Notes on fishery conservation and management : US Code - Notes

Search Notes on fishery conservation and management : US Code - Notes

SUBCHAPTER I - GENERALLY
Sec.
1801. Findings, purposes and policy.
(a) Findings.
(b) Purposes.
(c) Policy.
1802. Definitions.
1803. Authorization of appropriations.

SUBCHAPTER II - UNITED STATES RIGHTS AND AUTHORITY REGARDING FISH
AND FISHERY RESOURCES
1811. United States sovereign rights to fish and fishery
management authority.
(a) In the exclusive economic zone.
(b) Beyond the exclusive economic zone.
1812. Highly migratory species.
1813. Omitted.

SUBCHAPTER III - FOREIGN FISHING AND INTERNATIONAL FISHERY
AGREEMENTS
1821. Foreign fishing.
(a) In general.
(b) Existing international fishery agreements.
(c) Governing international fishery agreements.
(d) Total allowable level of foreign fishing.
(e) Allocation of allowable level.
(f) Reciprocity.
(g) Preliminary fishery management plans.
(h) Full observer coverage program.
(i) Recreational fishing.
1822. International fishery agreements.
(a) Negotiations.
(b) Treaty renegotiation.
(c) International fishery agreements.
(d) Boundary negotiations.
(e) Highly migratory species agreements.
(f) Nonrecognition.
(g) Fishery agreement with Russia.
(h) Bycatch reduction agreements.
1823. Congressional oversight of international fishery
agreements.
(a) In general.
(b) Referral to committees.
(c) Congressional procedures.
1824. Permits for foreign fishing.
(a) In general.
(b) Applications and permits under governing
international fishery agreements.
(c) Registration permits.
(d) Transshipment permits.
(e) Pacific Insular Areas.
1825. Import prohibitions.
(a) Determinations by Secretary of State.
(b) Prohibitions.
(c) Removal of prohibition.
(d) Definitions.
1826. Large-scale driftnet fishing.
(a) Short title.
(b) Findings.
(c) Policy.
(d) International agreements.
(e) Report.
(f) Certification.
(g) Effect on sovereign rights.
(h) "Living marine resources" defined.
1826a. Denial of port privileges and sanctions for high seas
large-scale driftnet fishing.
(a) Denial of port privileges.
(b) Sanctions.
1826b. Duration of denial of port privileges and sanctions.
1826c. Definitions.
1826d. Prohibition.
1826e. Negotiations.
1826f. Certification.
1826g. Enforcement.
1827. Observer program regarding certain foreign fishing.
(a) Definitions.
(b) Observer program.
(c) Functions of observers.
(d) Fees.
(e) Fund.
(f) Prohibited acts.
(g) Regulations.

SUBCHAPTER IV - NATIONAL FISHERY MANAGEMENT PROGRAM
1851. National standards for fishery conservation and
management.
(a) In general.
(b) Guidelines.
1852. Regional Fishery Management Councils.
(a) Establishment.
(b) Voting members.
(c) Nonvoting members.
(d) Compensation and expenses.
(e) Transaction of business.
(f) Staff and administration.
(g) Committees and panels.
(h) Functions.
(i) Procedural matters.
(j) Disclosure of financial interest and recusal.
1853. Contents of fishery management plans.
(a) Required provisions.
(b) Discretionary provisions.
(c) Proposed regulations.
(d) Individual fishing quotas.
1854. Action by Secretary.
(a) Review of plans.
(b) Review of regulations.
(c) Preparation and review of Secretarial plans.
(d) Establishment of fees.
(e) Rebuilding overfished fisheries.
(f) Fisheries under authority of more than one
Council.
(g) Atlantic highly migratory species.
(h) Repeal or revocation of a fishery management
plan.
1855. Other requirements and authority.
(a) Gear evaluation and notification of entry.
(b) Fish habitat.
(c) Emergency actions and interim measures.
(d) Responsibility of Secretary.
(e) Effect of certain laws on certain time
requirements.
(f) Judicial review.
(g) Negotiated conservation and management
measures.
(h) Central registry system for limited access
system permits.
(i) Alaska and western Pacific community
development programs.
1856. State jurisdiction.
(a) In general.
(b) Exception.
(c) Exception regarding foreign fish processing in
internal waters.
1857. Prohibited acts.
1858. Civil penalties and permit sanctions.
(a) Assessment of penalty.
(b) Review of civil penalty.
(c) Action upon failure to pay assessment.
(d) In rem jurisdiction.
(e) Compromise or other action by Secretary.
(f) Subpenas.
(g) Permit sanctions.
1859. Criminal offenses.
(a) Offenses.
(b) Punishment.
(c) Jurisdiction.
1860. Civil forfeitures.
(a) In general.
(b) Jurisdiction of district courts.
(c) Judgment.
(d) Procedure.
(e) Rebuttable presumptions.
1861. Enforcement.
(a) Responsibility.
(b) Powers of authorized officers.
(c) Issuance of citations.
(d) Jurisdiction of courts.
(e) Payment of storage, care, and other costs.
(f) Enforcement of Northeast Multispecies Fishery
Management Plan.
(g) Enforcement in Pacific Insular Areas.
(h) Definitions.
1861a. Transition to sustainable fisheries.
(a) Fisheries disaster relief.
(b) Fishing capacity reduction program.
(c) Program funding.
(d) Industry fee system.
(e) Implementation plan.
1861b. Fisheries enforcement plans and reporting.
(a) Fisheries enforcement plans.
(b) Fishery patrols.
(c) Annual summary.
1862. North Pacific fisheries conservation.
(a) In general.
(b) Standards.
(c) Action by Secretary.
(d) Fishery Observer Fund.
(e) Special provisions regarding observers.
(f) Bycatch reduction.
(g) Bycatch reduction incentives.
(h) Catch measurement.
(i) Full retention and utilization.
(j) Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands crab
rationalization.
1863. Northwest Atlantic Ocean Fisheries Reinvestment
Program.
(a) Program.
(b) Assistance of other agencies.
(c) Management plans for underutilized species.
(d) "Underutilized species" defined.

SUBCHAPTER V - FISHERY MONITORING AND RESEARCH
1881. Registration and information management.
(a) Standardized fishing vessel registration and
information management system.
(b) Fishing vessel registration.
(c) Fishery information.
(d) Use of registration.
(e) Public comment.
(f) Congressional transmittal.
(g) Report to Congress.
1881a. Information collection.
(a) Council requests.
(b) Confidentiality of information.
(c) Restriction on use of certain information.
(d) Contracting authority.
(e) Resource assessments.
1881b. Observers.
(a) Guidelines for carrying observers.
(b) Training.
(c) Observer status.
1881c. Fisheries research.
(a) In general.
(b) Strategic plan.
(c) Areas of research.
(d) Public notice.
1881d. Incidental harvest research.
(a) Collection of information.
(b) Identification of stock.
(c) Collection and assessment of specific stock
information.
(d) Bycatch reduction program.
(e) Report to Congress.
(f) Implementation criteria.
1882. Fisheries systems research.
(a) Establishment of panel.
(b) Panel membership.
(c) Recommendations.
(d) Report.
(e) Procedural matter.
1883. Gulf of Mexico red snapper research.
(a) Independent peer review.
(b) Prohibition.
(c) Referendum.
(d) Catch limits.