproduction, feeding habits, and habitat preferences of such stock; and fishing for the stock. . Section 404 ( 16 U.S.C. 1881c ), as amended by section 207(a) of this Act, is further amended by adding at the end the following: The Secretary shall develop and publish in the Federal Register, on the same schedule as required for the strategic plan required under subsection
(b)of this section, a plan to conduct stock assessments for all stocks of fish for which a fishery management plan is in effect under this Act. The plan shall— for each stock of fish for which a stock assessment has previously been conducted— establish a schedule for updating the stock assessment that is reasonable given the biology and characteristics of the stock; and subject to the availability of appropriations, require completion of a new stock assessment, or an update of the most recent stock assessment— every 5 years; or within such other time period specified and justified by the Secretary in the plan; for each stock of fish for which a stock assessment has not previously been conducted— establish a schedule for conducting an initial stock assessment that is reasonable given the biology and characteristics of the stock; and subject to the availability of appropriations, require completion of the initial stock assessment within 3 years after the plan is published in the Federal Register unless another time period is specified and justified by the Secretary in the plan; and identify data and analysis, especially concerning recreational fishing, that, if available, would reduce uncertainty in and improve the accuracy of future stock assessments, including whether such data and analysis could be provided by fishermen, fishing communities, universities, and research institutions, to the extent that use of such data would be consistent with the requirements in section 301(a)(2) to base conservation and management measures on the best scientific information available. Notwithstanding subparagraphs (A)(ii) and (B)(ii), a stock assessment is not required for a stock of fish in the plan if the Secretary determines that such a stock assessment is not necessary and justifies such determination in the Federal Register notice required by this subsection. . Notwithstanding section 404(g)(1) of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act, as amended by this section, the Secretary of Commerce shall issue the first stock assessment plan under such section by not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of this Act.
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