S. 39 · 104th Congress · enacted
Sustainable Fisheries Act
Became Public Law No: 104-297.
Latest official action 1996-10-11 · Enacted
The bill, briefly
TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Conservation and Management Title II: Fishery Monitoring and Research Title III: Fisheries Financing Title IV: Marine Fishery Statute Reauthorizations Sustainable Fisheries Act - Title I: Conservation and Management - Amends the Magnuson Fishery Conservation and Management Act (Magnuson Act) to modify the Act's purposes and declarations of congressional policies. (Sec. 104) Authorizes appropriations to carry out the Act. (Sec. 106) Modifies foreign fishing prohibitions and requirements. Provides for an international agreement on bycatch reduction standards and measures. Modifies requirements regarding congressional review of international fishery agreements. Authorizes the issuance of transshipment permits. Authorizes Pacific Insular Area (American Samoa, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, Baker Island, Howland Island, Jarvis Island, Johnston Atoll, Kingman Reef, Midway Island, Wake Island, or Palmyra Atoll) Fishery Agreements to authorize foreign fishing in the Exclusive Economic Zone adjacent to an Area. Regulates permit fee use. Prohibits the importation of certain fishery products from a nation not agreeing to the international bycatch agreement. Modifies the mandated content of a report on large-scale driftnet fishing. (Sec. 107) Modifies national fishery conservation and management standards to require: (1) minimization of adverse economic imp…
Congressional Research Service · 1996-05-23
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