2013 US Code
Title 16 - Conservation
Chapter 38 - FISHERY CONSERVATION AND MANAGEMENT (§§ 1801 - 1891d)
Subchapter IV - NATIONAL FISHERY MANAGEMENT PROGRAM (§§ 1851 - 1869)
Section 1863 - Northwest Atlantic Ocean Fisheries Reinvestment Program
Publication Title | United States Code, 2012 Edition, Supplement 1, Title 16 - CONSERVATION |
Category | Bills and Statutes |
Collection | United States Code |
SuDoc Class Number | Y 1.2/5: |
Contained Within | Title 16 - CONSERVATION CHAPTER 38 - FISHERY CONSERVATION AND MANAGEMENT SUBCHAPTER IV - NATIONAL FISHERY MANAGEMENT PROGRAM Sec. 1863 - Northwest Atlantic Ocean Fisheries Reinvestment Program |
Contains | section 1863 |
Date | 2013 |
Laws in Effect as of Date | January 16, 2014 |
Positive Law | No |
Disposition | standard |
Source Credit | Pub. L. 94-265, title III, §314, as added Pub. L. 102-567, title IX, §902(a), Oct. 29, 1992, 106 Stat. 4317; amended Pub. L. 104-297, title I, §117(b), Oct. 11, 1996, 110 Stat. 3604. |
Statutes at Large References | 90 Stat. 331 104 Stat. 3359 106 Stat. 4317 110 Stat. 3604 |
Public Law References | Public Law 94-265, Public Law 101-624, Public Law 102-567, Public Law 104-297 |
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(1) Not later than October 1, 1993, the Secretary shall establish a Northwest Atlantic Ocean Fisheries Reinvestment Program for the purposes of—
(A) promoting development of commercial fisheries and markets for underutilized species of the northwest Atlantic Ocean;
(B) developing alternative fishing opportunities for participants in the New England groundfish fishery;
(C) providing technical support and assistance to United States fishermen and fish processors to improve the value-added processing of underutilized species and to make participation in fisheries for underutilized species of the northwest Atlantic Ocean economically viable;
(D) creating new economic opportunities through the improved processing and expanded use of fish waste; and
(E) helping to restore overfished New England groundfish stocks through aquaculture or hatchery programs.
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The Secretary shall actively seek the assistance of other Federal agencies in the development of fisheries for underutilized species of the northwest Atlantic Ocean, including, to the extent permitted by other applicable laws, assistance from the Secretary of Agriculture in including such underutilized species as agricultural commodities in the programs of the Foreign Agricultural Service for which amounts are authorized under the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 (Public Law 101–624; 104 Stat. 3359).
(c) Management plans for underutilized speciesThe New England Fishery Management Council, in consultation with other appropriate Councils, shall develop fishery management plans as soon as possible for any underutilized species of the northwest Atlantic Ocean that is not covered under such a plan, in order to prevent overfishing of that species.
(d) "Underutilized species" definedFor purposes of this section, the term "underutilized species of the northwest Atlantic Ocean" means any fish species of the northwest Atlantic Ocean that is identified, by the Director of the Northeast Fisheries Center of the National Marine Fisheries Service, as an underutilized species.
(Pub. L. 94–265, title III, §314, as added Pub. L. 102–567, title IX, §902(a), Oct. 29, 1992, 106 Stat. 4317; amended Pub. L. 104–297, title I, §117(b), Oct. 11, 1996, 110 Stat. 3604.)
REFERENCES IN TEXTThis chapter, referred to in subsec. (a)(3), 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.
The Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990, referred to in subsec. (b), is Pub. L. 101–624, Nov. 28, 1990, 104 Stat. 3359, as amended. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title of 1990 Amendment note set out under section 1421 of Title 7, Agriculture, and Tables.
AMENDMENTS1996—Subsec. (a)(4). Pub. L. 104–297 substituted "1999" for "1997".
1 So in original. Probably should be "paragraph".
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