Sec. 306. Federal Gulf of Mexico red snapper management
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Section 407 ( 16 U.S.C. 1883 ) is amended to read as follows: A Gulf State that conducts a marine recreational fisheries statistical 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. Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of the Strengthening Fishing Communities and Increasing Flexibility in Fisheries Management Act , the Secretary shall establish and provide the Gulf States with standards for certifying State marine recreational fisheries statistical surveys that shall— ensure that State marine recreational fisheries statistical surveys are appropriately pilot tested, independently peer reviewed, and endorsed for implementation by the reviewers; use designs consistent with accepted survey sampling practices; and minimize the potential for bias and known sources of survey error.
The Secretary shall make a certification or a denial of certification for any marine recreational fisheries statistical survey submitted under subsection
(a)not later than the end of the 6-month period beginning on the date that the survey and information needed to evaluate the survey under the standards established under subsection
(b)are submitted. In the case of a certification request from a Gulf State, the Secretary shall begin evaluation of the request upon receipt of all information necessary to make a determination consistent with the standards set forth under subsection (b). A marine recreational fisheries statistical survey shall be deemed to be certified effective upon the expiration of the 6-month period described in paragraph
(1)if the Secretary has not made a certification or denial of certification. If a marine recreational fisheries statistical survey of a Gulf State is denied certification under subsection (c), 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 paragraph (1)— 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 marine recreational fisheries statistical survey of a Gulf State was denied certification under subsection (c), 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 subparagraph
(B)if the Secretary has not made a certification or denial of certification. . The table of contents in the first section is amended by striking the item relating to section 407 and inserting the following: Sec. 407. Certification of State surveys. .
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