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16 U.S.C. § 1853

Contents of fishery management plans

United States · Title 16 — CONSERVATION · Status: effective

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16 U.S.C. § 1853, Contents of fishery management plans, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/447244
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Any fishery management plan which is prepared by any Council, or by the Secretary, with respect to any fishery, shall— contain the conservation and management measures, applicable to foreign fishing and fishing by vessels of the United States, which are— assess and specify— include a fishery impact statement for the plan or amendment (in the case of a plan or amendment thereto submitted to or prepared by the Secretary after October 1, 1990) which shall assess, specify, and analyze the likely effects, if any, including the cumulative conservation, economic, and social impacts, of the conservation and management measures on, and possible mitigation measures for— establish a standardized reporting methodology to assess the amount and type of bycatch occurring in the fishery, and include conservation and management measures that, to the extent practicable and in the following priority— Any fishery management plan which is prepared by any Council, or by the Secretary, with respect to any fishery, may— require a permit to be obtained from, and fees to be paid to, the Secretary, with respect to— with respect to any closure of an area under this chapter that prohibits all fishing, ensure that such closure— establish specified limitations which are necessary and appropriate for the conservation and management of the fishery on the— establish a limited access system for the fishery in order to achieve optimum yield if, in developing such system, the Council and the Secretary take into account— Proposed regulations which the Council deems necessary or appropriate for the purposes of—

Legislative history

The public laws that enacted or amended this section. Tallies are for the whole bill as it passed each chamber — often an omnibus covering far more than this provision — not a vote on this section alone.

  • Enacted byPub. L. 94-265(H.R. 200)1976-04-13
    Fishery Conservation and Management Act of 1976
    House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
  • Amended byPub. L. 95-354(H.R. 10732)1978-08-28
    An Act to authorize appropriations to carry out the Fishery Conservation and Management Act of 1976 during fiscal year 1979, to provide for the regulation of foreign fish processing vessels in the fishery conservation zone, and for other purposes.
    House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
  • Amended byPub. L. 97-453(H.R. 5002)1983-01-12
    A bill to improve fishery conservation and management.
    House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
  • Amended byPub. L. 99-659(S. 991)1986-11-14
    National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Marine Fisheries Program Authorization Act of 1985
    House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
  • Amended byPub. L. 101-627(H.R. 2061)1990-11-28
    Fishery Conservation Amendments of 1990
  • Amended byPub. L. 102-251(H.R. 3866)1992-03-09
    Non-Vessel-Operating Common Carrier Act of 1991
    House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
  • Amended byPub. L. 104-297(S. 39)1996-10-11
    Sustainable Fisheries Act
  • Amended byPub. L. 106-554(H.R. 4577)2000-12-21
    Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2001
  • Amended byPub. L. 109-479(H.R. 5946)2007-01-12
    Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Reauthorization Act of 2006
    House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally