(2) in paragraph (10), by inserting ‘‘and tradi-
tional ways of life’’ after ‘‘economic growth’’. 
SEC. 102. AMENDMENTS TO DEFINITIONS. 
(a) DEFINITIONS.—Section 3 (16 U.S.C. 1802) is 
amended— 
(1) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘management 
program’’; 
(2) in paragraph (34), by striking ‘‘The terms 
‘overfishing’ and ‘overfished’ mean’’ and inserting 
‘‘The term ‘overfishing’ means’’; and 
(3) by inserting after paragraph (8) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(8a) The term ‘depleted’ means, with respect to 
a stock of fish or stock complex, that the stock or stock 
complex has a biomass that has declined below a level 
that jeopardizes the capacity of the stock or stock com-
plex to produce maximum sustainable yield on a con-
tinuing basis.’’; and 
(4) by inserting after paragraph (43) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(43a)(A) The term ‘subsistence fishing’ means 
fishing in which the fish harvested are intended for 
customary and traditional uses, including for direct 
personal or family consumption as food or clothing; 
for the making or selling of handicraft articles out of 
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nonedible byproducts taken for personal or family 
consumption, for barter, or sharing for personal or 
family consumption; and for customary exchange or 
trade. 
‘‘(B) In this paragraph— 
‘‘(i) the term ‘family’ means all persons re-
lated by blood, marriage, or adoption, or any 
person living within the household on a perma-
nent basis; and 
‘‘(ii) the term ‘barter’ means the exchange of 
a fish or fish part— 
‘‘(I) for another fish or fish part; or 
‘‘(II) for other food or for nonedible 
items other than money if the exchange is of 
a limited and noncommercial nature.’’. 
(b) SUBSTITUTION OF TERM.—The Magnuson-Stevens 
Fishery Conservation and Management Act (16 U.S.C. 
1801 et seq.) is amended— 
(1) in the heading of section 304(e), by striking 
‘‘OVERFISHED’’ and inserting ‘‘DEPLETED’’; and 
(2) by striking ‘‘overfished’’ each place it ap-
pears and inserting ‘‘depleted’’. 
(c) CLARITY IN ANNUAL REPORT.—Section 304(e)(1) 
(16 U.S.C. (e)(1)) is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: ‘‘The report shall distinguish between fisheries that 
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are depleted (or approaching that condition) as a result of 
fishing and fisheries that are depleted (or approaching that 
condition) as a result of factors other than fishing. The re-
port shall state, for each fishery identified as depleted or 
approaching that condition, whether the fishery is the target 
of directed fishing.’’. 
SEC. 103. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
Section 4 (16 U.S.C. 1803) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘this Act’’ and all that follows 
through ‘‘(7)’’ and inserting ‘‘this Act’’; and 
(2) by striking ‘‘fiscal year 2013’’ and inserting 
‘‘each of fiscal years 2018 through 2022’’. 
TITLE II—FISHERIES MANAGE-
MENT FLEXIBILITY AND MOD-
ERNIZATION 
SEC. 201. DEFINITIONS. 
For the purposes of implementing this title: 
(1) APPROPRIATE COMMITTEES OF CONGRESS.— 
The term ‘‘appropriate committees of Congress’’ 
means— 
(A) the Committee on Commerce, Science, 
and Transportation of the Senate; and 
(B) the Committee on Natural Resources of 
the House of Representatives. 
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(2) LIMITED ACCESS PRIVILEGE PROGRAM.—The 
term ‘‘limited access privilege program’’ means a pro-
gram that meets the requirements of section 303A of 
the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and 
Management Act (16 U.S.C. 1853a). 
(3) MIXED-USE
FISHERY.—The term ‘‘mixed- 
used fishery’’ means a Federal fishery in which two 
or more of the following occur: 
(A) Recreational fishing. 
(B) Charter fishing. 
(C) Commercial fishing. 
SEC. 202. PROCESS FOR ALLOCATION REVIEW FOR SOUTH 
ATLANTIC AND GULF OF MEXICO MIXED-USE 
FISHERIES. 
(a) STUDY OF ALLOCATIONS IN MIXED-USE FISH-
ERIES.—Not later than 60 days after the date of enactment 
of this Act, the Secretary of Commerce shall seek to enter 
into an arrangement with the National Academy of 
Sciences to conduct a study of South Atlantic and Gulf of 
Mexico mixed-use fisheries— 
(1) to provide guidance to each applicable Coun-
cil on criteria that could be used for allocating fishing 
privileges, including consideration of the conservation 
and socioeconomic benefits of the commercial, rec-
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reational, and charter components of a fishery, in the 
preparation of a fishery management plan; 
(2) to identify sources of information that could 
reasonably support the use of such criteria in alloca-
tion decisions; 
(3) to develop procedures for allocation reviews 
and potential adjustments in allocations; and 
(4) that shall consider the ecological, economic 
and social factors relevant to each component of the 
mixed-use fishery including but not limited to: fair-
ness and equitability of all current allocations; per-
cent utilization of available allocations by each com-
ponent; consumer and public access to the resource; 
and the application of economic models for fully esti-
mating the direct and indirect value-added contribu-
tions of the various commercial and recreational fish-
ing industry market sectors throughout chain of cus-
tody. 
(b) REPORT.—Not later than 1 year after the date an 
arrangement is entered into under subsection (a), the Na-
tional Academy of Sciences shall submit to the appropriate 
committees of Congress a report on the study conducted 
under that subsection. 
(c) PROCESS FOR ALLOCATION REVIEW AND ESTAB-
LISHMENT.— 
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