gust 11, 1939 (commonly known as the ‘‘Saltonstall- 
Kennedy Act’’) (15 U.S.C. 713c–3). 
(c) FISHERIES COOPERATIVE RESEARCH PROGRAM.— 
The Secretary of Commerce— 
(1) shall, in conjunction with the States, the Gulf 
States Marine Fisheries Commission and the Atlantic 
States Marine Fisheries Commission, the Gulf of Mex-
ico and South Atlantic Fishery Management Coun-
cils, and the commercial, charter, and recreational 
fishing sectors, develop and implement a cooperative 
research program authorized under section 318 for the 
fisheries of the Gulf of Mexico and South Atlantic re-
gions, giving priority to those fisheries that are con-
sidered data-poor; and 
(2) may, subject to the availability of appropria-
tions, use funds received by the Secretary under sec-
tion 2 of the Act of August 11, 1939 (commonly 
known as the ‘‘Saltonstall-Kennedy Act’’) (15 U.S.C. 
713c–3) to implement this subsection. 
(d) 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.)— 
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(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. 
(e) 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 as-
sessments conducted after the date of the enactment of this 
Act. 
(f) 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 purposes 
of managing the recreational sector of the Gulf of Mexico 
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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 territorial sea of the United 
States is measured.’’. 
(g) FUNDING
OF STOCK ASSESSMENTS.—The Sec-
retary of Commerce and the Secretary of the Interior, acting 
through the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, shall 
enter into a cooperative agreement for the funding of stock 
assessments that are necessitated by any action by the Bu-
reau with respect to offshore oil rigs in the Gulf of Mexico 
that adversely impacts red snapper. 
SEC. 113. 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’’. 
SEC. 114. ENSURING CONSISTENT MANAGEMENT FOR FISH-
ERIES THROUGHOUT THEIR RANGE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Magnuson-Stevens Fishery 
Conservation and Management Act (16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.) 
is amended by inserting after section 4 the following: 
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‘‘SEC. 5. ENSURING CONSISTENT FISHERIES MANAGEMENT 
UNDER CERTAIN OTHER FEDERAL LAWS. 
‘‘(a) NATIONAL MARINE SANCTUARIES ACT AND AN-
TIQUITIES ACT OF 1906.—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 (16 
U.S.C. 431 et seq.), this Act shall control. 
‘‘(b) FISHERIES RESTRICTIONS UNDER ENDANGERED 
SPECIES ACT OF 1973.—To ensure transparency and con-
sistent management of fisheries throughout their range, any 
restriction 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 4 the following: 
‘‘Sec. 5. Ensuring consistent fisheries management under certain other Federal 
laws.’’. 
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SEC. 115. 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 Council. 
‘‘(B) MAXIMUM PERCENTAGE.—The percent-
age established by the North Pacific Council 
shall not exceed 24 percent of the pollock avail-
able to be harvested in the directed pollock fish-
ery.’’. 
SEC. 116. 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 develop best 
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prioritize such grants based on the ability of the 
grant to improve the quality and accuracy of 
such programs.’’. 
(b) STUDY ON RECREATIONAL FISHERIES DATA.— 
Section 401(g) (16 U.S.C. 1881(g)) is further amended by 
adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(6) STUDY ON PROGRAM IMPLEMENTATION.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 60 days 
after the enactment of this paragraph, the Sec-
retary shall enter into an agreement with the 
National Research Council of the National Acad-
emy of Sciences to study the implementation of 
the programs described in this section. The study 
shall— 
‘‘(i) provide an updated assessment of 
recreational survey methods established or 
improved since the publication of the Coun-
cil’s report ‘Review of Recreational Fish-
eries 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 Sur-
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vey and the Marine Recreational Informa-
tion Program established under paragraph 
(1). 
‘‘(B) REPORT.—Not later than 1 year after 
entering into an agreement under subparagraph 
(A), the Secretary shall submit a report to Con-
gress on the results of the study under subpara-
graph (A).’’. 
SEC. 117. 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: 
‘‘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 Fisheries 
Commission shall conduct all fishery stock assessments used 
for management purposes by the Gulf of Mexico Fishery 
Management Council for the fisheries managed under the 
Council’s Reef Fish Management Plan. 
‘‘(b) USE OF OTHER INFORMATION AND ASSETS.— 
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—Such fishery assessments 
shall— 
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‘‘(A) incorporate fisheries survey informa-
tion collected by university researchers; and 
‘‘(B) to the extent practicable, use State, 
university, and private assets to conduct fisheries 
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— 
‘‘(1) emphasize constituent and stakeholder par-
ticipation 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 col-
lect that data; and 
‘‘(3) employ an assessment process that is trans-
parent and includes— 
‘‘(A) includes a rigorous and independent 
scientific review of the completed fishery stock 
assessment; and 
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‘‘(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 relat-
ing to section 408 the following: 
‘‘Sec. 409. Stock assessments used for fisheries managed under Gulf of Mexico 
Council’s Reef Fish Management Plan.’’. 
SEC. 118. ESTIMATION OF COST OF RECOVERY FROM FISH-
ERY RESOURCE DISASTER. 
Section 312(a)(1) (16 U.S.C. 1861a(1)) is amended— 
(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: 
‘‘(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.’’. 
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SEC. 119. 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. 120. 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 
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 snap-
per has been reached. 
SEC. 121. 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 Magnuson- 
Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (16 
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