Sec. 4007. EVALUATIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS
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## SEC. 4007 EVALUATIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS **[**[16 U.S.C. 1822 note](/us/usc/t16/s1822)**]** ###
(a)Marking, Registry, and Identification System The Secretary shall evaluate, in consultation with officials of other Federal agencies and such other persons as may be appropriate, the feasibility of and develop recommendations for the establishment of a driftnet marking, registry, and identification system to provide a reliable method for the determination of the origin by vessel, of lost, discarded, or abandoned driftnets and fragments of driftnets. In conducting such evaluation, the Secretary shall consider the adequacy of existing driftnet identification systems of foreign nations and the extent to which these systems achieve the objectives of this title. ###
(b)Alternative Driftnet Materials The Secretary, in consultation with such other persons as may be appropriate, shall evaluate the feasibility of, and develop appropriate recommendations for, the use of alternative materials in driftnets for the purpose of increasing the rate of decomposition of driftnets that are discarded or lost at sea. ###
(c)Driftnet Bounty System The Secretary, in consultation with such other persons as may be appropriate, shall evaluate the feasibility of and develop appropriate recommendations for the implementation of a driftnet bounty system to pay persons who retrieve from the exclusive economic zone and deposit with the Secretary lost, abandoned, and discarded driftnet and other plastic fishing material. ###
(d)Driftnet Fishing Vessel Tracking System The Secretary, in consultation with such other persons as may be appropriate, shall evaluate the feasibility of, and develop appropriate recommendations for, the establishment of a cooperative driftnet fishing vessel tracking system to facilitate efforts to monitor the location of driftnet fishing vessels. ###
(e)Report The Secretary shall transmit to the Congress not later than 18 months after the date of the enactment of this Act a report setting forth— ####
(1)the evaluations and recommendations developed under subsections (a), (b), (c), and (d); ####
(2)the most effective and appropriate means of implementing such recommendations; ####
(3)any need for further research and development efforts and the estimated cost and time required for completion of such efforts; and ####
(4)any need for legislation to provide authority to carry out such recommendations.
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Sec. 4007
EVALUATIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS
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