(2) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘in consulta-
tion with the Secretary.’’ and inserting ‘‘. Each 
Council shall provide a list of such needs to the Sec-
retary 
on 
an 
annual 
basis, 
identifying 
and 
prioritizing such needs.’’; 
(3) in subsection (c)— 
(A) in the heading, by striking ‘‘FUNDING’’ 
and inserting ‘‘PRIORITIES’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (1), by striking all after 
‘‘including’’ and inserting an em dash, followed 
on the next line by the following: 
‘‘(A) the use of fishing vessels or acoustic 
or other marine technology; 
‘‘(B) expanding the use of electronic catch 
reporting programs and technology; and 
‘‘(C) improving monitoring and observer 
coverage through the expanded use of electronic 
monitoring devices and satellite tracking sys-
tems such as vessel monitoring systems (VMS) 
on small vessels.’’; and 
(4) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(g) ACCEPTANCE
OF FUNDING.—The Secretary 
may, using the authority established under section 208 of 
Public Law 109–479 (16 U.S.C. 1891b), accept and use 
funding from other Federal agencies, academic institu-
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tions, persons, including fishery participants, and non-
governmental organizations to expand cooperative fish-
eries research and management efforts, including efforts 
to improve data collection in recreational fisheries, for the 
purposes of improving management certainty and out-
comes.’’. 
(b) ALLOCATION EXCEPTION.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 208 of the Magnu-
son-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management 
Reauthorization Act of 2006 (16 U.S.C. 1891b) is 
amended— 
(A) in the section heading, by inserting 
‘‘ZEKE
GRADER’’ before ‘‘FISHERIES
CON-
SERVATION AND MANAGEMENT FUND’’; 
(B) in subsection (a), by inserting ‘‘Zeke 
Grader’’ before ‘‘Fisheries Conservation and 
Management Fund’’; 
(C) in subsection (c), by striking ‘‘ Fishery 
Conservation and Management Fund’’ each 
place it appears and inserting ‘‘Zeke Grader 
Fisheries 
Conservation 
and 
Management 
Fund’’; and 
(D) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(f) 
ALLOCATION
EXCEPTION.—Notwithstanding 
subsection (d), the Secretary may apportion monies from 
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the Fund to a specific project or region if such monies 
were identified by the Council that designated them for 
inclusion in the Fund under subsection (c)(1), or by the 
appropriation Act, State, public source, or nonprofit or or-
ganization from which received under subsection (c)(2), as 
being deposited for that specific project or region.’’. 
(2) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of con-
tents is amended by striking the item relating to sec-
tion 208 and inserting the following: 
‘‘Sec. 208. Zeke Grader Fisheries Conservation and Management Fund.’’. 
(3) REFERENCES.—Any reference in a law, 
map, regulation, document, paper, or other record of 
the United States to the ‘‘Fisheries Conservation 
and Management Fund’’ is deemed to be a reference 
to the ‘‘Zeke Grader Fisheries Conservation and 
Management Fund’’. 
SEC. 10. GULF OF MEXICO FISHERIES COOPERATIVE RE-
SEARCH AND RED SNAPPER MANAGEMENT. 
(a) REPORTING
AND
DATA
COLLECTION
PRO-
GRAM.—The Secretary of Commerce shall— 
(1) in conjunction with the States, the Gulf of 
Mexico Fishery Management Council, and the rec-
reational fishing sectors, develop and implement a 
real-time reporting and data collection program for 
the Gulf of Mexico red snapper fishery using avail-
able technology; and 
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(2) make implementation of this subsection a 
priority for funds received by the Secretary and allo-
cated to the Gulf of Mexico region under section 2 
of the Act of August 11, 1939 (commonly known as 
the ‘‘Saltonstall-Kennedy Act’’) (15 U.S.C. 713c–3). 
(b) STOCK SURVEYS AND STOCK ASSESSMENTS.— 
The Secretary of Commerce, acting through the National 
Marine Fisheries Service Regional Administrator of the 
Southeast Regional Office, shall for purposes of the Mag-
nuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act 
(16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.)— 
(1) develop a schedule of stock surveys and 
stock assessments for the Gulf of Mexico Region and 
the South Atlantic Region for the 5-year period be-
ginning on the date of the enactment of this Act and 
for every 5-year period thereafter; 
(2) direct the Southeast Science Center Direc-
tor to implement such schedule; and 
(3) in such development and implementation— 
(A) give priority to those stocks that are 
commercially or recreationally important; and 
(B) ensure that each such important stock 
is surveyed at least every 5 years. 
(c) USE OF FISHERIES INFORMATION IN STOCK AS-
SESSMENTS.—The Southeast Science Center Director 
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shall ensure that fisheries information made available 
through fisheries programs funded under Public Law 
112–141 is incorporated as soon as possible into any fish-
eries stock assessments conducted after the date of the 
enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 11. RECREATIONAL FISHING DATA. 
(a) RECREATIONAL
DATA
COLLECTION.—Section 
401(g) (16 U.S.C. 1881(g)) is amended by redesignating 
paragraph (4) as paragraph (5), and by inserting after 
paragraph (3) the following: 
‘‘(4) FEDERAL-STATE PARTNERSHIPS.— 
‘‘(A) 
ESTABLISHMENT.—The 
Secretary 
shall establish partnerships with States to de-
velop best practices for implementation of State 
programs that are exempted under paragraph 
(2). 
‘‘(B) GUIDANCE.—The Secretary shall de-
velop guidance, in cooperation with the States, 
that details best practices for administering 
State programs that are exempted under para-
graph (2), and provide such guidance to the 
States. 
‘‘(C) BIENNIAL
REPORT.—The Secretary 
shall submit to the Congress and publish bien-
nial reports that include— 
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