Fishery Management Amendments of 2006

Bill: 109-hr-4940
Sponsor: Rep. Frank, Barney [D-MA-4]
Introduced: 2006-03-13 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Access to health care
Administrative procedure
Animals
Anthropology
Arts, Culture, Religion
Authorization
Biological research
Charitable contributions
Coastal zone
Colleges
Conferences
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Construction costs
Data banks
Department of Commerce
Dislocated workers
Ecological research
Economic forecasting
Economic impact statements
Economics and Public Finance
Education
Electronic government information
Employee health benefits
Environmental Protection
Environmental assessment
Environmental research
Executive reorganization
Federal aid to education
Federal aid to research
Finance and Financial Sector
Fisheries
Fishery management
Fishes
Fishing boats
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Graduate education
Grants-in-aid
Harbors
Health
Health insurance
Higher education
Infrastructure
Insurance premiums
Labor and Employment
Laboratories
Law
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Marine safety
Medical economics
Medically uninsured
Meteorological research
Meteorology
Nonprofit organizations
Occupational retraining
Oceanographic research
Oceanography
Overfishing
Planning
Preventive medicine
Referendum
Research centers
Research grants
Safety appliances
Scholarships
Science, Technology, Communications
Scientific instruments and apparatus
Social Welfare
Surveys
Teacher education
Unemployment

Summary:
action_date: 2006-03-13
text: 
Fishery Management Amendments of 2006 - Amends the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act to require determinations that a fishery is depleted (currently, overfished) or approaching being depleted to be based on the best scientific information available, subject to peer review, and include an explanation of the cause or causes of the depleted condition of the fishery. 
 
Sets forth circumstances under which the rebuilding deadline may be extended for an individual stock of fish within a multispecies fishery in which more than one stock of fish is subject to a management plan, amendment, or regulation. Requires the Secretary of Commerce, with respect to a depleted fishery due to unsustainable fishing, to notify a Regional Fishery Management Council and request action be taken to end the unsustainable fishing in such fishery and to implement conservation and management measures to rebuild affected fish stocks.
 
Provides grants for qualifying health care coverage programs to provide benefits to individuals employed in the fishing industry (including their families).
 
Establishes the Federal Fishery Research Network to conduct research on fishery management issues.
 
Requires federal inspection of fishing vessel safety instruction and emergency drill records. Authorizes grants for fishing vessel safety training and instruction sessions (including purchase of safety equipment).
 
Requires a holder of an individual fishing quota to be a U.S. citizen.
 
Provides grants to construct or improve wharves in coastal areas for commercial fishing use.
 
Establishes the Fishery Science Education Program to increase the number of post-baccalaureate degrees in fishery science.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-04-25
text: Committee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2006-03-20
text: Executive Comment Requested from Commerce.
action_date: 2006-03-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Resources.
action_date: 2006-03-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-03-13
text: Introduced in House