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104TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 2655

To amend the Atlantic Striped Bass Conservation Act to authorize the MidAtlantic Fishery Management Council to prepare a fishery management

plan for Atlantic striped bass under the Magnuson Fishery Conservation

and Management Act.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

NOVEMBER 16, 1995

Mr. SAXTON introduced the following bill; which was referred to the

Committee on Resources

A BILL

To amend the Atlantic Striped Bass Conservation Act to

authorize the Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council

to prepare a fishery management plan for Atlantic

striped bass under the Magnuson Fishery Conservation

and Management Act.

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Atlantic Striped Bass

5 Preservation Act of 1995’’.
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1 SEC. 2. ISSUANCE OF FISHERY MANAGEMENT PLAN FOR

2 ATLANTIC STRIPED BASS.

3 Section 10 of the Atlantic Striped Bass Conservation

4 Act (16 U.S.C. 1851 note) is amended to read as follows:

5 ‘‘SEC. 10. ISSUANCE OF FISHERY MANAGEMENT PLAN.

6 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Mid-Atlantic Fishery Man7 agement Council may prepare and submit to the Sec8 retary, under title III of the Magnuson Fishery Conserva9 tion and Management Act (16 U.S.C. 1651 et seq.), a fish10 ery management plan governing fishing for Atlantic

11 striped bass in that portion of the exclusive economic zone

12 located within the geographical area of authority of the

13 Council.

14 ‘‘(b) CONTENTS.—In addition to the requirements

15 applicable to fishery management plans under title III of

16 the Magnuson Fishery Conservation and Management

17 Act, the fishery management plan prepared under sub18 section (a) shall include provisions to—

19 ‘‘(1) ensure the effectiveness of all State regula20 tions governing, and any Federal moratorium in ef21 fect under Federal law on, fishing for Atlantic

22 striped bass within coastal waters of a coastal State;

23 and

24 ‘‘(2) achieve conservation and management

25 goals established for the Atlantic striped bass re-
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1 source by the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Com2 mission.

3 ‘‘(c) CONSULTATIONS.—In preparing a fishery man4 agement plan under this section, the Mid-Atlantic Fishery

5 Management Council shall consult with—

6 ‘‘(1) the New England Fishery Management

7 Council;

8 ‘‘(2) the South Atlantic Fishery Management

9 Council;

10 ‘‘(3) the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Com11 mission; and

12 ‘‘(4) each Federal, State, and local government

13 entity affected by the plan.

14 ‘‘(d) EFFECTIVENESS OF MORATORIUM IN EEZ.—

15 The prohibitions relating to Atlantic striped bass under

16 part 656.3 of title 50, Code of Federal Regulations, as

17 in effect on November 15, 1995, shall be in effect until

18 the later of—

19 ‘‘(1) January 1, 2001; or

20 ‘‘(2) the date on which a fishery management

21 plan submitted under this section takes effect under

22 title III of the Magnuson Fishery Conservation and

23 Management Act.

24 ‘‘(e) EXCLUSIVE ECONOMIC ZONE DEFINED.—In

25 this section, the term ‘exclusive economic zone’ has the
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1 meaning that term has under section 3 of the Magnuson

2 Fishery Conservation and Management Act (16 U.S.C.

3 1802).’’.

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