Sec. 306. Climate-ready fisheries innovation program
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Not later than one year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall establish a program, including grants, to develop innovative tools and approaches designed to increase the adaptive capacity of fishery management to the impacts of climate change. In administering such program, the Administrator shall— develop science and management tools and approaches that address regional and national priorities to improve the conservation and management of fishery resources under existing and anticipated climate impacts; provide for routine input from fishery managers and scientists in order to maximize opportunities to incorporate results of the program in fishery management actions; promote adoption of methods developed under the program in fishery management plans developed by the Regional Fishery Management Councils; provide information and outreach to the private sector and academic sector to encourage development of tools and approaches to manage the effects of climate change on fisheries; and provide information and outreach to fishery participants to increase understanding of and encourage adoption and use of tools and approaches developed under the program.
The Administrator shall establish a process to ensure coordination with and outreach to— regional offices and science centers of the National Marine Fisheries Service; the Regional Fishery Management Councils; the scientific and statistical committees of such Fishery Management Councils; and other relevant programs, including the cooperative research and management program under section 318 of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act ( 16 U.S.C. 1867 ), the Integrated Ocean Observing System, and programs within the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration designed to address ocean acidification.
Such coordination should include identification of multi-year research priorities to study and understand the current and anticipated impacts of climate change on fisheries, fisheries interactions, habitats, fishery participants, fishing communities, fisheries science and monitoring, or other relevant priority. Such priorities should be routinely reviewed in a timeframe not to exceed 5 years and updated as necessary. There is authorized to be appropriated to the Administrator to carry out this section $5,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2022 through 2026.
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