improved since the publication of the 
Council’s report ‘Review of Recreational 
Fisheries Survey Methods (2006)’; 
‘‘(ii) evaluate the extent to which the 
recommendations made in that report were 
implemented 
pursuant 
to 
paragraph 
(3)(B); and 
‘‘(iii) examine any limitations of the 
Marine Recreational Fishery Statistics 
Survey and the Marine Recreational Infor-
mation Program established under para-
graph (1). 
‘‘(B) REPORT.—Not later than 1 year 
after entering into an agreement under sub-
paragraph (A), the Secretary shall submit a re-
port to Congress on the results of the study 
under subparagraph (A).’’. 
SEC. 18. STOCK ASSESSMENTS USED FOR FISHERIES MAN-
AGED UNDER GULF OF MEXICO COUNCIL’S 
REEF FISH MANAGEMENT PLAN. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Title IV (16 U.S.C. 1881 et seq.) 
is amended by adding at the end the following: 
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‘‘SEC. 409. STOCK ASSESSMENTS USED FOR FISHERIES 
MANAGED UNDER GULF OF MEXICO COUN-
CIL’S REEF FISH MANAGEMENT PLAN. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Gulf States Marine Fish-
eries Commission shall conduct all fishery stock assess-
ments used for management purposes by the Gulf of Mex-
ico Fishery Management Council for the fisheries man-
aged under the Council’s Reef Fish Management Plan. 
‘‘(b) USE OF OTHER INFORMATION AND ASSETS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Such fishery assessments 
shall— 
‘‘(A) incorporate fisheries survey informa-
tion collected by university researchers; and 
‘‘(B) to the extent practicable, use State, 
university, and private assets to conduct fish-
eries surveys. 
‘‘(2) SURVEYS
AT
ARTIFICIAL
REEFS.—Any 
such fishery stock assessment conducted after the 
date of the enactment of the Strengthening Fishing 
Communities and Increasing Flexibility in Fisheries 
Management Act shall incorporate fishery surveys 
conducted, and other relevant fisheries information 
collected, on and around natural and artificial reefs. 
‘‘(c) CONSTITUENT AND STAKEHOLDER PARTICIPA-
TION.—Each such fishery assessment shall— 
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‘‘(1) emphasize constituent and stakeholder 
participation in the development of the assessment; 
‘‘(2) contain all of the raw data used in the as-
sessment and a description of the methods used to 
collect that data; and 
‘‘(3) employ an assessment process that is 
transparent and includes— 
‘‘(A) includes a rigorous and independent 
scientific review of the completed fishery stock 
assessment; and 
‘‘(B) a panel of independent experts to re-
view the data and assessment and make rec-
ommendations on the most appropriate values 
of critical population and management quan-
tities.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents 
in the first section is amended by inserting after the item 
relating to section 408 the following: 
‘‘Sec. 409. Stock assessments used for fisheries managed under Gulf of Mexico 
Council’s Reef Fish Management Plan.’’. 
SEC. 19. ESTIMATION OF COST OF RECOVERY FROM FISH-
ERY RESOURCE DISASTER. 
Section 312(a)(1) (16 U.S.C. 1861a(1)) is amend-
ed— 
(1) by inserting ‘‘(A)’’ after ‘‘(1)’’; 
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(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: 
‘‘(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. 20. 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 
following: 
‘‘(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. 21. PROHIBITION ON CONSIDERING RED SNAPPER 
KILLED DURING REMOVAL OF OIL RIGS. 
Any red snapper that are killed during the removal 
of any offshore oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico shall not be 
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considered in determining under the Magnuson-Stevens 
Fishery Conservation and Management Act (16 U.S.C. 
1801 et seq.) whether the total allowable catch for red 
snapper has been reached. 
SEC. 22. PROHIBITION ON CONSIDERING FISH SEIZED 
FROM FOREIGN FISHING. 
Any fish that are seized from a foreign vessel engaged 
in illegal fishing activities in the Exclusive Economic Zone 
shall not be considered in determining under the Magnu-
son-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act 
(16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.) the total allowable catch for that 
fishery. 
SEC. 23. SUBSISTENCE FISHING. 
(a) DEFINITION.—Section 3 (16 U.S.C. 1802) is 
amended by inserting after paragraph 43 the following: 
‘‘(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 nonedible byproducts taken for personal or family 
consumption, for barter, or sharing for personal or 
family consumption; and for customary trade. 
‘‘(B) In this paragraph— 
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‘‘(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) COUNCIL SEAT.—Section 302(b)(2) (16 U.S.C. 
1852(b)(2)) is amended— 
(1) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘or rec-
reational’’ and inserting ‘‘, recreational, or subsist-
ence fishing’’; and 
(2) in subparagraph (C), in the second sen-
tence, by inserting ‘‘, and in the case of the Gov-
ernor of Alaska with the subsistence fishing interests 
of the State,’’ after ‘‘interests of the State’’. 
(c) 
PURPOSE.—Section 
2(b)(3) 
(16 
U.S.C. 
1801(b)(3)) is amended by striking ‘‘and recreational’’ 
and inserting ‘‘, recreational, and subsistence’’. 
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