SEC. 2. EXTENSION OF TIME PERIOD FOR REBUILDING 
CERTAIN OVERFISHED FISHERIES. 
Section 304(e) of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery 
Conservation 
and 
Management 
Act 
(16 
U.S.C. 
1854(e)(4)) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (4)(A)— 
(A) in clause (I) by striking ‘‘possible’’ and 
inserting ‘‘practicable’’; and 
(B) by amending clause (ii) to read as fol-
lows: 
‘‘(ii) not exceed 10 years, except in 
cases where— 
‘‘(I) the biology of the stock of 
fish, other environmental conditions, 
or management measures under an 
international agreement in which the 
United States participates dictate oth-
erwise; 
‘‘(II) the Secretary determines 
that such 10-year period should be ex-
tended because the cause of the fish-
ery decline is outside the jurisdiction 
of the Council or the rebuilding pro-
gram cannot be effective only by lim-
iting fishing activities; 
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‘‘(III) the Secretary determines 
that such 10-year period should be ex-
tended to provide for the sustained 
participation of fishing communities 
or to minimize the economic impacts 
on such communities, provided that 
there is evidence that the stock of fish 
is on a positive rebuilding trend; 
‘‘(IV) the Secretary determines 
that such 10-year period should be ex-
tended for one or more stocks of fish 
of a multi-species fishery, provided 
that there is evidence that those 
stocks are on a positive rebuilding 
trend; 
‘‘(V) the Secretary determines 
that such 10-year period should be ex-
tended 
because 
of 
a 
substantial 
change to the biomass rebuilding tar-
get for the stock of fish concerned 
after the rebuilding plan has taken ef-
fect; or 
‘‘(VI) the Secretary determines 
that such 10-year period should be ex-
tended because the biomass rebuilding 
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target exceeds the highest abundance 
of the stock of fish in the 25-year pe-
riod preceding and there is evidence 
that the stock is on a positive rebuild-
ing trend;’’; or 
(2) in paragraph (7), in the matter preceding 
subparagraph (A), by inserting after the first sen-
tence the following: ‘‘In evaluating progress to end 
overfishing and to rebuild overfished stocks of fish, 
the Secretary shall review factors, other than com-
mercial fishing and recreational fishing, that may 
contribute to a stock’s overfished status, such as 
commercial, residential, and industrial development 
of, or agricultural activity in, coastal areas and their 
impact on the marine environment, predator-prey re-
lationships of target and related species, and other 
environmental and ecological changes to the marine 
conditions.’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(8) If the Secretary determines that extended 
rebuilding time is warranted under subclause (III), 
(IV), (V), or (VI) of paragraph (4)(A)(ii), the max-
imum time allowed for rebuilding the stock of fish 
concerned may not exceed the sum of the following 
time periods: 
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‘‘(A) The initial 10-year rebuilding period. 
‘‘(B) The expected time to rebuild the 
stock absent any fishing mortality and under 
prevailing environmental conditions. 
‘‘(C) The mean generation time of the 
stock. 
‘‘(9) In this subsection the term ‘on a positive 
rebuilding trend’ means that the biomass of the 
stock of fish has shown a substantial increase in 
abundance since the implementation of the rebuild-
ing plan.’’. 
SEC. 3. COMMITTEE REPORTS. 
(a) REPORT ON SCIENTIFIC AND STATISTICAL COM-
MITTEE PROCESS.—Section 302(g)(1)(B) of the Magnu-
son-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act 
(16 U.S.C. 1852(g)(1)(B)) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘(B) Each’’ and inserting 
‘‘(B)(i) Each’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(ii) Each scientific and statistical committee 
shall submit to its Council each year a report on the 
process and information used in providing the sci-
entific advice described in clause (i). The report 
shall include— 
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‘‘(I) an evaluation of the quality and quan-
tity of the available scientific and biological in-
formation relating to such advice; 
‘‘(II) a description of the quality of each 
stock assessment used to develop the commit-
tee’s recommendations; 
‘‘(III) a description of the information 
used to develop the committee’s recommenda-
tions for acceptable biological catch; 
‘‘(IV) a description of any uncertainty con-
sidered and incorporated into the committee’s 
recommendations; 
‘‘(V) a justification of any variation be-
tween maximum sustainable yield and the com-
mittee’s recommendations for allowable biologi-
cal catch; 
‘‘(VI) a description of the social and eco-
nomic impacts of the committee’s recommended 
management measures and whether such meas-
ures are consistent with the national standard 
set forth in section 301(a)(8); and 
‘‘(VII) recommendations for— 
‘‘(aa) decreasing the level of uncer-
tainty in the committee’s recommenda-
tions; 
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