(C) prohibit use of bottom trawling and
other mobile fishing gear practices that threat-
en the continued sustainability of ecosystems in
those areas.
(b) MARINE AREAS DESCRIBED.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—The marine areas referred
to in subsection (a) are the following:
(A) The Heceta Banks, located off the
coast of Oregon, 125 00′ w–124 45′ w/ 43 55′
n–44 15′ n.
(B) Cordell Bank, located off the coast of
central California, 123 20′ w–123 38′ w/ 37 55′
n-30 05′ n.
(C) The Gulf of the Farallones outside of
the line that is three miles from the coastline,
located off the coast of California, 122 35′ w–
123 15′′w/ 37 30′ n–38 05′ n.
(D) Tanner and Cortez Banks, located off
the coast of southern California, 119 00′ w–119
25′ w/ 32 50 n–32 20′ n.
(E) Punta Gorda, located off the coast of
northern California, 124 23′ w–124 50′ w/ 4–
20′ n–40 10′ n.
(F) Cape Blanco, located off the coast of
Oregon, 124 42′ w–124 55′ w/ 42 40′ n–43
00n.
(G) Florida Middle Grounds located in the
Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Florida, 84
40′w–85 15′ w/ 28 10′n–28 55n.
(H) Dry Tortugas, located in the Gulf of
Mexico off the coast of Florida, 82 40′2w–83
10′w/ 24 30′n 24 50′n.
(I) Nantucket Shoals, located off the coast
of Cape Cod, Massachusetts, 69 00′w–70 20′w/
40 30′n–41 00′n.
(J) Jeffrey’s Ledge, Tillies Bank, and
Stellwagon Bank, located in the Gulf of Maine,
69 50′w–70 30′w/42 08′n–43 15′n.
(K) Cashes Ledge, located in the Gulf of
Maine, 68 40′w–69 15′w/42 30′n–43 15′n.
(L) Stonewall Bank of the central Oregon
coast, 124 20′w–124 28′w/44 27′n–44 39′n.
(M) Rogue River Reef off the southern Or-
egon coast, 124 35′w–124 50′w/42 25′n–42
35′n.
(2) FURTHER DESCRIPTION BY SECRETARY.—
For purposes of this Act, the Secretary of Commerce
may more particularly describe the areas listed in
paragraph (1).
(c) REPORT.—The Secretary of Commerce shall re-
port annually to the Committee on Resources of the House
of Representatives and the Committee on Commerce of the
Senate regarding the recovery of areas described in sub-
section (b) from the effects of bottom trawling and use
of other mobile fishing gear on the seabed.
(d) LIMITATION ON APPLICATION.—Subsection (a)
shall not apply to an area after the date the Secretary
publishes a finding that there are in effect, under State
law or a fishery management plan under the Magnuson-
Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (16
U.S.C. 1801 et seq.), measures that are at least as effec-
tive as subsection (a) in maintaining the sustainability of
ecosystems in that area.
(e) DEFINITIONS.—In this section:
(1) 
NEGLIGIBLE.—The 
term 
‘‘negligible’’
means—
(A) insufficient to diminish the produc-
tivity of fish stocks; and
(B) insufficient to significantly reduce
other marine life.
(2) SUSTAINABILITY
OF
ECOSYSTEMS.—The
term ‘‘sustainability of ecosystems’’ means the capa-
bility of ecosystems to—
(A) maintain productivity of fish stocks at
maximum sustainable yield specified for those
fish stocks in fishery management plans in ef-
fect under the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Con-
servation and Management Act (16 U.S.C.
1801 et seq.); and
(B) maintain types and abundances of
other marine species normally found within
similar areas that are not subject to bottom
trawling and other mobile fishing gear prac-
tices.
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