p. 64-76
Congress has acted to prohibit and control driftnetting it its jurisdiction, and outside EEZs. Allows secretary to monitor and report violations in international fishery agreements.
Any fishery management plan will be incompliance with national standards: ( no overfishing, providing maximum yield for fisherman, based on best available science, not discriminating between states, minimize bycatch, promote human safety).
Creates 8 regional management councils and defines who voting members of this councils are. Members are chosen by secretary and governer, under specific rules. Provides secretary a way of removing if they disobey parts of the act. Each council appoints members of a scientific committee to collect and evaluate data in order to advise the council. The committees should evaluate the situation on a continuous basis. They decide the annual catch limit for the fisheries.
p 101-111
- The responsibility of The Secretary is to carry out this Act and any related fishery management plans.
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