(A) in subsection (a), by striking paragraph 
(9) and redesignating paragraphs (10) through 
(15) as paragraphs (9) through (14), respec-
tively; and 
(B) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(d) FISHERY IMPACT STATEMENT.— 
‘‘(1) Any fishery management plan (or fishery 
management plan amendment) prepared by any 
Council or by the Secretary pursuant to subsection 
(a) or (b), or proposed regulations deemed necessary 
pursuant to subsection (c), shall include a fishery im-
pact statement which shall assess, specify and analyze 
the likely effects and impact of the proposed action on 
the quality of the human environment. 
‘‘(2) The fishery impact statement shall de-
scribe— 
‘‘(A) a purpose of the proposed action; 
‘‘(B) the environmental impact of the pro-
posed action; 
‘‘(C) any adverse environmental effects 
which cannot be avoided should the proposed ac-
tion be implemented; 
‘‘(D) a reasonable range of alternatives to 
the proposed action; 
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‘‘(E) the relationship between short-term use 
of fishery resources and the enhancement of long- 
term productivity; 
‘‘(F) the cumulative conservation and man-
agement effects; and 
‘‘(G) economic, and social impacts of the 
proposed action on— 
‘‘(i) participants in the fisheries and 
fishing communities affected by the pro-
posed action; 
‘‘(ii) participants in the fisheries con-
ducted in adjacent areas under the author-
ity of another Council, after consultation 
with such Council and representatives of 
those participants; and 
‘‘(iii) the safety of human life at sea, 
including whether and to what extent such 
measures may affect the safety of partici-
pants in the fishery. 
‘‘(3) A substantially complete fishery impact 
statement, which may be in draft form, shall be avail-
able not less than 14 days before the beginning of the 
meeting at which a Council makes its final decision 
on the proposal (for plans, plan amendments, or pro-
posed regulations prepared by a Council pursuant to 
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subsection (a) or (c)). Availability of this fishery im-
pact statement will be announced by the methods used 
by the Council to disseminate public information and 
the public and relevant government agencies will be 
invited to comment on the fishery impact statement. 
‘‘(4) The completed fishery impact statement 
shall accompany the transmittal of a fishery manage-
ment plan or plan amendment as specified in section 
304(a), as well as the transmittal of proposed regula-
tions as specified in section (b). 
‘‘(5) The Councils shall, subject to approval by 
the Secretary, establish criteria to determine actions 
or classes of action of minor significance regarding 
subparagraphs (A), (B), (D), (E), and (F) of para-
graph (2), for which preparation of a fishery impact 
statement is unnecessary and categorically excluded 
from the requirements of this section, and the docu-
mentation required to establish the exclusion. 
‘‘(6) The Councils shall, subject to approval by 
the Secretary, prepare procedures for compliance with 
this section that provide for timely, clear, and concise 
analysis that is useful to decisionmakers and the pub-
lic, reduce extraneous paperwork and effectively in-
volve the public, including— 
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‘‘(A) using Council meetings to determine 
the scope of issues to be addressed and identi-
fying significant issues related to the proposed 
action; 
‘‘(B) integration of the fishery impact state-
ment development process with preliminary and 
final Council decision making in a manner that 
provides opportunity for comment from the pub-
lic and relevant government agencies prior to 
these decision points; and 
‘‘(C) providing scientific, technical, and 
legal advice at an early stage of the development 
of the fishery impact statement to ensure timely 
transmittal and Secretarial review of the pro-
posed fishery management plan, plan amend-
ment, or regulations to the Secretary.’’. 
(2) 
EVALUATION
OF
ADEQUACY.—Section 
304(a)(2) (16 U.S.C. 1854(a)(2)) is amended by strik-
ing ‘‘and’’ after the semicolon at the end of subpara-
graph (B), striking the period at the end of subpara-
graph (C) and inserting ‘‘; and’’, and by adding at 
the end the following: 
‘‘(D) evaluate the adequacy of the accom-
panying fishery impact statement as basis for 
fully considering the environmental impacts of 
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implementing the fishery management plan or 
plan amendment.’’. 
(3) REVIEW OF REGULATIONS.—Section 304(b) 
(16 U.S.C. 1854(b)) is amended by striking so much 
as precedes subparagraph (A) of paragraph (1) and 
inserting the following: 
‘‘(b) REVIEW OF REGULATIONS.— 
‘‘(1) Upon transmittal by the Council to the Sec-
retary of proposed regulations prepared under section 
303(c), the Secretary shall immediately initiate an 
evaluation of the proposed regulations to determine 
whether they are consistent with the fishery manage-
ment plan, plan amendment, this Act and other ap-
plicable law. The Secretary shall also immediately 
initiate an evaluation of the accompanying fishery 
impact statement as a basis for fully considering the 
environmental impacts of implementing the proposed 
regulations. Within 15 days of initiating such evalua-
tion the Secretary shall make a determination and— 
’’. 
(4) EFFECT ON TIME REQUIREMENTS.—Section 
305(e) (16 U.S.C. 1855(e)) is amended by inserting 
‘‘the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 
U.S.C. 4321 et seq.),’’ after ‘‘the Regulatory Flexi-
bility Act (5 U.S.C. 601 et seq.),’’. 
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SEC. 303. FLEXIBILITY IN REBUILDING FISH STOCKS. 
(a) GENERAL REQUIREMENTS.—Section 304(e) (16 
U.S.C. 1854(e)) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (4)— 
(A) in subparagraph (A)(i), by striking 
‘‘possible’’ and inserting ‘‘practicable’’; 
(B) by amending subparagraph (A)(ii) to 
read as follows: 
‘‘(ii) may not exceed the time the stock 
would be rebuilt without fishing occurring 
plus one mean generation, except in a case 
in which— 
‘‘(I) the biology of the stock of 
fish, other environmental conditions, or 
management measures under an inter-
national 
agreement 
in 
which 
the 
United States participates dictate oth-
erwise; 
‘‘(II) the Secretary determines 
that the cause of the stock being de-
pleted is outside the jurisdiction of the 
Council or the rebuilding program can-
not be effective only by limiting fishing 
activities; 
‘‘(III) the Secretary determines 
that one or more components of a 
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mixed- stock fishery is depleted but 
cannot be rebuilt within that time- 
frame without significant economic 
harm to the fishery, or cannot be re-
built without causing another compo-
nent of the mixed- stock fishery to ap-
proach a depleted status; 
‘‘(IV) the Secretary determines 
that recruitment, distribution, or life 
history of, or fishing activities for, the 
stock are affected by informal trans-
boundary 
agreements 
under 
which 
management activities outside the ex-
clusive economic zone by another coun-
try may hinder conservation and man-
agement efforts by United States fish-
ermen; and 
‘‘(V) the Secretary determines that 
the stock has been affected by unusual 
events that make rebuilding within the 
specified time period improbable with-
out significant economic harm to fish-
ing communities;’’; 
(C) by striking ‘‘and’’ after the semicolon at 
the end of subparagraph (B), by redesignating 
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subparagraphs (B) and (C) as subparagraphs 
(C) and (D), and by inserting after subpara-
graph (A) the following: 
‘‘(B) take into account environmental con-
dition including predator/prey relationships;’’; 
and 
(D) by striking the period at the end of sub-
paragraph (D) (as so redesignated) and insert-
ing ‘‘; and’’, and by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(E) specify a schedule for reviewing the re-
building targets, evaluating environmental im-
pacts on rebuilding progress, and evaluating 
progress being made toward reaching rebuilding 
targets.’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(8) A fishery management plan, plan amend-
ment, or proposed regulations may use alternative re-
building strategies, including harvest control rules 
and fishing mortality-rate targets to the extent they 
are in compliance with the requirements of this Act. 
‘‘(9) A Council may terminate the application of 
paragraph (3) to a fishery if the Council’s scientific 
and statistical committee determines and the Sec-
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retary concurs that the original determination that 
the fishery was depleted was erroneous, either— 
‘‘(A) within the 2-year period beginning on 
the effective date a fishery management plan, 
plan amendment, or proposed regulation for a 
fishery under this subsection takes effect; or 
‘‘(B) within 90 days after the completion of 
the next stock assessment after such determina-
tion.’’. 
(b) EMERGENCY REGULATIONS AND INTERIM MEAS-
URES.—Section 305(c)(3)(B) (16 U.S.C. 1855(c)(3)(B)) is 
amended by striking ‘‘180 days after’’ and all that follows 
through ‘‘provided’’ and inserting ‘‘1 year after the date of 
publication, and may be extended by publication in the 
Federal Register for one additional period of not more than 
1 year, if’’. 
SEC. 304. EXEMPTED FISHING PERMITS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Before the approval and issuance 
of an exempted fishing permit under section 600.745 of title 
50, Code of Federal Regulations, or any successor regula-
tion, the Secretary of Commerce shall— 
(1) direct a joint peer review of the application 
for the exempted fishing permit by the appropriate re-
gional fisheries science center and State marine fish-
eries commission; and 
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(2) certify that the Council or Federal agency 
with jurisdiction over the affected fishery has deter-
mined that— 
(A) the fishing activity to be conducted 
under the proposed exempted fishing permit 
would not negatively impact any management 
measures or conservation objectives included 
within existing fishery management plans or 
plan amendments; 
(B) the social and economic impacts in both 
dollar amounts and loss of fishing opportunities 
on all participants in each sector of the fishery 
expected to occur as a result of the proposed ex-
empted fishing permit would be minimal; 
(C) the information that would be collected 
through the fishing activity to be conducted 
under the proposed exempted fishing permit will 
have a positive and direct impact on the con-
servation, assessment, or management of the fish-
ery; and 
(D) the Governor of each coastal State po-
tentially impacted by the proposed exempted 
fishing permit, as determined by the Secretary, 
has been consulted on the fishing activity to be 
conducted. 
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(b) CLARIFICATION.—The Secretary may not issue an 
exempted fishing permit under section 600.745 of title 50, 
Code of Federal Regulations, or any successor regulation 
that— 
(1) establishes a limited access system as defined 
in section 3 of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Con-
servation and Management Act (16 U.S.C. 1802); 
(2) is consistent with section 303A of such Act 
(16 U.S.C. 1853a); or 
(3) establishes a catch share program as defined 
in section 206(a) of this Act. 
(c) SAVINGS PROVISION.—Except for subsection (b)(2), 
nothing in this section may be construed to affect an ex-
empted fishing permit approved under section 600.745 of 
title 50, Code of Federal Regulations, before the date of en-
actment of this Act. 
SEC. 305. COOPERATIVE RESEARCH AND MANAGEMENT 
PROGRAM. 
Section 318 (16 U.S.C. 1867) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a), by inserting ‘‘(1)’’ before 
the first sentence, and by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(2) Within one year after the date of enactment 
of the Strengthening Fishing Communities and In-
creasing Flexibility in Fisheries Management Act, 
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and after consultation with the Councils, the Sec-
retary shall publish a plan for implementing and 
conducting the program established in paragraph (1). 
Such plan shall identify and describe critical regional 
fishery management and research needs, possible 
projects that may address those needs, and estimated 
costs for such projects. The plan shall be revised and 
updated every 5 years, and updated plans shall in-
clude a brief description of projects that were funded 
in the prior 5-year period and the research and man-
agement needs that were addressed by those projects.’’; 
and 
(2) in subsection (c)— 
(A) in the heading, by striking ‘‘FUNDING’’ 
and inserting ‘‘PRIORITIES’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘includ-
ing’’ and all that follows and inserting the fol-
lowing: ‘‘including— 
‘‘(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.’’. 
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SEC. 306. GULF OF MEXICO FISHERIES COOPERATIVE RE-
SEARCH AND RED SNAPPER MANAGEMENT. 
(a) FEDERAL GULF OF MEXICO RED SNAPPER MAN-
AGEMENT.—Section 407 (16 U.S.C. 1883) is amended by 
striking all after the section heading and inserting the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(a) CERTIFICATION OF STATE SURVEYS.— 
‘‘(1) INCLUSION
OF
CERTIFIED
STATE
SUR-
VEYS.—In establishing the acceptable biological catch 
and total allowable catch for red snapper in the Gulf 
of Mexico, the Secretary shall include— 
‘‘(A) Gulf State recreational fisheries sur-
veys that are certified under subsection (b); and 
‘‘(B) data related to red snapper in the Gulf 
of Mexico collected by the Gulf States Marine 
Fisheries Commission, nongovernmental organi-
zations, and other nongovernmental sources, in-
cluding universities and research institutions. 
‘‘(b) STATE SURVEYS.— 
‘‘(1) SUBMISSION.—A Gulf State that conducts a 
recreational fisheries survey in the Gulf of Mexico to 
make catch estimates for red snapper landed in such 
State may submit such survey to the Secretary for 
certification. 
‘‘(2) CERTIFICATION.— 
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‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary shall 
make a certification or a denial of certification 
for any survey submitted under paragraph (1) 
not later than the end of the 6-month period be-
ginning on the date the survey is submitted. 
‘‘(B) DEEMED CERTIFIED.—A recreational 
fisheries survey is deemed to be certified effective 
upon the expiration of such period if the Sec-
retary has not made a certification or denial of 
certification. 
‘‘(3) MODIFICATION OF SURVEYS DENIED CER-
TIFICATION.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—If a survey of a Gulf 
State is denied certification under paragraph 
(2), the Secretary shall, not later than 60 days 
after the date of the denial, provide the Gulf 
State a proposal for modifications to the survey. 
‘‘(B) PROPOSAL.—A proposal provided to a 
Gulf State for a survey under subparagraph 
(A)— 
‘‘(i) shall be specific to the survey sub-
mitted by such Gulf State and may not be 
construed to apply to any other Gulf State; 
‘‘(ii) shall require revision to the fewest 
possible provisions of the survey; and 
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‘‘(iii) may not unduly burden the abil-
ity of such Gulf State to revise the survey. 
‘‘(C) MODIFIED SURVEY.— 
‘‘(i) AUTHORITY TO SUBMIT.—If a sur-
vey of a Gulf State was denied certification 
under paragraph (2), the Gulf State may 
modify the survey and submit the modified 
survey to the Secretary for certification or 
denial of certification. 
‘‘(ii) SCHEDULE.—The Secretary shall 
make a certification or denial of certifi-
cation for any modified survey not later 
than the end of the 30-day period beginning 
on the date the modified survey is sub-
mitted. 
‘‘(iii) DEEMED CERTIFIED.—A modi-
fied survey is deemed to be certified effective 
upon the expiration of the period described 
in clause (ii) if the Secretary has not made 
a certification or denial of certification. 
‘‘(c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
‘‘(1) GULF STATE.—The term ‘Gulf State’ means 
each of the States of Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, 
Alabama, or Florida. 
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‘‘(2) RED
SNAPPER.—The term ‘red snapper’ 
means the species Lutjanus campechanus.’’. 
(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 Magnuson-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 beginning 
on the date of the enactment of this Act and for every 
5-year period thereafter; 
(2) direct the Southeast Science Center Director 
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 shall 
ensure that fisheries information made available through 
fisheries programs funded under Public Law 112–141 is in-
corporated as soon as possible into any fisheries stock 
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asessments conducted after the date of the enactment of this 
Act. 
(d) STATE FISHERIES MANAGEMENT IN THE GULF OF 
MEXICO
WITH
RESPECT
TO
RED
SNAPPER.—Section 
306(b) (16 U.S.C. 1856(b)) is amended by adding at the 
end the following: 
‘‘(4) Notwithstanding section 3(11), for the pur-
poses of managing the recreational sector of the Gulf 
of Mexico red snapper fishery, the seaward boundary 
of a coastal State in the Gulf of Mexico is a line 9 
miles seaward from the baseline from which the terri-
torial sea of the United States is measured.’’. 
SEC. 307. ENSURING CONSISTENT MANAGEMENT FOR FISH-
ERIES THROUGHOUT THEIR RANGE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Act is amended by inserting 
after section 4 the following: 
‘‘SEC. 5. ENSURING CONSISTENT FISHERIES MANAGEMENT 
UNDER CERTAIN OTHER FEDERAL LAWS. 
‘‘(a) NATIONAL MARINE SANCTUARIES ACT AND AN-
TIQUITIES ACT OF.—In any case of a conflict between this 
Act and the National Marine Sanctuaries Act (16 U.S.C. 
1431 et seq.) or the Antiquities Act of 1906 (54 U.S.C. 
320301 et seq.), this Act shall control. 
‘‘(b) FISHERIES RESTRICTIONS UNDER ENDANGERED 
SPECIES ACT OF.—To ensure transparency and consistent 
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management of fisheries throughout their range, any re-
striction on the management of fish in the exclusive eco-
nomic zone that is necessary to implement a recovery plan 
under the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1531 
et seq.) shall be implemented— 
‘‘(1) using authority under this Act; and 
‘‘(2) in accordance with processes and time 
schedules required under this Act.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents in 
the first section is amended by inserting after the item relat-
ing to section 3 the following: 
‘‘Sec. 4. Authorization of appropriations. 
‘‘Sec. 5. Ensuring consistent fisheries management under certain other Federal 
laws.’’. 
TITLE IV— STRENGTHENING 
FISHING COMMUNITIES 
SEC. 401. ESTIMATION OF COST OF RECOVERY FROM FISH-
ERY RESOURCE DISASTER. 
Section 312(a)(1) (16 U.S.C. 1861a(a)(1)) is amend-
ed— 
(1) by inserting ‘‘(A)’’ after ‘‘(1)’’; 
(2) by redesignating existing subparagraphs (A) 
through (C) as clauses (i) through (iii), respectively, 
of subparagraph (A) (as designated by the amend-
ment made by paragraph (1)); and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
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‘‘(B) The Secretary shall publish the estimated cost of 
recovery from a fishery resource disaster no later than 30 
days after the Secretary makes the determination under 
subparagraph (A) with respect to such disaster.’’. 
SEC. 402. DEADLINE FOR ACTION ON REQUEST BY GOV-
ERNOR FOR DETERMINATION REGARDING 
FISHERY RESOURCE DISASTER. 
Section 312(a) (16 U.S.C. 1861a(a)) is amended by 
redesignating paragraphs (2) through (4) as paragraphs (3) 
through (5), and by inserting after paragraph (1) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(2) The Secretary shall make a decision regarding a 
request from a Governor under paragraph (1) within 90 
days after receiving an estimate of the economic impact of 
the fishery resource disaster from the entity requesting the 
relief.’’. 
SEC. 403. NORTH PACIFIC FISHERY MANAGEMENT CLARI-
FICATION. 
Section 306(a)(3)(C) (16 U.S.C. 1856(a)(3)(C)) is 
amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘was no’’ and inserting ‘‘is no’’; 
and 
(2) by striking ‘‘on August 1, 1996’’. 
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SEC. 404. LIMITATION ON HARVEST IN NORTH PACIFIC DI-
RECTED POLLOCK FISHERY. 
Section 210(e)(1) of the American Fisheries Act (title 
II of division C of Public Law 105–277; 16 U.S.C. 1851 
note) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(1) HARVESTING.— 
‘‘(A) LIMITATION.—No particular indi-
vidual, corporation, or other entity may harvest, 
through a fishery cooperative or otherwise, a per-
centage of the pollock available to be harvested in 
the directed pollock fishery that exceeds the per-
centage established for purposes of this para-
graph by the North Pacific Fishery Management 
Council. 
‘‘(B) MAXIMUM PERCENTAGE.—The percent-
age established by the North Pacific Fishery 
Management Council shall not exceed 24 percent 
of the pollock available to be harvested in the di-
rected pollock fishery.’’. 
SEC. 405. ARCTIC COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT QUOTA. 
Section 313 (16 U.S.C. 1862) is amended by adding 
at the end the following: 
‘‘(k) ARCTIC COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT QUOTA.—If 
the North Pacific Fishery Management Council issues a 
fishery management plan for the exclusive economic zone 
in the Arctic Ocean, or an amendment to the Fishery Man-
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agement Plan for Fish Resources of the Arctic Management 
Area issued by such Council, that makes available to com-
mercial fishing, and establishes a sustainable harvest level, 
for any part of such zone, the Council shall set aside not 
less than 10 percent of the total allowable catch therein as 
a community development quota for coastal villages located 
north and east of the Bering Strait.’’. 
SEC. 406. REALLOCATION OF CERTAIN UNUSED HARVEST 
ALLOCATION. 
(a) REALLOCATION.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Effective January 1, 2018, 
and thereafter annually, if the Regional Adminis-
trator receives receipt of written notice that the allo-
cation holder named in section 803 of the Consoli-
dated Appropriations Act, 2004 (Public Law 108– 
199, 16 U.S.C. 1851 note), will not harvest some or 
all of the Aleutian Islands directed pollock, the Re-
gional Administrator, as soon as practicable, shall— 
(A) if the allocation as designated in section 
803 of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 
2004 does not exceed the total allowable catch for 
the Bering Sea subarea, reallocate the projected 
unused Aleutian Islands directed pollock to the 
Bering Sea subarea for harvest by the allocation 
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holder named in section 803 of the Consolidated 
Appropriations Act, 2004; or 
(B) if the allocation exceeds the total allow-
able catch for the Bering Sea subarea, reallocate 
a portion of the allocation, up to the total allow-
able catch for the Bering Sea Subarea. 
(2) The allocation shall be provided to the Aleut 
Corporation for the purposes of economic development 
in Adak, Alaska, pursuant to the requirement of the 
Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Manage-
ment Act (16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.). 
(b) IMPLEMENTATION.—For the purposes of this sec-
tion: 
(1) the allocation holder described in subsection 
(a) shall retain control of the allocation referenced in 
such subsection, including such portions of the alloca-
tion that may be reallocated pursuant to this section; 
and 
(2) the allocations in section 206(b) of the Amer-
ican Fisheries Act (16 U.S.C. 1851 note) apply to the 
Bering Sea portion of the directed pollock fishery and 
not to the allocation holder under section 803 of the 
Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2004. 
(c) CONSENT REQUIREMENT.—The Aleut Corporation 
will provide written consent for other vessels to take or proc-
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ess the allocation, a physical copy of which must be present 
on the vessel. 
(d) REVISION OF REGULATIONS AND MANAGEMENT 
PLANS.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—The North Pacific Fishery 
Management Council, in consultation with the Na-
tional Marine Fisheries Service, shall modify all ap-
plicable regulations and management plans so that 
the allocation holder named in section 803 of the Con-
solidated Appropriations Act, 2004, may harvest the 
reallocated Aleutian Islands directed pollock fishery 
in the Bering Sea subarea as soon as practicable. 
(2) MANAGEMENT
OF
ALLOCATION.—The Na-
tional Marine Fisheries Service, in consultation with 
the North Pacific Fishery Management Council, shall 
manage the Aleutian Islands directed pollock fishery 
to ensure compliance with the implementing statute 
and with the annual harvest specifications. 
(3) ENFORCEMENT.—Taking or processing any 
part of the allocation made by section 803 of the Con-
solidated Appropriations Act, 2004, and reallocated 
under this section without the consent required under 
subsection (c) shall be considered in violation of sec-
tion 307 of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conserva-
tion and Management Act (16 U.S.C. 1857) and sub-
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ject to the penalties and sanctions under section 308 
of such Act (16 U.S.C. 1858), and any fish harvested 
or processed under such taking or possessing shall be 
subject to forfeiture. 
SEC. 407. PROHIBITION ON SHARK FEEDING OFF COAST OF 
FLORIDA. 
Section 307 (16 U.S.C. 1857) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘It is unlawful—’’ and inserting 
the following: 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—It is unlawful—’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(b) PROHIBITION ON SHARK FEEDING OFF COAST OF 
FLORIDA.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—It is unlawful— 
‘‘(A) for any diver to engage in shark feed-
ing in covered waters; and 
‘‘(B) for any person to operate a vessel for 
hire for the purpose of carrying a passenger to 
a site if such person knew or should have known 
that the passenger intended, at that site, to be a 
diver— 
‘‘(i) engaged in shark feeding in cov-
ered waters; or 
‘‘(ii) engaged in observing shark feed-
ing in covered waters. 
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SEC. 408. RESTORATION OF HISTORICALLY FRESHWATER 
ENVIRONMENT. 
Section 3(10) (16 U.S.C. 1802) is amended by insert-
ing ‘‘, except that such term shall not include any area pre-
viously covered by land or a fresh water environment in 
a State where the average annual land loss of such State 
during the 20 years before the date of the enactment of the 
Strengthening Fishing Communities and Increasing Flexi-
bility in Fisheries Management Act exceeds 10 square 
miles’’ after ‘‘maturity’’. 
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Union Calendar No. 591 
115TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 200 
[Report No. 115–758] 
A BILL 
To amend the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conserva-
tion and Management Act to provide flexibility 
for fishery managers and stability for fishermen, 
and for other purposes. 
JUNE 19, 2018 
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Com-
mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, 
and ordered to be printed 
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