Magnuson-Stevens Act Provisions - Subpart L - Fishing Capacity Reduction Framework (50 CFR 600.1000-600.1017).

Subject

Fisheries

Keyword

Fishery management and conservation Marine fisheries Policy/planning Public private partnership (PPP) Procedural matters Legal proceedings/administrative proceedings Governance

Geographical area

Americas, Arctic, East Pacific, North America, North Atlantic

Abstract

This Subpart of Part 600 of the Code of Federal Regulations concerns subsidized fishery reduction programs that may be requested by a Fisheries Council, the Governor of a State under whose authority a proposed reduction fishery is subject, or a majority of permit holders in the fishery. Such program shall be applied for with the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS). NMFS cannot conduct a program in any fishery subject to the jurisdiction of a Council or a state unless NMFS first receives a request from the Council or the governor to whose jurisdiction the fishery is subject. Each program must be: (1) Necessary to prevent or end overfishing, rebuild stocks of fish, or achieve measurable and significant improvements in the conservation and management of the reduction fishery; (2) Accompanied by the appropriate environmental, economic and/or socioeconomic analyses, in accordance with applicable statutes, regulations, or other authorities; and (3) Consistent with the Controlling fishery management plan or program (CFMP), including any reduction amendment, for the reduction fishery. Reduction programs shall imply reduction contracts to be awarded by a bidding process.

Full text

English

Website

www.ecfr.gov

References - Legislation

Implements

Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (revised edition).

Legislation | United States of America | 1976

Keyword: Marine fisheries, Basic legislation, Fishery management and conservation, Foreign fishing, Access right, Enforcement/compliance, Total allowable catch, Policy/planning, Institution, Offences/penalties, Fishing authorization, High seas, Cartilaginous fishes, Indigenous peoples, Maritime zone, Territorial sea, EEZ-Exclusive Economic Zone, Sovereignty, Protection of species

Source: FAO, FAOLEX