SNAPR Act

Bill: 113-hr-4465
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Byrne, Bradley [R-AL-1]
Introduced: 2014-04-10
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Fishes

Gulf of Mexico

Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Latest action: action_date: 2014-04-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.

Summaries:
action_date: 2014-04-10
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>Supporting New Avenues to Protect Our Fishermen's Resources Act or the SNAPR Act - Amends the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act to repeal a provision that requires any fishery management plan, plan amendment, or regulation submitted by the Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council to contain conservation and management measures that establish catch limits (separate quotas for recreational and commercial fishing that, when reached, result in a prohibition on the retention of caught fish for the remainder of the fishing year) for the Gulf of Mexico red snapper fishery.</p>

tv_txt: I 113th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 4465 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES April 10, 2014 Mr. Byrne introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources A BILL To amend the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act to repeal the requirement to establish catch limits for the Gulf of Mexico red snapper fishery.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Supporting New Avenues to Protect Our Fishermen’s Resources Act or the SNAPR Act . 2. Repeal of catch limits requirement for Gulf of Mexico red snapper fishery Subsection (d) of section 407 of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (16 U.S.C. 1884) is repealed.