Sec. 305. Climate and fisheries research and management program
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Title IV of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act ( 16 U.S.C. 1881 et seq. ) is amended by adding at the end the following: The Secretary, with input from appropriate Marine Fisheries Commissions and Regional Fishery Management Councils and in coordination with other Federal agencies and educational institutions, shall establish a program to identify, develop, and implement adaptive strategies, consistent with the requirements of this Act, to improve the management of fisheries and aquaculture under current and anticipated impacts of climate change.
In administering such program, the Secretary shall— expand and improve fisheries science, monitoring, and data collection in order to support and promote integrated, climate science-informed fishery management and ensure that the requirements of this Act are met under changing climatic conditions; prepare and adapt fishery management for climate change by promoting a precautionary approach to management and supporting the increased development and use of relevant science and management tools, including forecasting, risk assessment, scenario planning, coupled climate and ecosystem modeling, and management strategy evaluation; improve agency understanding of stock shifts to inform catch advice, inform the resolution of jurisdictional issues, and support achievement of conservation mandates in the face of shifting stocks; promote the development, integration, and use of climate-related tools and information in stock assessments; develop and provide guidance on implementing in control rules that are more responsive to environmental variability and climate change for fishery management; promote management approaches that increase resilience to current and anticipated climate impacts in managed species and marine ecosystems, including by coordinating with and advancing programs to protect genetic diversity and age structure, protect marine, estuarine, mangrove, and other aquatic habitat, minimize and better account for bycatch, and incorporating into management the ecological role of forage fish in the marine food web; increase understanding of food security issues and the socioeconomic impacts of climate change on fishing participants, fishing communities, and related industries; coordinate within the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration on issues related to climate change and fisheries, including on data needs and availability; ensure that the research, resource management, and expenditures to prepare fisheries for climate change promote racial and socioeconomic equity with respect to environmental and economic outcomes across fisheries and regions; promote the increased incorporation of climate change impacts into fisheries management at regional fishery management organizations and other international bodies; and advance other climate change fishery science and management as appropriate.
The Secretary, with input from the Councils, shall, not later than three years after the date of the enactment of the Ocean-Based Climate Solutions Act of 2022 and every 5 years thereafter, conduct an independent review that will be provided to Congress and the public on the results of the program, including— steps taken to modify or enhance research and data collection programs to better understand the effects of climate change on fishery resources and food security; steps taken to evaluate various management strategies in the context of future climate scenarios; how tools and solutions identified by the program have been or could be implemented in fishery science and management; and the degree to which equity in outcomes of fulfilling programmatic duties was achieved as required by subsection (a)(9).
There is authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary to carry out this section $2,000,000 for each fiscal year 2022 through 2026. .
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