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Code · BILL · 117th Congress · H.R. 4690 (Introduced in House) — To reauthorize and amend the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act, and for other purposes. · Sec. 202

Sec. 202. Subsistence fishing

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Section 2(b)(3) ( 16 U.S.C. 1801(b)(3) ) is amended by inserting , subsistence, after commercial . Section 3 is amended— by redesignating the second paragraph
(33)(appearing after paragraph
(50)as paragraph (51); and by inserting after paragraph
(42)the following: The term subsistence fishing means fishing in which the fish harvested are intended for customary and traditional uses, including— for direct personal or family consumption as food or clothing; for the making or selling of handicraft articles out of nonedible byproducts taken for personal or family consumption, for barter, or sharing for personal or family consumption; and for customary trade. In this paragraph— the term family means all persons related by blood, marriage, or adoption, or any person living within the household on a permanent basis; and the term barter means the exchange of a fish or fish part— for another fish or fish part; or for other food or for nonedible items other than money if the exchange is of a limited and noncommercial nature. .
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