Summary: Pirate Fishing Elimination Act - Implements the Agreement on Port State Measures to Prevent, Deter and Eliminate Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated Fishing, done at the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations (U.N.) in Rome, Italy, on November 22, 2009 (the Agreement). (Sec. 5) Authorizes the Secretary of Commerce (Secretary) to designate and publicize ports of entry for each: (1) foreign vessel seeking entry to or in a port subject to U.S. jurisdiction; (2) vessel of the United States seeking entry to or in a port subject to the jurisdiction of another government or regional economic integration organization under the Agreement; and (3) person, private entity, or government subject to U.S. jurisdiction. Prohibits the designation of such a port unless it is designated as a customs reporting port of entry under specified provisions of the Tariff Act of 1930. Defines "vessel" as any vessel, ship, or boat used, equipped, or intended for fishing or a fishing-related activity. Excludes a container vessel that is: (1) not carrying fish; or (2) carrying only previously landed fish without having engaged in or supported activities designated as illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing. Defines "fishing-related activity" as any operation in support of, or in preparation for, fishing, including: (1) the landing, packaging, processing, transshipping, or transporting of fish that have not been previously landed at a port or place; and (2) the provision of personnel, fuel, gear, and other supplies at sea. Directs the Secretary to provide the FAO a list of each designated port. Requires the Secretary to maintain, and make publicly accessible, information regarding legal remedies available to persons affected by this Act. (Sec. 6) Requires each vessel to submit to the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating certain required information in advance of the vessel arriving in a port. Requires the Secretary to deny entry to vessels: (1) listed as, engaged in, or supporting IUU fishing; or (2) that the Secretary has reasonable grounds to believe has violated this Act. Permits the Secretary to allow entry for scrapping, inspection, enforcement, or to assist a vessel or person in danger or distress. Directs the Secretary to provide notice of denial of entry decisions to the flag nation of the vessel and, as appropriate, each relevant coastal nation, regional fisheries management organization (RFMO), and international organization. Defines "RFMO" as an intergovernmental fisheries organization or arrangement that has the competence to establish conservation and management measures. (Sec. 7) Sets forth standards for denying or permitting port services to vessels authorized to enter a port. (Sec. 8) Requires the Secretary and the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating to conduct vessel inspections. Sets forth standards for the prioritization of such inspections. Directs the Secretary to transmit inspection results to the flag nation of the inspected vessel and, as appropriate, to: (1) each relevant party to the Agreement and nation, including a relevant coastal nation and the nation of which the vessel's master is a national; (2) the relevant RFMO; (3) the FAO; and (4) any other relevant international organization. Requires the Secretary, if reasonable grounds exist following the inspection to believe that a foreign vessel has engaged in or supported IUU fishing, to: (1) through the Secretary of State, notify the flag nation of the vessel and, as appropriate, each relevant coastal nation, RFMO, international organization, and the nation of which the vessel's master is a national; and (2) deny the vessel the use of port services. Authorizes the Secretary to take enforcement action. (Sec. 9) Declares it unlawful for any person to: (1) impede or refuse to permit boarding to an authorized officer conducting investigation or enforcement activities; (2) resist lawful arrest; (3) interfere with the detection of a person violating this Act; (4) submit false information; (5) forcibly assault, resist, harass, or bribe authorized observers or data collectors; (6) import, export, transport, sell, receive, acquire, or purchase in interstate or foreign commerce any fish or fish product taken, possessed, transported, or sold in violation of any foreign law or treaty addressing the conservation or management of living marine resources, or any conservation and management measures; (7) falsify records or identifications of fish; or (8) carry out other acts prohibited by this Act. Defines "authorized officer" as any: (1) commissioned, warrant, or petty officer of the Coast Guard; (2) special agent or fishery enforcement officer of the National Marine Fisheries Service; or (3) officer designated by the head of any federal or state agency with an agreement to enforce the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act or any other statute administered by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). (Sec. 10) Requires the Secretary and the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating to enforce this Act and authorize officers to conduct various enforcement activities. Allows such Secretaries to utilize, by agreement and on a reimbursable or nonreimbursable basis, the personnel, services, equipment (including aircraft and vessels), and facilities of any other federal or state agency. Permits authorized officers, under specified circumstances, to carry firearms, make appropriate arrests, and issue citations. Sets forth forfeiture procedures and administrative, civil, and criminal penalties. Specifies the U.S. district courts with jurisdiction over actions arising in various locations and sets forth venue requirements for offenses not committed in any district. (Sec. 11) Directs the Secretary to provide assistance, including grants, to assist developing nations and international organizations in meeting their obligations under the Agreement. Authorizes the Secretary, when carrying out the international assistance responsibilities under this Act or any statute administered by the Secretary, to transfer funds to any foreign government and any international, nongovernmental, or intergovernmental organization. (Sec. 12) Prohibits this Act from: (1) displacing any requirements imposed by U.S. customs laws or any other laws or regulations enforced or administered by the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS); or (2) affecting a vessel's entry into port, in accordance with international law, for reasons of force majeure or distress. Requires more stringent requirements to apply where such requirements exist under other federal laws. (Sec. 13) Authorizes FY2012-FY2016 appropriations.

pirate fishing elimination act implements agreement port state measures prevent deter eliminate illegal unreported unregulated fishing united_nations november agreement sec authorizes secretary commerce secretary designate publicize ports entry foreign vessel seeking entry port subject jurisdiction vessel united_states seeking entry port subject jurisdiction government regional economic integration organization agreement person private entity government subject jurisdiction prohibits designation port designated customs reporting port entry specified provisions tariff act defines vessel vessel ship boat equipped intended fishing fishing related activity excludes container vessel carrying fish carrying previously landed fish having engaged supported activities designated illegal unreported unregulated fishing defines fishing related activity operation support preparation fishing including landing packaging processing transporting fish previously landed port place provision personnel fuel gear supplies sea directs secretary provide list designated port requires secretary maintain publicly accessible information legal remedies available persons affected act sec requires vessel submit secretary department coast_guard operating certain required information advance vessel arriving port requires secretary deny entry vessels listed engaged supporting fishing secretary reasonable grounds believe violated act permits secretary allow entry inspection enforcement assist vessel person danger distress directs secretary provide notice denial entry decisions flag nation vessel appropriate relevant coastal nation regional fisheries management organization international organization defines intergovernmental fisheries organization arrangement competence establish conservation management measures sec sets forth standards denying permitting port services vessels authorized enter port sec requires secretary secretary department coast_guard operating conduct vessel inspections sets forth standards prioritization inspections directs secretary transmit inspection results flag nation inspected vessel appropriate relevant party agreement nation including relevant coastal nation nation vessel master national relevant relevant international organization requires secretary reasonable grounds exist following inspection believe foreign vessel engaged supported fishing secretary state notify flag nation vessel appropriate relevant coastal nation international organization nation vessel master national deny vessel use port services authorizes secretary enforcement action sec declares unlawful person impede refuse permit boarding authorized officer conducting investigation enforcement activities resist lawful arrest interfere detection person violating act submit false information forcibly assault resist authorized observers data collectors import export transport sell receive acquire purchase interstate foreign commerce fish fish product taken possessed transported sold violation foreign law treaty addressing conservation management living marine resources conservation management measures records identifications fish carry acts prohibited act defines authorized officer commissioned warrant petty officer coast_guard special agent fishery enforcement officer national_marine_fisheries_service officer designated head federal state agency agreement enforce magnuson stevens fishery conservation management act statute administered national_oceanic_and_atmospheric_administration noaa sec requires secretary secretary department coast_guard operating enforce act authorize officers conduct enforcement activities allows secretaries utilize agreement reimbursable nonreimbursable basis personnel services equipment including aircraft vessels facilities federal state agency permits authorized officers specified circumstances carry firearms appropriate arrests issue citations sets forth forfeiture procedures administrative civil criminal penalties specifies district courts jurisdiction actions arising locations sets forth venue requirements offenses committed district sec directs secretary provide assistance including grants assist developing nations international organizations meeting obligations agreement authorizes secretary carrying international assistance responsibilities act statute administered secretary transfer funds foreign government international nongovernmental intergovernmental organization sec prohibits act displacing requirements imposed customs laws laws regulations enforced administered secretary homeland_security dhs affecting vessel entry port accordance international law reasons force distress requires stringent requirements apply requirements exist federal laws sec authorizes fy2012 fy2016 appropriations


Summary: Fisheries Investment and Regulatory Relief Act of 2012 - Amends the Saltonstall-Kennedy Act to revise the program under which the Secretary of Commerce provides financial assistance for fisheries research and development projects. Directs each Regional Fishery Management Council to establish a fishery investment committee to: (1) develop a regional fishery investment plan identifying research, conservation, management needs, and actions to rebuild and maintain healthy fish populations and sustainable fisheries; and (2) make recommendations to the Council on grant applications and projects to implement the respective plans. Requires that such plans be revised, approved by the relevant Council, and submitted to the Secretary at least once every five years. Directs the Secretary to establish an annual competitive grant program to advance regional priorities included in such plans. Makes state, federal, regional, or private entities or persons eligible for such funding. Requires that preference be given to public-private partnerships. Specifies that national fisheries investment program funds be used by the Secretary for research and investment that supports rebuilding and maintaining healthy U.S. fish populations and promotes sustainable fisheries. (Currently, such funds are used for harvesting, processing, marketing, and other associated infrastructures.) Allocates funds to each Council and marine fisheries commissions. Limits to a specified percentage the funds authorized to offset receipts for National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) operations, research, and facilities.

regulatory relief act amends saltonstall kennedy act revise program secretary commerce provides financial assistance fisheries research development projects directs regional_fishery_management_council establish fishery investment committee develop regional fishery investment plan identifying research conservation management needs actions rebuild maintain healthy fish populations sustainable fisheries recommendations council grant applications projects implement respective plans requires plans revised approved relevant council submitted secretary years directs secretary establish annual competitive grant program advance regional priorities included plans makes state federal regional private entities persons eligible funding requires preference given public private partnerships specifies national fisheries investment program funds secretary research investment supports rebuilding maintaining healthy fish populations promotes sustainable fisheries currently funds harvesting processing marketing associated infrastructures allocates funds council marine fisheries commissions limits specified percentage funds authorized offset receipts national_oceanic_and_atmospheric_administration noaa operations research facilities


Summary: Prohibits the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Commerce from issuing any permit or in any other way authorizing commercial finfish aquaculture operations in the U.S. Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ), except in accordance with law enacted after enactment of this Act.

prohibits secretary interior secretary commerce issuing permit way authorizing commercial finfish aquaculture operations eez accordance law enacted enactment act


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Fisheries Disaster Relief and Research Investment Act - Amends the Saltonstall-Kennedy Act to revise the program under which the Secretary of Commerce provides financial assistance for fisheries research and development projects. Directs each Regional Fishery Management Council to establish a fishery investment committee to: (1) develop a regional fishery investment plan identifying research, conservation, management needs, and actions to rebuild and maintain healthy fish populations and sustainable fisheries; and (2) make recommendations to the Council on grant applications and projects to implement the respective plans.

Requires that such plans be revised, approved by the relevant Council, and submitted to the Secretary at least once every five years.

Directs the Secretary to establish an annual competitive grant program to advance regional priorities included in such plans. Makes state, federal, regional, or private entities or persons eligible for such funding. Requires that preference be given to public-private partnerships.

Specifies that national fisheries investment program funds be used by the Secretary for research and investment that supports rebuilding and maintaining healthy U.S. fish populations and promotes sustainable fisheries. (Currently, such funds are used for harvesting, processing, marketing, and other associated infrastructures.)

Allocates monies to each Council and marine fisheries commissions.

Designates an amount to be distributed among eligible recipients of assistance for commercial fishery failures and fishery disasters declared by the Secretary in 2012 under specified provisions of the Interjurisdicitional Fisheries Act and the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act.

Limits to a specified percentage the monies authorized to offset receipts for National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) operations, research, and facilities.

fisheries disaster relief research investment act amends saltonstall kennedy act revise program secretary commerce provides financial assistance fisheries research development projects directs regional_fishery_management_council establish fishery investment committee develop regional fishery investment plan identifying research conservation management needs actions rebuild maintain healthy fish populations sustainable fisheries recommendations council grant applications projects implement respective plans requires plans revised approved relevant council submitted secretary years directs secretary establish annual competitive grant program advance regional priorities included plans makes state federal regional private entities persons eligible funding requires preference given public private partnerships specifies national fisheries investment program funds secretary research investment supports rebuilding maintaining healthy fish populations promotes sustainable fisheries currently funds harvesting processing marketing associated infrastructures allocates monies council marine fisheries commissions designates distributed eligible recipients assistance commercial fishery failures fishery disasters declared secretary specified provisions fisheries act magnuson stevens fishery conservation management act limits specified percentage monies authorized offset receipts national_oceanic_and_atmospheric_administration noaa operations research facilities


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Gulf Fisheries Fairness Act - Amends the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act to provide each of the states of Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, and Florida with exclusive fishery management authority over reef fish: (1) within the exclusive economic zone in the Gulf of Mexico in waters of a specified average depth on a continuous line within a minimum distance of nine nautical miles from the baseline from which the territorial sea of the United States is measured, and (2) between projected jurisdictional lines determined by the President under the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act.

Directs the Secretary of Commerce to publish a description and map of the applicable line along the coasts of such states.

Prohibits the Secretary from suspending, revoking, terminating, or otherwise limiting the authority of any person under federal law to engage in fishing based on the person fishing for Gulf reef fish in waters subject to the exclusive authority of such states.

Exempts such waters from specified federal regulatory requirements addressing fishery permits.

fairness act amends magnuson stevens fishery conservation management act provide states texas louisiana mississippi alabama florida exclusive fishery management authority reef fish exclusive economic zone gulf_of_mexico waters specified average depth continuous line minimum distance nautical miles baseline territorial sea united_states measured projected jurisdictional lines determined president outer_continental_shelf_lands_act directs secretary commerce publish description map applicable line coasts states prohibits secretary suspending revoking terminating limiting authority person federal law engage fishing based person fishing gulf reef fish waters subject exclusive authority states exempts waters specified federal regulatory requirements addressing fishery permits


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(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

Endangered Salmon and Fisheries Predation Prevention Act - Amends the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972 to authorize the Secretary of the department in which the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is operating to issue one-year permits to Washington, Oregon, Idaho, the Nez Perce Tribe, the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation, the Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation of Oregon, the Confederated Tribes and Bands of the Yakama Nation, and the Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission for the lethal taking on the waters of the Columbia River or its tributaries of sea lions that are part of a healthy population that is not listed as an endangered species or threatened species under the Endangered Species Act of 1973 in order to protect endangered and threatened species of salmon and other nonlisted fish species. Authorizes the Secretary to renew such permits.

Prohibits such a permit from authorizing the lethal taking of more than 10 sea lions. Limits the cumulative annual taking of sea lions each year under all such permits to 1% of the annual potential biological removal level.

Authorizes the Secretary to suspend the issuance of such permits if, after five years, lethal removal authority is no longer necessary to protect salmonid and other fish species from sea lion predation.

Expresses the sense of Congress that: (1) preventing predation by sea lions, recovery of listed salmonid stocks, and preventing future listings of fish stocks in the Columbia River is a vital priority; (2) permit holders exercising lethal removal authority should be trained in wildlife management; and (3) the government should continue to fund lethal and nonlethal removal measures for preventing such predation.

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Summary: Rhode Island Fishermen's Fairness Act - Amends the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act to add Rhode Island to the Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council and increase Council membership from 21 to 23 members, including: (1) the principal Rhode Island official with marine fishery management responsibility, and (2) a member appointed by the Secretary of Commerce from a list of individuals submitted by the governor of Rhode Island.

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Prevention of Escapement of Genetically Altered Salmon in the United States Act - Prohibits a person from: (1) shipping, transporting, offering for sale, selling, or purchasing a covered fish, or a food product containing such fish, in interstate commerce; (2) having custody, control, or possession of, with the intent to ship, transport, offer for sale, sell, or purchase such fish or food products, in interstate or foreign commerce; (3) engaging in net-pen aquaculture of such fish; (4) releasing such fish into a natural environment; or (5) having custody, control, or possession of such fish with the intent to release it into a natural environment.

 Defines "covered fish" as any finfish (live or dead, including the gametes, fertilized eggs, offspring, and descendants) that is modified or produced through the application of recombinant deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) technologies, using DNA from an organism's own genome or that of another species, that overcome natural physiological reproductive barriers and that are not techniques used in traditional breeding and selection.

Exempts from such prohibitions fish, fish parts, or products confined for scientific research or collected to enforce this Act. Sets forth an additional exception if the Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere, upon reviewing any application requesting a federal agency to permit activity prohibited by this Act: (1) prepares a finding of no significant impact in accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, or (2) finds the application to be consistent with an environmental impact statement that includes an environmental risk analysis and specified assessments of costs and potential economic damage.

Directs each federal agency to promptly notify the Under Secretary when an action involving such covered fish or food products is first identified by such agency.

Authorizes the Secretary of Commerce to enforce penalties for violations of this Act under specified provisions of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act.

prevention genetically altered salmon united states act prohibits person shipping transporting offering sale selling purchasing covered fish food product containing fish interstate commerce having custody control possession intent ship transport offer sale sell purchase fish food products interstate foreign commerce engaging net pen aquaculture fish releasing fish natural environment having custody control possession fish intent release natural environment defines covered fish finfish live dead including eggs offspring descendants modified produced application recombinant deoxyribonucleic acid dna technologies dna organism species overcome natural physiological reproductive barriers techniques traditional breeding selection exempts prohibitions fish fish parts products confined scientific research collected enforce act sets forth additional exception secretary commerce oceans atmosphere reviewing application requesting federal agency permit activity prohibited act prepares finding significant impact accordance national_environmental_policy_act finds application consistent environmental impact statement includes environmental risk analysis specified assessments costs potential economic damage directs federal agency promptly notify secretary action involving covered fish food products identified agency authorizes secretary commerce enforce penalties violations act specified provisions magnuson stevens fishery conservation management act


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National Mitigation Fisheries Coordination Act - Directs the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) to impose a charge for conducting mitigation fishery activities in connection with federal water resources development projects carried out by water development agencies (Army Corps of Engineers, the Bureau of Reclamation, or the Tennessee Valley Authority [TVA]). Requires such agencies to pay the charge in accordance with a fishery mitigation plan developed and approved by the USFWS Director and the agency head.

Defines "mitigation fishery activities" as rearing and stocking of native and nonnative fish to replace or maintain fishery resources or harvest levels lost as a result of such a project, including project planning, population assessment and evaluation, genetic monitoring, broodstock development, and fish health sampling.

Requires USFWS's charges to be reasonably related to expenditures necessary to: (1) operate, maintain, and rehabilitate certain USFWS-owned and -operated mitigation fishery facilities, hatcheries, and health centers; and (2) conduct mitigation fishery activities, including expenditures for personnel, transportation, utilities, contractual services, fish feed, supplies, equipment, routine maintenance, deferred maintenance, fish eggs, technical support, fish health, management and administration, planning, outreach and education, and hatchery product evaluations.

Sets forth a listing of applicable mitigation fishery facilities in Arkansas, Georgia, Kentucky, Missouri, Montana, North Dakota, Pennsylvania, South Dakota, Tennessee, Utah, West Virginia, Wisconsin, and Wyoming.

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Revitalizing the Economy of Fisheries in the Pacific Act or the REFI Pacific Act - Directs the Secretary of Commerce (upon receipt of such assurances as the Secretary considers appropriate to protect the interests of the United States) to issue a loan to refinance the existing debt obligation funding the fishing capacity reduction program for the West Coast groundfish fishery implemented under the Department of Commerce and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2003.

Requires such loan to have a maturity that expires 45 years after the date of issuance, subject to extension if there is an outstanding balance after such period.

Prohibits the fee with respect to such loan from exceeding 3% of the ex-vessel value of the harvest from each fishery for which the loan is issued.

Sets forth requirements for direct loan interest rates, subloans, and the calculation of the ex-vessel landing fee to be collected for payment of such loan.

revitalizing pacific act pacific act directs secretary commerce receipt assurances secretary considers appropriate protect interests united_states issue loan refinance existing debt obligation funding fishing capacity reduction program west_coast fishery implemented department_of_commerce_and_related_agencies_appropriations_act requires loan maturity expires years date issuance subject extension outstanding balance period prohibits fee respect loan exceeding vessel value harvest fishery loan issued sets forth requirements direct loan interest rates calculation vessel landing fee collected payment loan


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Stanislaus River Native Anadromous Fish Improvement Act - Directs the Commissioner of the Bureau of Reclamation, the Oakdale Irrigation District, and the South San Joaquin Irrigation District to jointly develop and conduct a pilot non-native predator fish removal program to remove non-native striped bass, smallmouth bass, largemouth bass, black bass, and other non-native predator fish from the Stanislaus River.

Requires the program to: (1) be scientifically based; (2) include methods to quantify the number and size of predator fish removed each year, the impact of such removal on the overall abundance of predator fish, and the impact of such removal on the populations of certain juvenile anadromous fish found in the Stanislaus River; and (3) be implemented for five consecutive years.

Requires such Districts to be responsible for the cost of such program.

Directs the Commissioner to post a monthly summary of the raw data on the Bureau website.

Requires the Commissioner and districts, following the completion of the program, to publish a peer reviewed report that discusses findings and makes recommendations for further study and action.

Voids and preempts any California legal restriction imposed on the catch, take, or harvest of any non-native or introduced aquatic or terrestrial species that preys upon specified stocks of anadromous fish and that occupies or is found in the Stanislaus River.

Defines "anadromous fish" as native stocks of salmon (including steelhead) that, as of October 30, 1992, were present in and had not been extirpated from the Stanislaus River and that ascend such river to reproduce after maturing in San Francisco Bay or the Pacific Ocean. Excludes any stock, strain, or member of American shad, sockeye salmon, or striped bass.

Prohibits a definition of "anadromous fish" provided in the Central Valley Project Improvement Act from applying to the operation of New Melones Dam and Reservoir or to any federal action in the Stanislaus River.

Requires this Act and the authorities provided under this Act to expire seven years after implementation of the pilot program begins.

river native anadromous fish improvement act directs commissioner bureau_of_reclamation jointly develop conduct pilot non native predator fish removal program remove non native striped bass bass bass black bass non native predator fish stanislaus_river requires program scientifically based include methods quantify number size predator fish removed year impact removal overall abundance predator fish impact removal populations certain juvenile anadromous fish found stanislaus_river implemented consecutive years requires districts responsible cost program directs commissioner post monthly summary raw data bureau website requires commissioner districts following completion program publish peer reviewed report discusses findings makes recommendations study action voids preempts california legal restriction imposed catch harvest non native introduced aquatic terrestrial species specified stocks anadromous fish occupies found stanislaus_river defines anadromous fish native stocks salmon including steelhead october present stanislaus_river river reproduce maturing san_francisco_bay pacific_ocean excludes stock strain member american shad salmon striped bass prohibits definition anadromous fish provided central_valley_project improvement act applying operation reservoir federal action stanislaus_river requires act authorities provided act expire seven years implementation pilot program begins


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Healthy Fisheries through Better Science Act - Amends the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act to require the Secretary of Commerce to develop and publish at least triennially in the Federal Register (on the same schedule as the fisheries research strategic plan) a plan to conduct stock assessments for all stocks of fish for which a fishery management plan is in effect.

Defines "stock assessment" as an evaluation of the past, present, and future status of a stock of fish, including: (1) a range of life history characteristics, including the stock's geographical boundaries, age, growth, natural mortality, sexual maturity and reproduction, feeding habits, and habitat preferences; and (2) fishing for the stock.

Requires the plan to: (1) establish schedules for conducting initial stock assessments and updating previously conducted assessments; and (2) identify data and analysis, especially concerning recreational fishing, that would reduce uncertainty in and improve the accuracy of future stock assessments, including whether such data and analysis could be provided by nongovernmental sources, such as fishermen, fishing communities, universities, and research institutions. Provides for waivers of stock assessment requirements when the Secretary determines that the assessment is not necessary and justifies such determination in the Federal Register notice.

Directs the Secretary to develop and publish in the Federal Register guidelines to incorporate data, analysis, and stock assessments from nongovernmental sources into fisheries management decisions and to establish a registry of information providers. Requires the Secretary and Regional Fishery Management Councils to use such information as the best scientific information available in fisheries management decisions, unless otherwise determined by the science and statistical committee of such Councils.

Directs the Secretary to report to Congress regarding each fishery governed by a fishery management plan to: (1) identify the goals and methods of the applicable programs governing monitoring and enforcement of fishing subject to such plan; (2) certify which methods are most cost-effective; and (3) explain why such most-cost-effective methods are not required, if applicable.

Prohibits the Secretary from collecting certain fishing permit fees and North Pacific Council fisheries research plan implementation fees before identifying the costs that will be recovered by such fee.

better science act amends magnuson stevens fishery conservation management act require secretary commerce develop publish triennially federal_register schedule fisheries research strategic plan plan conduct stock assessments stocks fish fishery management plan effect defines stock assessment evaluation past present future status stock fish including range life history characteristics including stock geographical boundaries age growth natural mortality sexual maturity reproduction feeding habits habitat preferences fishing stock requires plan establish schedules conducting initial stock assessments updating previously conducted assessments identify data analysis especially concerning recreational fishing reduce uncertainty improve accuracy future stock assessments including data analysis provided nongovernmental sources fishermen fishing communities universities research institutions provides waivers stock assessment requirements secretary determines assessment necessary justifies determination federal_register notice directs secretary develop publish federal_register guidelines incorporate data analysis stock assessments nongovernmental sources fisheries management decisions establish registry information providers requires secretary use information best scientific information available fisheries management decisions determined science statistical committee councils directs secretary report congress fishery governed fishery management plan identify goals methods applicable programs governing monitoring enforcement fishing subject plan certify methods cost effective explain cost effective methods required applicable prohibits secretary collecting certain fishing permit fees fisheries research plan implementation fees identifying costs recovered fee


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Gulf of Mexico Red Snapper Conservation Act of 2013 - Directs the Gulf States Marine Fisheries Commission to: (1) prepare and adopt a data collection strategy for the Gulf of Mexico red snapper fishery, including interstate collaboration measures and a plan for annual stock assessments; and (2) prepare, adopt, and submit to the Secretary of Commerce a fishery management plan providing for the conservation and management of Gulf of Mexico red snapper and describing the standards of compliance for Gulf coastal states (Alabama, Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Texas) to use in developing fishery management measures.

Permits an increase in the quota of Gulf of Mexico red snapper apportioned to commercial fishing based on stock assessments. Prohibits such plan, for a three-year period, from reducing such quota, except in the event of a reduction in stock prior to the end of such period in which case the quotas apportioned to all fishing sectors shall be reduced to ensure a sustainable harvest.

Directs the Secretary to determine whether the plan: (1) includes fishery management measures compatible with the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act, and (2) ensures the long-term sustainability of Gulf of Mexico red snapper.

Requires each Gulf coastal state to submit for the Commission's approval appropriate management measures that ensure compliance with the objectives of the fishery management plan. Directs the Secretary, upon receiving the Commission's certification that the management measures of all such states have been approved, to: (1) revoke federal regulations and portions of the Fishery Management Plan for the Reef Fish Resources of the Gulf of Mexico that conflict with the plan for Gulf of Mexico red snapper, and (2) transfer management of Gulf of Mexico red snapper to such states.

Directs the Commission to determine, periodically, whether state enforcement is satisfactory. Requires the Commission to: (1) offer assistance to noncompliant states, and (2) vote on whether to notify the Secretary when a state remains noncompliant. Authorizes the Secretary to close a fishery within federal waters adjacent to a noncompliant state.

Directs the Secretary to report biennially to Congress, the governor of each Gulf coastal state, and the Commission regarding the economic impacts for the local, regional, and national economy of the Gulf of Mexico red snapper fishery.

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Summary: New York Fair Fishing Act - Amends the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act to add the state of New York as a member of the New England Fishery Management Council.

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Fluke Fairness Act - Directs the Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council to submit for approval by the Secretary of Commerce a modified fishery management plan for the commercial and recreational management of summer flounder, or an amendment to such plan, that: (1) is based on the best scientific information available; (2) reflects changes in the distribution, abundance, and location of summer flounder in establishing distribution of the commercial and recreational catch quotas; (3) considers regional, coastwide, or other management measures that comply with national standards under the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act; and (4) prohibits the allocation of catch quotas on a state-by-state basis using historical landings data that does not reflect the status of the summer flounder stock, based on the most recent scientific information.

Requires the Council, in preparing such modifications or amendments, to consult with the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission.

Directs the Secretary to prepare and approve a plan if the Council fails to submit such modifications or amendments.

Requires a Comptroller General (GAO) report that assesses whether the subsequent implementation of the approved plan complies with national standards.

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Salmon Solutions and Planning Act - Directs the Secretary of Commerce to enter into an arrangement with the National Academy of Sciences for scientific analysis of federal salmon recovery actions, including the impact that removal of the four lower Snake River dams would have on recovery of salmon and steelhead populations and any additional actions that may be necessary to achieve recovery of salmon and steelhead populations.

Directs: (1) the Secretary of Transportation (DOT) to conduct a peer-reviewed study of the rail, highway, and Columbia River barge infrastructure improvements that would be necessary to ensure a cost-effective and efficient transportation system for shippers who currently use barge transportation between Lewiston, Idaho, and the confluence of the Snake and Columbia Rivers and who would be unable to do so if the four lower Snake River dams were removed; (2) the Secretary of Energy (DOE) to conduct a peer-reviewed study  of the options to replace the power currently generated by such dams if they were removed; (3) the Army Corps of Engineers to analyze riverfront revitalization and restoration opportunities and costs in the event of such removal; and (4) the Bureau of Reclamation to conduct a peer-reviewed analysis of the options and costs regarding any needed modifications to affected irrigation systems, cooling systems, and private wells if the dams were removed.

Sets forth the congressional determination that the Secretary of the Army may remove the four lower Snake River dams.

Directs the Secretary to reevaluate and update the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' Final Lower Snake River Juvenile Salmon Migration Feasibility Report/Environmental Impact Statement (February 2002) pursuant to new information.

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Summary: Supporting New Avenues to Protect Our Fishermen's Resources Act or the SNAPR Act - Amends the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act to repeal a provision that requires any fishery management plan, plan amendment, or regulation submitted by the Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council to contain conservation and management measures that establish catch limits (separate quotas for recreational and commercial fishing that, when reached, result in a prohibition on the retention of caught fish for the remainder of the fishing year) for the Gulf of Mexico red snapper fishery.

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EEZ Clarification Act - Declares that the landward boundary of the exclusive economic zone (EEZ) between the area south of Montauk, New York, and the area south of Point Judith, Rhode Island, for purposes of all federal laws governing marine fisheries management, shall be considered to be a continuous line running: (1) from a point three miles south of the southernmost point of Montauk to a point three miles south of the southernmost point of Block Island, Rhode Island, and (2) from such point three miles south of the southernmost point of Block Island, Rhode Island, to a point three miles south of the southern most point of Point Judith.

Vests the authority to manage fisheries landward of such line in states and interstate marine fisheries management commissions that otherwise have jurisdiction over such waters.

Requires the Secretary of Commerce to report to Congress within three years on the impact of such boundary points and management authority.

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Summary: State Fisheries Act of 2014 - Amends the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act to provide, for purposes of managing fisheries in the Gulf of Mexico, that the seaward boundary of a coastal state's jurisdiction in the Gulf of Mexico is a line nine nautical miles seaward from the baseline from which the territorial sea of the United States is measured.

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Strengthening Fishing Communities and Increasing Flexibility in Fisheries Management Act - Revises and reauthorizes through FY2018 the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (MSA).

Revises requirements for fishery management plans for overfished fisheries.

 Modifies annual catch limit requirements, including by authorizing Regional Fishery Management Councils to consider changes in an ecosystem and the economic needs of the fishing communities when establishing the limits.

 Replaces the term “overfished” with “depleted” throughout the MSA to distinguish between fish that are depleted due to fishing and those that are depleted for other reasons.

Requires fishery management plans to include a fishery impact statement to assess, specify, and analyze the likely effects and impacts of the proposed action on the quality of the human environment.

 Requires the Secretary of Commerce to issue regulations governing the use of electronic monitoring of fisheries. Authorizes the Secretary to obligate amounts received as fisheries enforcement penalties for collecting information on data-poor fisheries.

 Requires the Secretary to publish within a year a plan for implementing the Cooperative Research and Management Program.

 Extends the offshore jurisdiction of Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama from three miles to nine miles for the recreational management of red snapper.

 Specifies the role of the MSA in relationship to certain environmental laws.

 Revitalizing the Economy of Fisheries in the Pacific Act or the REFI Pacific Act - Directs the Secretary of Commerce to issue a loan to refinance the existing debt obligation funding the fishing capacity reduction program for the West Coast groundfish fishery implemented under the Department of Commerce and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2003.

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Summary:
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

Fish Hatchery Protection Act - Prohibits the Secretary of the Interior from permanently closing, reprograming, repurposing, decommissioning, significantly altering, or moving to caretaker status any fish and other aquatic species propagation hatchery or propagation program within the National Fish Hatchery System unless such action is expressly authorized by an Act of Congress.

Makes this Act effective from November 1, 2013, to 10 years after this Act's enactment.

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Saving Fishing Jobs Act of 2013 - Amends the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act, with respect to multispecies fishing permits in the Gulf of Mexico, to remove a provision limiting the eligible signers (fishermen constituting more than 50% of the permit holders, or holding more than 50% of the allocation in the fishery) of a petition to the Secretary of Commerce requesting that the appropriate Regional Fishery Management Council or Councils be authorized to initiate the development of a limited access privilege program to only those participants who have substantially fished the species proposed to be included in the program.

Sets forth procedures for the Secretary to: (1) certify a fishery management plan (or amendment) requested by a percentage of eligible fisherman to establish a limited access privilege program to harvest in fisheries under the authority of the New England, Mid-Atlantic, South Atlantic, or Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council; (2) terminate such a program in effect on or established after enactment of this Act for a fishery under the authority of such Councils when, within specified periods, the number of eligible fishermen is at least 15% less than the number of such fishermen previously in the fishery; and (3) collect fees, including observer costs, pursuant to modified fee-setting requirements for such programs.

Directs the appropriate Council, within a one-year period, to develop an alternative fishery management plan for any such terminated program.

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Prevention of Escapement of Genetically Altered Salmon in the United States Act - Prohibits a person from: (1) shipping, transporting, offering for sale, selling, or purchasing a covered fish, or a food product containing such fish, in interstate or foreign commerce; (2) having custody, control, or possession of, with the intent to ship, transport, offer for sale, sell, or purchase such fish or food products, in interstate or foreign commerce; (3) releasing such fish into a natural environment; or (4) having custody, control, or possession of such fish with the intent to release it into a natural environment.

 Defines "covered fish" as a salmon or other anadromous or marine fish (live or dead, including the gametes, fertilized eggs, offspring, and descendants) that is modified or produced through the application of recombinant deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) technologies, using DNA from an organism's own genome or that of another species, which overcome natural physiological reproductive barriers and which are not techniques used in traditional breeding and selection.

Exempts from such prohibitions fish, fish parts, or products confined for scientific research or collected to enforce this Act. Sets forth an additional exception if the Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere, upon reviewing any application requesting a federal agency to permit activity prohibited by this Act: (1) prepares a finding of no significant impact in accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, or (2) finds the application to be consistent with an environmental impact statement that includes an environmental risk analysis and specified assessments of costs and potential economic damage.

Directs each federal agency to promptly notify the Under Secretary when an action involving such covered fish or food products is first identified.

Authorizes the Secretary of Commerce to enforce penalties for violations of this Act under specified provisions of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act.

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Summary:
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.)

Pirate Fishing Elimination Act - Implements the Agreement on Port State Measures to Prevent, Deter and Eliminate Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated Fishing, done at the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations (U.N.) in Rome, Italy, on November 22, 2009 (the Agreement).

(Sec. 5) Authorizes the Secretary of Commerce (Secretary) to designate and publicize ports of entry for each: (1) foreign vessel seeking entry to or in a port subject to U.S. jurisdiction; (2) vessel of the United States seeking entry to or in a port subject to the jurisdiction of another government or regional economic integration organization under the Agreement; and (3) person, private entity, or government subject to U.S. jurisdiction. Prohibits the designation of such a port unless it is designated as a customs reporting port of entry under specified provisions of the Tariff Act of 1930.

Defines "vessel" as any vessel, ship, or boat used, equipped, or intended for fishing or a fishing-related activity. Excludes a container vessel that is: (1) not carrying fish; or (2) carrying only previously landed fish without having engaged in or supported activities designated as illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing.

Defines "fishing-related activity" as any operation in support of, or in preparation for, fishing, including: (1) the landing, packaging, processing, transshipping, or transporting of fish that have not been previously landed at a port or place; and (2) the provision of personnel, fuel, gear, and other supplies at sea.

Directs the Secretary to provide the FAO a list of each designated port.

Requires the Secretary to maintain, and make publicly accessible, information regarding legal remedies available to persons affected by this Act.

(Sec. 6) Requires each vessel to submit to the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating certain required information in advance of the vessel arriving in a port.

Requires the Secretary to deny entry to vessels: (1) listed as, engaged in, or supporting IUU fishing; or (2) that the Secretary has reasonable grounds to believe has violated this Act. Permits the Secretary to allow entry for scrapping, inspection, enforcement, or to assist a vessel or person in danger or distress.

Directs the Secretary to provide notice of denial of entry decisions to the flag nation of the vessel and, as appropriate, each relevant coastal nation, regional fisheries management organization (RFMO), and international organization.

Defines "RFMO" as an intergovernmental fisheries organization or arrangement that has the competence to establish conservation and management measures.

(Sec. 7) Sets forth standards for denying or permitting port services to vessels authorized to enter a port.

(Sec. 8) Requires the Secretary and the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating to conduct vessel inspections. Sets forth standards for the prioritization of such inspections.

Directs the Secretary to transmit inspection results to the flag nation of the inspected vessel and, as appropriate, to: (1) each relevant party to the Agreement and nation, including a relevant coastal nation and the nation of which the vessel's master is a national; (2) the relevant RFMO; (3) the FAO; and (4) any other relevant international organization.

Requires the Secretary, if reasonable grounds exist following the inspection to believe that a foreign vessel has engaged in or supported IUU fishing, to: (1) through the Secretary of State, notify the flag nation of the vessel and, as appropriate, each relevant coastal nation, RFMO, international organization, and the nation of which the vessel's master is a national; and (2) deny the vessel the use of port services. Authorizes the Secretary to take enforcement action.

(Sec. 9) Declares it unlawful for any person to: (1) impede or refuse to permit boarding to an authorized officer conducting investigation or enforcement activities; (2) resist lawful arrest; (3) interfere with the detection of a person violating this Act; (4) submit false information; (5) forcibly assault, resist, harass, or bribe authorized observers or data collectors; (6) import, export, transport, sell, receive, acquire, or purchase in interstate or foreign commerce any fish or fish product taken, possessed, transported, or sold in violation of any foreign law or treaty addressing the conservation or management of living marine resources, or any conservation and management measures; (7) falsify records or identifications of fish; or (8) carry out other acts prohibited by this Act.

Defines "authorized officer" as any: (1) commissioned, warrant, or petty officer of the Coast Guard; (2) special agent or fishery enforcement officer of the National Marine Fisheries Service; or (3) officer designated by the head of any federal or state agency with an agreement to enforce the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act or any other statute administered by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).

(Sec. 10) Requires the Secretary and the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating to enforce this Act and authorize officers to conduct various enforcement activities.

Allows such Secretaries to utilize, by agreement and on a reimbursable or nonreimbursable basis, the personnel, services, equipment (including aircraft and vessels), and facilities of any other federal or state agency.

Permits authorized officers, under specified circumstances, to carry firearms, make appropriate arrests, and issue citations.

Sets forth forfeiture procedures and administrative, civil, and criminal penalties. Specifies the U.S. district courts with jurisdiction over actions arising in various locations and sets forth venue requirements for offenses not committed in any district.

(Sec. 11) Directs the Secretary to provide assistance, including grants, to assist developing nations and international organizations in meeting their obligations under the Agreement.

Authorizes the Secretary, when carrying out the international assistance responsibilities under this Act or any statute administered by the Secretary, to transfer funds to any foreign government and any international, nongovernmental, or intergovernmental organization.

(Sec. 12) Prohibits this Act from: (1) displacing any requirements imposed by U.S. customs laws or any other laws or regulations enforced or administered by the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS); or (2) affecting a vessel's entry into port, in accordance with international law, for reasons of force majeure or distress.

Requires more stringent requirements to apply where such requirements exist under other federal laws.

(Sec. 13) Authorizes FY2013-FY2017 appropriations.

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International Fisheries Stewardship and Enforcement Act - Title I: Administration and Enforcement of Certain Fishery and Related Statutes - (Sec. 101) Directs the Secretary of Commerce (the Secretary) and the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating to enforce the following laws concerning fisheries and fish products:

 the High Seas Driftnet Fishing Moratorium Protection Act, the Pacific Salmon Treaty Act of 1985, the Dolphin Protection Consumer Information Act, the Tuna Conventions Act of 1950, the North Pacific Anadromous Stocks Act of 1992, the South Pacific Tuna Act of 1988, the Antarctic Marine Living Resources Convention Act of 1984, the Atlantic Tunas Convention Act of 1975, the Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Convention Act of 1995, the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Convention Implementation Act, the Northern Pacific Halibut Act of 1982, the Antigua Convention Implementing Act of 2013 (title IV of this Act), and any other similar laws designated by the Secretary after notice and an opportunity for a hearing. Requires the Secretary to prevent a person from violating such Acts in the same manner as though specified prohibited acts and enforcement provisions of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act had been incorporated into each Act, including certain civil and criminal penalties, permit sanctions, and civil forfeiture procedures. Sets forth additional enforcement authorities relating to searches and seizures, inspections, shipment detentions, the carrying of firearms, arrests, and the execution of subpoenas.

Provides for a separate set of penalties and investigation authorities to apply for purposes of the Northern Pacific Halibut Act of 1982.

Directs the Secretary, and the head of each agency providing personnel for the International Fisheries Enforcement Task Force established under title II of this Act, to share information, intelligence, and data for purposes of detecting and investigating: (1) illegal, unreported, or unregulated (IUU) fishing activity; and (2) trafficking in the resulting fish or fish product. Requires data standardization measures to be developed for each task force agency, including standardization with appropriate international fisheries enforcement databases.

Requires the intelligence community, upon request of the Secretary and in accordance with the National Security Act of 1947, to: (1) collect information related to IUU fishing activity outside the United States about individuals who are not U.S. persons, and (2) share such information for law enforcement purposes.

Authorizes the Secretary, under specified conditions, to share fisheries-related data with: (1) federal or state agencies, (2) foreign governments, (3) the U.N.'s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), or (4) international fisheries management organizations or arrangements made through an international fishery agreement.

Makes certain acts unlawful, including: (1) refusing, resisting, or interfering with searches, investigations, inspections, or observers; (2) importing, exporting, transporting, selling, or purchasing fish or fish products in violation of a treaty or any binding conservation measure to which the United States is a party; or (3) falsifying records, accounts, labels, or product identification.

(Sec. 102) Amends the High Seas Driftnet Fishing Moratorium Protection Act to direct the Secretary to identify nations or certain entities that: (1) are engaged, or have been engaged during the preceding three years, in IUU fishing; or (2) have violated related conservation and management measures. (Current law requires an identification of nations so engaged during the preceding two years.) Applies such Act to any other entity that is competent to enter into an international fishery management agreement.

Requires the Secretary's biennial report to Congress on international compliance to identify a nation if fishing vessels of that nation are engaged, or have been engaged during the preceding three years, in fishing activities or practices in certain waters beyond the national jurisdiction or exclusive U.S. economic zone that result in certain bycatch of protected living marine resource. (Current law requires an identification of nations so engaged during the preceding calendar year.)

Makes technical and conforming changes to apply the enforcement authorities established in section 101 of this Act to the:

 High Seas Driftnet Fishing Moratorium Protection Act, Dolphin Protection Consumer Information Act, North Pacific Anadromous Stocks Act of 1992, Pacific Salmon Treaty Act of 1985, South Pacific Tuna Act of 1988, Antarctic Marine Living Resources Convention Act of 1984, Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Convention Act of 1995, Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Convention Implementation Act, and Northern Pacific Halibut Act of 1982. Amends the National Sea Grant College Program Reauthorization Act of 1998 to permit adjudicatory functions performed by an administrative law judge to be performed by another federal agency on a reimbursable basis when the administrative procedures concern any marine resource conservation law or regulation administered by the Secretary through the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).

(Sec. 103) Amends the High Seas Driftnet Fishing Moratorium Protection Act to authorize the Secretary to: (1) develop, maintain, and make public a list of vessels and vessel owners that are engaged, or that have been engaged during the preceding two years, in IUU fishing, including vessels or vessel owners identified by an international fishery management organization; and (2) take appropriate action against listed vessels and vessel owners in accordance with U.S. and international law, including principles, rights, and obligations under international fishery management and trade agreements. Requires such an action taken by the Secretary that includes measures to restrict use of, or access to, ports or port services to apply to all ports of the United States and its territories.

Directs the Secretary to include within the definition of "IUU fishing," to the extent possible: (1) fishing activities conducted by foreign vessels in waters under the jurisdiction of a nation without the permission of that nation; and (2) fishing activities conducted by foreign vessels in contravention of a nation's laws or regulations, including fishing activity that has not been reported or that has been misreported to the relevant national authority.

Amends the High Seas Driftnet Fisheries Enforcement Act to direct the Secretary of the Treasury, to the extent consistent with international law, to withhold or revoke clearance (provided by the Secretary of Homeland Security [DHS]) of: (1) any large-scale driftnet fishing vessel documented under U.S. law or of a nation whose nationals or vessels conduct large-scale driftnet fishing beyond the exclusive economic zone of any nation, and (2) any fishing vessel of a nation that receives certain negative IUU or conservation certifications. Directs the Treasury Secretary to deny entry of such vessels to any U.S. place and to U.S. navigable waters.

Provides for certain denials of port privileges and sanctions to remain in effect until the Secretary certifies that the nation has addressed bycatch of a protected living marine resource or shark catch on the high seas.

(Sec. 104) Allows claims arising from the actions of any authorized officer taken pursuant to any scheme for at-sea boarding and inspection authorized under any international agreement to which the United States is a party to be pursued under the tort claims procedure specified in the federal judicial code, or other appropriate legal authorities.

Title II: Law Enforcement and International Operations - (Sec. 201) Requires the Secretary to establish, through the National Marine Fisheries Service's (NMFS) international enforcement program, an interagency International Fisheries Enforcement Task Force to: (1) detect and investigate IUU fishing, including trafficking in the resulting fish or fish product; and (2) enforce this Act.

Requires such task force to include permanent representation from: (1) NMFS's international enforcement program, (2) the Coast Guard, (3) U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), (3) the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), and (4) other federal agencies that the Secretary considers appropriate.

Directs the Secretary to develop a five-year strategic plan, to be updated at least once every five years, to guide interagency and intergovernmental international fisheries enforcement efforts.

(Sec. 202) Authorizes the Secretary to provide international cooperation and assistance for international capacity building. Includes among the activities authorized to be provided to other nations: (1) technical expertise to assist them in addressing IUU fishing activities; (2) technical expertise to assist them in reducing the loss and environmental impacts of derelict fishing gears, reducing the bycatch of living marine resources, and promoting international marine resource conservation; and (3) technical expertise and training to aid them in building capacity for enhanced fisheries management, fisheries monitoring, catch and trade tracking activities, enforcement, and international marine resource conservation.

Allows the Secretary, for purposes of such assistance, to use the land, services, equipment, personnel, and facilities of any federal, state, local, Indian tribal, or foreign government or international organization to carry out the responsibilities of any NOAA-administered statute.

Title III: Miscellaneous Amendments - (Sec. 302) Amends the High Seas Driftnet Fishing Moratorium Protection Act to direct the Secretary to seek and foster the sharing of accurate, relevant, and timely information to: (1) improve scientific understanding, improve fisheries management, and improve compliance with conservation and management measures in international waters; (2) promote the conservation of protected living marine resources; and (3) combat IUU fishing.

Authorizes information disclosure to the FAO, international fishery management organizations, or arrangements made under an international fishery agreement, if those organizations or arrangements have policies and procedures to safeguard the information from unintended or unauthorized disclosure.

(Sec. 303) Amends the High Seas Fishing Compliance Act to provide that a high seas fishing permit is void if: (1) one or more permits required for a vessel to fish expire, are revoked, or are suspended; or (2) the vessel is no longer eligible for U.S. documentation, such documentation is revoked or denied, or the vessel is deleted from such documentation. Removes a provision that makes a permit valid for five years.

(Sec. 304) Amends the Pacific Salmon Treaty Act of 1985 to set forth the rate of compensation for members of the Committee on Scientific Cooperation who are not state or federal employees.

Title IV: Implementation of the Antigua Convention - Antigua Convention Implementing Act of 2013 - (Sec. 403) Amends the Tuna Conventions Act of 1950 to modify or establish requirements regarding: (1) the number, appointment, and qualifications of U.S. commissioners of the Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission; (2) the appointment, number, and compensation of individuals on the General Advisory Committee; and (3) the appointment, number, and compensation of scientists on the Scientific Advisory Subcommittee.

Requires the United States to be represented on such Commission by five U.S. commissioners appointed by the President, including: (1) one commissioner from the Department of Commerce, (2) one commissioner from the Western Pacific Fishery Management Council, (3) one commissioner from the Pacific Fishery Management Council, and (4) not more than two commissioners who reside in a state other than a state whose vessels maintain a substantial fishery in the area of the Convention. Allows the Secretary of State to designate alternate commissioners.

(Sec. 405) Authorizes the Secretary to promulgate regulations that: (1) carry out U.S. international obligations under the Convention and the Tuna Conventions Act of 1950, including recommendations and decisions adopted by the Commission; and (2) apply to all vessels and persons subject to the jurisdiction of the United States, including U.S. flag vessels wherever they may be operating. (Current law that would be replaced by this amendment: [1] authorizes the Secretary of State to approve or disapprove of bylaws and rules adopted by each commission and submitted for U.S. approval; and [2] requires that regulations recommended by the Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission or the International Commission for the Scientific Investigation of Tuna, if approved by the Secretaries of State and Commerce, be promulgated and applicable to all vessels and persons subject to U.S. jurisdiction.)

(Sec. 406) Revises the list of prohibited acts under the Tuna Conventions Act of 1950.

(Sec. 407) Requires that the Tuna Conventions Act of 1950 be enforced under this Act.

(Sec. 409) Repeals the Eastern Pacific Tuna Licensing Act of 1984.

(Sec. 410) Makes conforming changes to the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972.

administration enforcement certain fishery related statutes sec directs secretary commerce secretary secretary department coast_guard operating enforce following laws concerning fisheries fish products high seas driftnet fishing moratorium protection act pacific salmon treaty act tuna conventions act antarctic marine living resources convention act convention act northern pacific act convention implementing act title act similar laws designated secretary notice opportunity hearing requires secretary prevent person violating acts manner specified prohibited acts enforcement provisions magnuson stevens fishery conservation management act incorporated act including certain civil criminal penalties permit sanctions civil forfeiture procedures sets forth additional enforcement authorities relating searches seizures inspections shipment detentions carrying firearms arrests execution subpoenas provides separate set penalties investigation authorities apply purposes act directs secretary head agency providing personnel established title act share information intelligence data purposes detecting investigating illegal unreported unregulated fishing activity trafficking resulting fish fish product requires data standardization measures developed task force agency including standardization appropriate international fisheries enforcement databases requires intelligence community request secretary accordance national security act collect information related fishing activity outside united_states individuals persons share information law enforcement purposes authorizes secretary specified conditions share fisheries related data federal state agencies foreign governments international fisheries management organizations arrangements international fishery agreement makes certain acts unlawful including refusing resisting interfering searches investigations inspections observers importing exporting transporting selling purchasing fish fish products violation treaty binding conservation measure united_states party falsifying records accounts labels product identification sec amends high seas driftnet fishing moratorium protection act direct secretary identify nations certain entities engaged engaged preceding years fishing violated related conservation management measures current law requires identification nations engaged preceding years applies act entity competent enter international fishery management agreement requires secretary biennial report congress international compliance identify nation fishing vessels nation engaged engaged preceding years fishing activities practices certain waters national jurisdiction exclusive economic zone result certain protected living marine resource current law requires identification nations engaged preceding calendar year makes technical conforming changes apply enforcement authorities established section act high seas driftnet fishing moratorium protection act protection consumer information act north pacific anadromous stocks act pacific salmon treaty act south pacific tuna act convention act western implementation act act amends permit adjudicatory functions performed administrative law judge performed federal agency reimbursable basis administrative procedures concern marine resource conservation law regulation administered secretary national_oceanic_and_atmospheric_administration noaa sec amends high seas driftnet fishing moratorium protection act authorize secretary develop maintain public list vessels vessel owners engaged engaged preceding years fishing including vessels vessel owners identified international fishery management organization appropriate action listed vessels vessel owners accordance international law including principles rights obligations international fishery management trade agreements requires action taken secretary includes measures restrict use access ports port services apply ports united_states territories directs secretary include definition fishing extent possible fishing activities conducted foreign vessels waters jurisdiction nation permission nation fishing activities conducted foreign vessels contravention nation laws regulations including fishing activity reported relevant national authority amends high seas driftnet fisheries enforcement act direct secretary treasury extent consistent international law withhold revoke clearance provided secretary homeland_security dhs large scale driftnet fishing vessel documented law nation nationals vessels conduct large scale driftnet fishing exclusive economic zone nation fishing vessel nation receives certain negative conservation certifications directs treasury secretary deny entry vessels place navigable waters provides certain denials port privileges sanctions remain effect secretary certifies nation addressed protected living marine resource shark catch high seas sec allows claims arising actions authorized officer taken pursuant scheme sea boarding inspection authorized international agreement united_states party pursued tort claims procedure specified federal judicial code appropriate legal authorities title law enforcement international operations sec requires secretary establish national_marine_fisheries_service international enforcement program interagency detect investigate fishing including trafficking resulting fish fish product enforce act requires task force include permanent representation international enforcement program coast_guard cbp fda federal agencies secretary considers appropriate directs secretary develop year strategic plan updated years guide interagency intergovernmental international fisheries enforcement efforts sec authorizes secretary provide international cooperation assistance international capacity building includes activities authorized provided nations technical expertise assist addressing fishing activities technical expertise assist reducing loss environmental impacts derelict fishing reducing living marine resources promoting international marine resource conservation technical expertise training aid building capacity enhanced fisheries management fisheries monitoring catch trade tracking activities enforcement international marine resource conservation allows secretary purposes assistance use land services equipment personnel facilities federal state local indian tribal foreign government international organization carry responsibilities noaa administered statute title iii miscellaneous amendments sec amends high seas driftnet fishing moratorium protection act direct secretary seek foster sharing accurate relevant timely information improve scientific understanding improve fisheries management improve compliance conservation management measures international waters promote conservation protected living marine resources combat fishing authorizes information disclosure international fishery management organizations arrangements international fishery agreement organizations arrangements policies procedures safeguard information unintended unauthorized disclosure sec amends high seas fishing compliance act provide high seas fishing permit void permits required vessel fish expire revoked suspended vessel longer eligible documentation documentation revoked denied vessel deleted documentation removes provision makes permit valid years sec amends pacific salmon treaty act set forth rate compensation members state federal employees title implementation convention convention implementing act sec amends tuna conventions act modify establish requirements number appointment qualifications commissioners appointment number compensation individuals appointment number compensation scientists requires united_states represented commission commissioners appointed president including commissioner department_of_commerce commissioner commissioner commissioners reside state state vessels maintain substantial fishery area convention allows secretary state designate alternate commissioners sec authorizes secretary promulgate regulations carry international obligations convention tuna conventions act including recommendations decisions adopted commission apply vessels persons subject jurisdiction united_states including flag vessels operating current law replaced amendment authorizes secretary state approve disapprove bylaws rules adopted commission submitted approval requires regulations recommended approved promulgated applicable vessels persons subject jurisdiction sec revises list prohibited acts tuna conventions act sec requires tuna conventions act enforced act sec repeals sec makes conforming changes marine_mammal_protection_act


Summary:
Maritime Lien Reform Act of 2013 - Bars specified federal shipping laws related to maritime liability from: (1) establishing maritime liens on state or federal fishing licenses (authorizing a person or use of a vessel to engage in fishing), and (2) authorizing civil actions to enforce maritime liens on such licenses.

Specifies that a "fishing license" is governed solely by the state or federal law under which it was issued and is not included in the whole or as an appurtenance or intangible of a vessel.

maritime bars specified federal shipping laws related maritime liability establishing maritime liens state federal fishing licenses authorizing person use vessel engage fishing authorizing civil actions enforce maritime liens licenses specifies fishing license governed solely state federal law issued included appurtenance intangible vessel


Summary:
Directs the Secretary of Commerce to grant to Alabama, Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Texas exclusive fishery management authority over red snapper fish in the Gulf of Mexico in the area located between the coast line of each such state and the point that is 200 miles seaward of the coast line, consistent with the jurisdictional limit of the exclusive economic zone.

Conditions the grant of authority on the governors of such states agreeing on a fishery management plan, certified to the Secretary within a specified period, to govern the management of such red snapper fish.

directs secretary commerce grant alabama florida louisiana mississippi texas exclusive fishery management authority red snapper fish gulf_of_mexico area located coast line state point miles seaward coast line consistent jurisdictional limit exclusive economic zone conditions grant authority governors states agreeing fishery management plan certified secretary specified period govern management red snapper fish