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in the exclusive economic zone or by a vessel of
the United States.’’;
(3) by inserting after paragraph (23) the fol-
lowing:
‘‘(23A) The term ‘limited access privilege’—
‘‘(A) means a Federal permit, issued as
part of a limited access system under section
303A to harvest a quantity of fish expressed by
a unit or units representing a portion of the
total allowable catch of the fishery that may be
received or held for exclusive use by a person;
and
‘‘(B) includes an individual fishing quota;
but
‘‘(C) does not include community develop-
ment quotas as described in section 305(i).
‘‘(23B) The term ‘limited access system’ means a
system that limits participation in a fishery to those
satisfying certain eligibility criteria or requirements
contained in a fishery management plan or associated
regulation.’’; and
(4) by inserting after paragraph (27) the fol-
lowing:
‘‘(27A) The term ‘observer information’ means
any information collected, observed, retrieved, or cre-
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ated by an observer or electronic monitoring system
pursuant to authorization by the Secretary, or col-
lected as part of a cooperative research initiative, in-
cluding fish harvest or processing observations, fish
sampling or weighing data, vessel logbook data, vessel
or processor-specific information (including any safe-
ty, location, or operating condition observations), and
video, audio, photographic, or written documents.’’.
(c) REDESIGNATION.—Paragraphs (1) through (45) of
section 3 (16 U.S.C. 1802), as amended by subsection (a),
are redesignated as paragraphs (1) thorough (50), respec-
tively.
(d) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—
(1) The following provisions of the Act are
amended by striking ‘‘an individual fishing quota’’
and inserting ‘‘a limited access privilege’’:
(A) 
Section 
402(b)(1)(D) 
(16 
U.S.C.
1881a(b)(1)(D)).
(B) Section 407(a)(1)(D) and (c)(1) (16
U.S.C. 1883(a)(1)(D); (c)(1)).
(2) The following provisions of the Act are
amended by striking ‘‘individual fishing quota’’ and
inserting ‘‘limited access privilege’’:
(A) 
Section 
304(c)(3) 
(16 
U.S.C.
1854(c)(3)).
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(B) Section 304(d)(2)(A)(i) (16 U.S.C.
1854(d)(2)(A)(i)).
(3) Section 305(h)(1) (16 U.S.C. 1855(h)(1)) is
amended by striking ‘‘individual fishing quotas,’’ and
inserting ‘‘limited access privileges,’’.
SEC. 4. HIGHLY MIGRATORY SPECIES.
Section 102 (16 U.S.C. 1812) is amended—
(1) by inserting ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—’’ before
‘‘The’’; and
(2) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(b) TRADITIONAL
PARTICIPATION.—In managing
any fisheries under an international fisheries agreement to
which the United States is a party, the appropriate Council
or Secretary shall take into account the traditional partici-
pation in the fishery, relative to other nations, by fishermen
of the United States on fishing vessels of the United States.
‘‘(c) PROMOTION OF STOCK MANAGEMENT.—If a rel-
evant international fisheries organization does not have a
process for developing a formal plan to rebuild a depleted
stock, an overfished stock, or a stock that is approaching
a condition of being overfished, the provisions of this Act
in this regard shall be communicated to and promoted by
the United States in the international or regional fisheries
organization.’’.
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SEC. 5. TOTAL ALLOWABLE LEVEL OF FOREIGN FISHING.
Section 201(d) (16 U.S.C. 1821(d)) is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘shall be’’ and inserting ‘‘is’’;
(2) by striking ‘‘will not’’ and inserting ‘‘cannot,
or will not,’’; and
(3) by inserting after ‘‘Act.’’ the following: ‘‘Allo-
cations of the total allowable level of foreign fishing
are discretionary, except that the total allowable level
shall be zero for fisheries determined by the Secretary
to have adequate or excess domestic harvest capac-
ity.’’.
SEC. 6. WESTERN PACIFIC SUSTAINABLE FISHERIES FUND.
Section 204(e) (16 U.S.C. 1824(e)(7)) is amended—
(1) by inserting ‘‘and any funds or contributions
received in support of conservation and management
objectives under a marine conservation plan’’ after
‘‘agreement’’ in paragraph (7); and
(2) by inserting after ‘‘paragraph (4).’’ in para-
graph (8) the following: ‘‘In the case of violations by
foreign vessels occurring within the exclusive economic
zones off Midway Atoll, Johnston Atoll, Kingman
Reef, Palmyra Atoll, Jarvis, Howland, Baker, and
Wake Islands, amounts received by the Secretary at-
tributable to fines and penalties imposed under this
Act, shall be deposited into the Western Pacific Sus-
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tainable Fisheries Fund established under paragraph
(7) of this subsection.’’.
SEC. 7. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
Section 4 (16 U.S.C. 1803) is amended to read as fol-
lows:
‘‘SEC. 4. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
‘‘There are authorized to be appropriated to the Sec-
retary to carry out the provisions of this Act—
‘‘(1) $337,844,000 for fiscal year 2007;
‘‘(2) $347,684,000 for fiscal year 2008;
‘‘(3) $357,524,000 for fiscal year 2009;
‘‘(4) $367,364,000 for fiscal year 2010;
‘‘(5) $377,204,000 for fiscal year 2011;
‘‘(6) $387,044,000 for fiscal year 2012; and
‘‘(7) $396,875,000 for fiscal year 2013.’’.
TITLE I—CONSERVATION AND
MANAGEMENT
SEC. 101. CUMULATIVE IMPACTS.
(a) NATIONAL STANDARDS.—Section 301(a)(8) (16
U.S.C. 1851(a)(8)) is amended by inserting ‘‘by utilizing
economic and social data that meet the requirements of
paragraph (2),’’ after ‘‘fishing communities’’.
(b) CONTENTS
OF PLANS.—Section 303(a)(9) (16
U.S.C. 1853(a)(9)) is amended by striking ‘‘describe the
likely effects, if any, of the conservation and management
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measures on—’’ and inserting ‘‘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—’’.
SEC. 102. CARIBBEAN COUNCIL JURISDICTION.
Section 302(a)(1)(D) (16 U.S.C. 1852(a)(1)(D)) is
amended by inserting ‘‘and of commonwealths, territories,
and possessions of the United States in the Caribbean Sea’’
after ‘‘seaward of such States’’.
SEC. 103. REGIONAL FISHERY MANAGEMENT COUNCILS.
(a) TRIBAL ALTERNATE ON PACIFIC COUNCIL.—Sec-
tion 302(b)(5) (16 U.S.C. 1852(b)(5)) is amended by adding
at the end thereof the following:
‘‘(D) The tribal representative appointed under sub-
paragraph (A) may designate as an alternate, during the
period of the representative’s term, an individual knowl-
edgeable concerning tribal rights, tribal law, and the fishery
resources of the geographical area concerned.’’.
(b) SCIENTIFIC AND STATISTICAL COMMITTEES.—Sec-
tion 302(g) (16 U.S.C. 1852(g)) is amended—
(1) by striking so much of subsection (g) as pre-
cedes paragraph (2) and inserting the following:
‘‘(g) COMMITTEES AND ADVISORY PANELS.—
‘‘(1)(A) Each Council shall establish, maintain,
and appoint the members of a scientific and statis-
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tical committee to assist it in the development, collec-
tion, evaluation, and peer review of such statistical,
biological, economic, social, and other scientific infor-
mation as is relevant to such Council’s development
and amendment of any fishery management plan.
‘‘(B) Each scientific and statistical committee
shall provide its Council ongoing scientific advice for
fishery 
management 
decisions, 
including 
rec-
ommendations for acceptable biological catch, pre-
venting overfishing, maximum sustainable yield, and
achieving rebuilding targets, and reports on stock sta-
tus and health, bycatch, habitat status, social and eco-
nomic impacts of management measures, and sustain-
ability of fishing practices.
‘‘(C) Members appointed by the Councils to the
scientific and statistical committees shall be Federal
employees, State employees, academicians, or inde-
pendent experts and shall have strong scientific or
technical credentials and experience.
‘‘(D) Each member of a scientific and statistical
committee shall be treated as an affected individual
for purposes of paragraphs (2), (3)(B), (4), and
(5)(A) of subsection (j). The Secretary shall keep dis-
closures made pursuant to this subparagraph on file.
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‘‘(E) The Secretary and each Council may estab-
lish a peer review process for that Council for sci-
entific information used to advise the Council about
the conservation and management of the fishery. The
review process, which may include existing commit-
tees or panels, is deemed to satisfy the requirements
of the guidelines issued pursuant to section 515 of the
Treasury and General Government Appropriations
Act for Fiscal year 2001 (Public Law 106–554—Ap-
pendix C; 114 Stat. 2763A–153).
‘‘(F) In addition to the provisions of section
302(f)(7), the Secretary shall, subject to the avail-
ability of appropriations, pay a stipend to members
of the scientific and statistical committees or advisory
panels who are not employed by the Federal govern-
ment or a State marine fisheries agency.
‘‘(G) A science and statistical committee shall
hold its meetings in conjunction with the meeting of
the Council, to the extent practicable.’’.
(2) by striking ‘‘other’’ in paragraph (2); and
(3) by resetting the left margin of paragraphs
(2) through (5) 2 ems from the left.
(c) COUNCIL FUNCTIONS.—Section 302(h) (16 U.S.C.
1852(h)) is amended—
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(1) by striking ‘‘authority, and’’ in paragraph
(5) and inserting ‘‘authority;’’;
(2) by redesignating paragraph (6) as para-
graph (7); and
(3) by inserting after paragraph (5) the fol-
lowing:
‘‘(6) develop annual catch limits for each of its
managed fisheries that may not exceed the fishing
level recommendations of its scientific and statistical
committee or the peer review process established under
subsection (g); and’’.
(d) SCIENTIFIC
RESEARCH
PRIORITIES.—Section
302(h) (16 U.S.C. 1852(h)), as amended by subsection (c),
is further amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘(g); and’’ in paragraph (6) and
inserting ‘‘(g);’’;
(2) by redesignating paragraph (7), as redesig-
nated by subsection (c)(2), as paragraph (8);
(2) by inserting after paragraph (6) the fol-
lowing:
‘‘(7) develop, in conjunction with the scientific
and statistical committee, multi-year research prior-
ities for fisheries, fisheries interactions, habitats, and
other areas of research that are necessary for manage-
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‘‘(A) establish priorities for 5-year periods;
‘‘(B) be updated as necessary; and
‘‘(C) be submitted to the Secretary and the
regional science centers of the National Marine
Fisheries Service for their consideration in devel-
oping research priorities and budgets for the re-
gion of the Council; and’’.I20
(e) REGULAR
AND
EMERGENCY
MEETINGS.—Section
302(i)(2)(C) (16 U.S.C. 1852(i)(2)(C)) is amend-
ed by striking ‘‘published in local newspapers in
the major fishing ports of the region (and in
other major fishing ports having a direct interest
in the affected fishery) and such notice may be
given by such other means as will result in wide
publicity.’’ and inserting ‘‘provided by any
means that will result in wide publicity in the
major fishing ports of the region (and in other
major fishing ports having a direct interest in
the affected fishery), except that e-mail notifica-
tion and website postings alone are not suffi-
cient.’’.
(f) CLOSED MEETINGS.—Section 302(i)(3)(B) (16
U.S.C. 1852(i)(3)(B)) is amended by striking ‘‘notify local
newspapers in the major fishing ports within its region
(and in other major, affected fishing ports,’’ and inserting
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‘‘provide notice by any means that will result in wide pub-
licity in the major fishing ports of the region (and in other
major fishing ports having a direct interest in the affected
fishery), except that e-mail notification and website post-
ings alone are not sufficient,’’.
(g) TRAINING.—Section 302 (16 U.S.C. 1852) is
amended by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(k) COUNCIL TRAINING PROGRAM.—
‘‘(1) TRAINING COURSE.—Within 6 months after
the date of enactment of the Magnuson-Stevens Fish-
ery Conservation and Management Reauthorization
Act of 2006, the Secretary, in consultation with the
Councils and the National Sea Grant College Pro-
gram, shall develop a training course for newly ap-
pointed Council members. The course may cover a va-
riety of topics relevant to matters before the Councils,
including—
‘‘(A) fishery science and basic stock assess-
ment methods;
‘‘(B) fishery management techniques, data
needs, and Council procedures;
‘‘(C) social science and fishery economics;
‘‘(D) tribal treaty rights and native cus-
toms, access, and other rights related to Western
Pacific indigenous communities;