Sec. 5. Healthy fisheries through better science
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Section 3 of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act ( 16 U.S.C. 1802 ) is amended— by redesignating paragraphs
(43)through
(50)as paragraphs
(44)through (51), respectively; by inserting after paragraph
(42)the following: The term stock assessment means an evaluation of the past, present, and future status of a stock of fish, including— a range of life history characteristics for such stock of fish, including, to the extent practicable— the geographical boundaries of such stock of fish; and information regarding age, growth, natural mortality, sexual maturity and reproduction, feeding habits, and habitat preferences of such stock of fish; and fishing for the stock of fish. ; and by redesignating the second paragraph
(33)as paragraph (52). Section 404 of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act ( 16 U.S.C. 1881c ) is amended by adding at the end the following: The Secretary shall develop and publish in the Federal Register, on the same schedule as required for each strategic plan required under subsection (b), a plan to conduct stock assessments for priority stocks of fish for which a fishery management plan is in effect under this Act. Each plan described in paragraph
(1)shall— for each priority stock of fish for which a stock assessment has previously been conducted— establish a schedule for updating the stock assessment that is reasonable given the biology and characteristics of the stock of fish; and subject to the availability of appropriations, require completion of a new stock assessment, or an update of the most recent stock assessment— every 5 years; or within such other time period specified and justified by the Secretary in the plan; for each priority stock of fish for which a stock assessment has not previously been conducted— establish a schedule for conducting an initial stock assessment that is reasonable given the biology and characteristics of the stock; and subject to the availability of appropriations, require completion of the initial stock assessment not later than 3 years after the date on which the plan is published in the Federal Register unless another time period is specified and justified by the Secretary in the plan; and identify data and analysis, including both data and analysis that is and is not available at the time the plan is prepared, that would reduce the uncertainty, improve the accuracy, and increase the efficiency of future stock assessments; and with respect to data and analysis identified under clause (i), determine whether such data and analysis could be provided by fishermen, fishing communities, universities, and research institutions, to the extent that the use of such data would be consistent with the requirements in section 301(a)(2). Notwithstanding subparagraphs (A)(ii) and (B)(ii) of paragraph (2), a stock assessment is not required for a stock of fish in the plan described in paragraph
(1)if the Secretary determines that such stock assessment is not necessary and justifies such determination in the Federal Register notice required by this subsection. . Notwithstanding section 404(f)(1) of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act ( 16 U.S.C. 1881c(f)(1) ), as added by this section, the Secretary of Commerce shall issue the first stock assessment plan under section 404(f) of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act ( 16 U.S.C. 1881c(f) ), as added by this section, not later than 2 years after the date of the enactment of this section.
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