U.S. Congress - H.R.4087 Flexibility in Rebuilding American Fisheries Act of 2007
H.R.4087 - Flexibility in Rebuilding American Fisheries Act of 2007
To amend the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act to extend the authorized time period for rebuilding of certain overfished fisheries, and for other purposes. view all titles (2)
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- Short: Flexibility in Rebuilding American Fisheries Act of 2007 as introduced.
- Official: To amend the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act to extend the authorized time period for rebuilding of certain overfished fisheries, and for other purposes. as introduced.
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Official Summary
11/6/2007--Introduced.Flexibility in Rebuilding American Fisheries Act of 2007 - Amends the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act to require fishery management plans, amendments, or regulations for overfished fisheries to specify a time period for ending overfishing andOfficial Summary
11/6/2007--Introduced.Flexibility in Rebuilding American Fisheries Act of 2007 - Amends the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act to require fishery management plans, amendments, or regulations for overfished fisheries to specify a time period for ending overfishing and rebuilding the fishery that is as short as practicable. (Current law requires that the time period be as short as possible.) Modifies the exceptions to the requirement that such period not exceed ten years. Requires, when the Secretary of Commerce extends the period under specified provisions, that the maximum rebuilding time not exceed the sum of the initial ten-year period, the expected time to rebuild the stock absent any fishing mortality and under prevailing environmental conditions, and the mean generation time of the stock.
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Ahab's Journal: AN ACTION PLAN FOR NORTH CAROLINAâS COMMERCIAL ...
Congressman Walter B. Jones introduced the Flexibility in Rebuilding American Fisheries Act (HR 4087) in 2007, and Congressman Frank Pallone (NJ) introduced a nearly identical bill (HR 5425) in 2008. Both bills attracted bipartisan ...
Taking a Stand on Fisheries Management
The Flexibility in Rebuilding American Fisheries Act of 2007 (HR 4087) would allow federal fisheries managers to extend deadlines (generally set at a maximum 10 years by the current Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management ...
Taking a Stand on Fisheries Management
The concept of putting more "flexibility" into fisheries management has become a real hot-button issue in much of the recreational-fishing community, particularly since late last year when Rep. Walter B. Jones (R-NC) introduced into ...
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