2015 US Code
Title 16 - Conservation (Sections 1 - 7507)
Chapter 38 - Fishery Conservation and Management (Sections 1801 - 1891d)
Subchapter IV - National Fishery Management Program (Sections 1851 - 1869)
Sec. 1868 - Herring study
| Publication Title | United States Code, 2012 Edition, Supplement 3, 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. 1868 - Herring study |
| Contains | section 1868 |
| Date | 2015 |
| Laws In Effect As Of Date | January 3, 2016 |
| Positive Law | No |
| Disposition | standard |
| Source Credit | Pub. L. 94-265, title III, §319, as added Pub. L. 109-479, title II, §205, Jan. 12, 2007, 120 Stat. 3615. |
| Statutes at Large Reference | 120 Stat. 3615 |
| Public and Private Law | Public Law 94-265, Public Law 109-479 |
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The Secretary may conduct a cooperative research program to study the issues of abundance, distribution and the role of herring as forage fish for other commercially important fish stocks in the Northwest Atlantic, and the potential for local scale depletion from herring harvesting and how it relates to other fisheries in the Northwest Atlantic. In planning, designing, and implementing this program, the Secretary shall engage multiple fisheries sectors and stakeholder groups concerned with herring management.
(b) ReportThe Secretary shall present the final results of this study to Congress within 3 months following the completion of the study, and an interim report at the end of fiscal year 2008.
(c) Authorization of appropriationsThere are authorized to be appropriated $2,000,000 for fiscal year 2007 through fiscal year 2009 to conduct this study.
(Pub. L. 94–265, title III, §319, as added Pub. L. 109–479, title II, §205, Jan. 12, 2007, 120 Stat. 3615.)
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