Sec. 307. Report on shifting stocks and ways to adapt fisheries for the impacts of climate change
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Not later than one year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall transmit a report to Congress— assessing whether and how fish stocks have shifted and are expected to shift as a result of climate change, the magnitude and timing of shifts, and a list of shifting stocks by region; evaluating the impacts range shifts are having on fisheries stock assessments and describing how survey methods are being modified to capture range shifts in fisheries; assessing factors that promote resilience of fish stocks undergoing range shift; assessing existing federal policies on fishing permits and licenses in each region, including allocation between states and jurisdictions, and whether those rules facilitate the resilience and adaptive capacity of fisheries when stocks shift; and identifying actions that could be taken to facilitate the shifting, splitting or transitioning of permits to fishermen in the regions where stocks have shifted, consistent with the requirements of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act and other applicable law.