Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Amendments Act of 2006

Bill: 109-hr-5051
Sponsor: Rep. Gilchrest, Wayne T. [R-MD-1]
Introduced: 2006-03-30 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Administrative fees
Administrative procedure
Administrative remedies
Alabama
Anadromous fishes
Animals
Antitrust law
Associations, institutions, etc.
Atlantic Ocean
Auctions
Authorization
Birds
Coastal zone
Commerce
Confidential communications
Conflict of interests
Congress
Congress and foreign policy
Congressional oversight
Congressional reporting requirements
Consumer education
Continental shelf
Coral reefs
Cost effectiveness
Crime and Law Enforcement
Debt
Department of Commerce
Department of the Interior
Disaster relief
Ecological research
Economic assistance
Economic impact statements
Economics and Public Finance
Ecosystem management
Emergency Management
Endangered species
Environmental Protection
Environmental assessment
Equipment and supplies
Export controls
Exports
Federal advisory bodies
Federal-Indian relations
Federal-local relations
Federal-state relations
Finance and Financial Sector
Fines (Penalties)
Fisheries
Fishery agreements
Fishery management
Fishes
Fishing
Fishing boats
Florida
Food industry
Food relief
Food safety
Foreign Trade and International Finance
Forfeiture
Gifts
Government Operations and Politics
Government lending
Government paperwork
Government publicity
Government trust funds
Grants-in-aid
Gulf of Mexico
Habitat conservation
Hurricane aftermath legislation
Hurricanes
Import restrictions
Imports
Interest
International Affairs
International agencies
International environmental cooperation
Investments
Labor and Employment
Law
Law enforcement officers
Licenses
Lobbying
Louisiana
Maintenance and repair
Maps
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Marine ecology
Marine mammals
Marine pollution
Marine resources conservation
Marine safety
Marketing
Minorities
Mississippi
Native Americans
Negotiations
New England
Overfishing
Pacific Ocean
Planning
Pollution control
Price fixing
Public-private partnerships
Referendum
Remote sensing
Restoration ecology
Restrictive trade practices
Salmon
Sanctions (International law)
Science, Technology, Communications
Seafood
Sharks
Shellfish
Small business
Space activities
Sports and Recreation
Surveys
Sustainable fisheries
Technological innovations
Technology transfer
Territorial waters
Texas
Trade secrets
Treaties
Tsunamis
Turtles
United Nations
Wildlife conservation

Summary:
action_date: 2006-03-30
text: 
Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Amendments Act of 2006 - Amends the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (the Act) to authorize appropriations for the national fishery management program through FY2012.
 
 
Revises provisions under the Act with respect to: (1) regional fishery management councils; (2) fishery management plan requirements; and (3) environmental review of fishery management plans.
 
Establishes: (1) limited access privilege programs to harvest fish; (2) Western Pacific regional marine education and training programs; (3) a regional economic transition program for fishermen affected by a catastrophic fishery disaster; (4) a shrimp fisheries hurricane assistance program for the Gulf of Mexico; (5) a bycatch reduction engineering program to minimize bycatch mortality; (6) a community-based fishery and coastal habitat restoration program; and (7) a national fishery permitting and registration program
 
Increases both civil and criminal penalties for certain prohibited acts under U.S. fishery law. Sets forth a criminal penalty for a person who uses a weapon in the commission of such acts.
 
National Fishing Fleet Vision, Implementation, and Management Act - Establishes: (1) a National Task Force on Sustainable Fishery Capacity to develop guidance for the development of Sustainable Fishery Vision, Implementation, and Management Plans; (2) a regionally based registry program for recreational fishermen; (3) a cooperative research and management program; (4) a Fisheries Conservation and Management Fund; and (5) a deep sea coral research and technology program.
 
Reauthorizes certain fisheries Acts through FY2010.
 Requires the Secretary to identify a nation's vessels that have engaged in illegal, unreported, or unregulated fishing (including relevant international fishery management organizations that have failed to implement effective measures to end such activities), or that have engaged in fishing practices beyond the exclusive economic zone that result in bycatch of a protected living marine resource, and to encourage them to take appropriate corrective actions or to enter into bilateral treaties to end such offending activities.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-04-19
text: Executive Comment Requested from Commerce.
action_date: 2006-04-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Fisheries and Oceans.
action_date: 2006-03-30
text: Referred to the House Committee on Resources.
action_date: 2006-03-30
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E472)
action_date: 2006-03-30
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-03-30
text: Introduced in House