Sec. 503. Reducing bycatch
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Section 301(a)(9) ( 16 U.S.C. 1851(a)(9) ) is amended to read as follows: Conservation and management measures shall— minimize bycatch; and to the extent bycatch cannot be avoided, minimize the mortality of such bycatch. . Section 303 ( 16 U.S.C. 1853 ) is amended— in subsection (a)— in paragraph (5), by inserting quantification of bycatch, after hauls, ; and in paragraph (11), by striking to the extent practicable and ; and in subsection (b)— in paragraph (12), by striking and at the end; and by inserting after paragraph
(12)the following: consider full retention requirements for species with high catch mortality rates; and . Section 304 ( 16 U.S.C. 1854 ) is amended— by redesignating the second subsection
(i)as subsection (j); and by adding at the end the following: Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of the Sustaining America’s Fisheries for the Future Act of 2021 , the Secretary shall establish a national standardized reporting program (referred to in this subsection as the program ) to assess the amount and type of bycatch occurring in each fishery and across fisheries, determine the contribution of bycatch to the total fishing-related mortality of each fishery, and evaluate the effects of bycatch on relevant fisheries and the ecosystem. The Secretary shall, acting through the program— identify appropriate methodologies and standards for collecting and producing statistically accurate and precise information regarding bycatch; and require consistent data reporting, collection, and assessment for all fisheries managed under fishery management plans. In a case in which a species is caught in areas under the jurisdiction of more than one Council or fishery management plan, the Secretary shall require consistent reporting mechanisms across jurisdictions to ensure that data can be aggregated and compared. The Secretary shall coordinate with State fishery managers to carry out paragraph (3). . Section 316(a) ( 16 U.S.C. 1865(a) ) is amended by striking paragraphs
(3)and
(4)and inserting the following: provide information, outreach, technical assistance, and training to Councils, Tribes, and fishery participants that will encourage adoption and use of technologies and methods developed under the program; and provide for routine consultation with the Councils in order to maximize opportunities to incorporate results of the program in Council actions and provide incentives for adoption of technologies and methods developed under the program in fishery management plans, actions, and other measures developed by the Councils or the Secretary. . Section 316(d) ( 16 U.S.C. 1865(d) ) is amended— by striking transmit an annual report and inserting , not less frequently than once every 3 years, transmit a report ; in paragraph (2), by striking and at the end; in paragraph (3), by striking the period at the end and inserting ; and ; and by adding at the end the following: includes a cumulative description of all bycatch reduction technologies and methods developed, tested, or supported by the Bycatch Reduction Engineering Program, an assessment of the effectiveness of those techniques, a summary on how and in which fisheries those techniques have been fully implemented and to what degree, and, if those techniques have not been implemented into fishery management, an explanation for why those techniques have not been used and an estimate of the reduction of bycatch that could be achieved if those techniques were implemented. .
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