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HR 5850 IH

To amend the Act entitled `An Act authorizing associations of producers of aquatic products' to include persons engaged in the fishery industry as charter boats or recreational fishermen, and for other purposes.

April 17, 2008

Mr. MILLER of Florida (for himself, Mr. BOYD of Florida, and Mr. BONNER) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources

To amend the Act entitled `An Act authorizing associations of producers of aquatic products' to include persons engaged in the fishery industry as charter boats or recreational fishermen, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the `Charter and Recreational Fishing Collective Marketing Act of 2008'.

SEC. 2. CHARTER BOATS AND RECREATIONAL FISHERMEN.

(a) In General- The Act entitled `An Act authorizing associations of producers of aquatic products', approved June 25, 1934 (15 U.S.C. 521), is amended--

(1) in the second undesignated paragraph, by inserting `and recreational' after `includes all commercial'; and

(2) by inserting after the first undesignated paragraph the following:

`Persons engaged in the fishery industry, as charter boat or recreational fishermen catching aquatic products, may act together in associations, corporate or otherwise, with or without capital stock, in collectively catching, producing, and marketing such aquatic products, including implementing a vessel capacity reduction program, improving the operational and economic efficiency of a fishery, undertaking research, and improving the conservation and management of a fishery resource.'.

(b) Construction- Nothing in this section or the amendments made by this section shall be construed to diminish or supersede any authority or provision of the Magnuson-Sevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.).