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[USC02] 16 USC 1881c: Fisheries research
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16 USC 1881c: Fisheries research Text contains those laws in effect on January 28, 2020
§1881c. Fisheries research
Within one year after October 11, 1996, and at least every 3 years thereafter, the Secretary shall develop and publish in the Federal Register a strategic plan for fisheries research for the 5 years immediately following such publication. The plan shall-
(c) Areas of research
Areas of research are as follows:
(4) Information management research, including the development of a fishery information base and an information management system that will permit the full use of information in the support of effective fishery conservation and management.
(e) Improving data collection and analysis
Not later than 1 year after December 31, 2018, the Secretary shall develop, in consultation with the science and statistical committees of the Councils established under section 1852(g) of this title and the Marine Fisheries Commissions, and submit to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate and the Committee on Natural Resources of the House of Representatives a report on facilitating greater incorporation of data, analysis, stock assessments, and surveys from State agencies and nongovernmental sources described in paragraph (2), to the extent such information is consistent with section 1851(a)(2) of this title, into fisheries management decisions.
In developing the report under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall-
(A) identify types of data and analysis, especially concerning recreational fishing, that can be used for purposes of this chapter as the basis for establishing conservation and management measures as required by section 1853(a)(1) of this title, including setting standards for the collection and use of that data and analysis in stock assessments and surveys and for other purposes;
(B) provide specific recommendations for collecting data and performing analyses identified as necessary to reduce uncertainty in and improve the accuracy of future stock assessments, including whether such data and analysis could be provided by nongovernmental sources; and
(C) consider the extent to which the acceptance and use of data and analyses identified in the report in fishery management decisions is practicable and compatible with the requirements of section 1851(a)(2) of this title.
(Pub. L. 94–265, title IV, §404, as added Pub. L. 104–297, title II, §205, Oct. 11, 1996, 110 Stat. 3609 ; amended Pub. L. 109–479, title II, §203(b), Jan. 12, 2007, 120 Stat. 3614 ; Pub. L. 115–405, §201(a), Dec. 31, 2018, 132 Stat. 5358 .)
This chapter, referred to in subsecs. (a) and (e)(2)(A), was in the original "this Act", meaning Pub. L. 94–265, Apr. 13, 1976, 90 Stat. 331 , as amended, known as the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act, which is classified principally to this chapter. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 1801 of this title and Tables.
2018-Subsec. (e). Pub. L. 115–405 added subsec. (e).
2007-Subsec. (c)(4). Pub. L. 109–479 struck out "under section 1881 of this title" after "system".
Pub. L. 104–297, title II, §208, Oct. 11, 1996, 110 Stat. 3614 , as amended by Pub. L. 104–208, div. A, title I, §101(a) [title II, §211(b)], Sept. 30, 1996, 110 Stat. 3009 , 3009-41, provided that:
"(a) Study.-The Secretary of Commerce shall conduct a study of the contribution of bycatch to charitable organizations by commercial fishermen. The study shall include determinations of-
"(1) the amount of bycatch that is contributed each year to charitable organizations by commercial fishermen;
"(2) the economic benefits to commercial fishermen from those contributions; and
"(3) the impact on fisheries of the availability of those benefits.
"(b) Report.-Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act [Oct. 11, 1996], the Secretary of Commerce shall submit to the Congress a report containing determinations made in the study under subsection (a).
"(c) Bycatch Defined.-In this section the term 'bycatch' has the meaning given that term in section 3 of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act [16 U.S.C. 1802], as amended by section 102 of this Act."