Transparent Summer Flounder Quotas Act

Bill: 115-hr-1411
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Pallone, Frank, Jr. [D-NJ-6]
Introduced: 2017-03-07
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures

Atlantic Ocean

Department of Commerce

Fishes

Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Latest action: action_date: 2017-04-03
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.

Summaries:
action_date: 2017-03-07
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Transparent Summer Flounder Quotas Act</b></p> <p>This bill addresses rules governing summer flounder fisheries.</p> <p>As applicable to summer flounder, the rule submitted by the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) titled &quot;Fisheries of the Northeastern United States; Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass Fisheries; 2017-2018 Summer Flounder Specifications and Announcement of 2017 Summer Flounder and Black Sea Bass Commercial Accountability Measures&quot; isnullified.The rule published in the Federal Register on December 22, 2016, establishes summer flounder quotas for the 2017-2018 recreational and commercial fishing seasons.</p> <p>The prior regulations governing summer flounder shall apply until the NMFS completes a new summer flounder stock assessment and establishes a new rule based on the stock assessment. (The prior regulations titled &quot;Fisheries of the Northeastern United States; Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass Fisheries; 2016-2018 Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass Specifications&quot; were published in the Federal Register on December 28, 2015, and effective as of January 1, 2016.)</p>

tv_txt: I 115th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 1411 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES March 7, 2017 Mr. Pallone (for himself and Mr. LoBiondo ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources A BILL To continue in effect for the 2017 and 2018 fishing seasons certain fishing specifications for the summer flounder fishery, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Transparent Summer Flounder Quotas Act . 2. Continuation of fishing specifications for the summer flounder fishery (a) Limitation The final rule published by the National Marine Fisheries Service titled Fisheries of the Northeastern United States; Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass Fisheries; 2017–2018 Summer Flounder Specifications and Announcement of 2017 Summer Flounder and Black Sea Bass Commercial Accountability Measures and published December 22, 2016 (81 Fed. Reg. 93842), shall not apply with respect to the summer flounder fishery. (b) Continuation of previous specifications The specifications for summer flounder established in the rule titled Fisheries of the Northeastern United States; Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass Fisheries; 2016–2018 Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass Specifications and published December 28, 2015 (80 Fed. Reg. 80689), shall apply with respect to the summer flounder fishery until the date on which— (1) a new summer flounder stock assessment is completed after the date of the enactment of this Act; and (2) a new rule based on such stock assessment takes effect. (c) Relationship to existing law Subsections (a) and (b)— (1) shall apply notwithstanding section 302(h)(6) of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act ( 16 U.S.C. 1852(h)(6) ); and (2) shall not be construed to affect any other provision of such Act.