Title: GOFISH Act
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources

Summary:
Give Our Fishermen Immediate Snapper Help Act or the GOFISH Act
This bill establishes requirements and restrictions for the 2017 and 2018 red snapper fishing seasons in the Gulf of Mexico.
The recreational season shall begin on July 1 of each year and last for 62 consecutive days.	The bill also sets forth red snapper allocation and season duration requirements for the commercial and charter fishing sectors.
The catch and size limits for all three sectors shall be no less than the limits that applied to each sector for the 2016 fishing season.
Additionally, the National Marine Fisheries Service shall issue a proposed rule for the 2017 and 2018 red snapper fishing seasons.

[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1382 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1382

To establish requirements and restrictions for the commercial, charter, 
and recreational red snapper fishing seasons in the Gulf of Mexico for 
       the 2017 and 2018 fishing seasons, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 7, 2017

 Mr. Weber of Texas (for himself, Mr. Austin Scott of Georgia, and Mr. 
    Byrne) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                     Committee on Natural Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
To establish requirements and restrictions for the commercial, charter, 
and recreational red snapper fishing seasons in the Gulf of Mexico for 
       the 2017 and 2018 fishing seasons, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Give Our Fishermen Immediate Snapper 
Help Act'' or the ``GOFISH Act''.

SEC. 2. RED SNAPPER FISHING SEASONS IN THE GULF OF MEXICO.

    (a) In General.--Notwithstanding any provision of the Magnuson-
Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (16 U.S.C. 1531 et 
seq.), any fishery management plan under that Act, or any other Federal 
law, for each of the 2017 fishing season and 2018 fishing season--
            (1) the red snapper fishing season for the recreational 
        fishing sector in the Gulf of Mexico--
                    (A) shall be 62 consecutive days in duration; and
                    (B) shall begin on July 1;
            (2) the allocation of red snapper, and the duration of the 
        red snapper fishing season, for the commercial fishing sector 
        in the Gulf of Mexico shall be the same as the allocation and 
        duration, respectively, that applied to such sector for the 
        2016 fishing season;
            (3) the allocation of red snapper, and the duration of the 
        red snapper fishing season, for the charter fishing sector in 
        the Gulf of Mexico may not be less than the allocation and 
        duration that applied to such sector for the 2016 fishing 
        season; and
            (4) the red snapper catch limit and size limit for each 
        such sector shall be no less than the catch limit and size 
        limit, respectively, that applied to such sector for the 2016 
        fishing season.
    (b) Proposed Rule.--The Secretary of Commerce shall issue a 
proposed rule to implement subsection (a) for the 2017 fishing season 
and 2018 fishing season, respectively.
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