PUBLIC LAW 104-297—OCT. 11, 1996 110 STAT. 3559 Public Law 104-297 104th Congress An Act To amend the Magnuson Fishery Conservation and Management Act to authorize Oct. 11, 1996 appropriations, to provide for sustainable fisheries, and for other purposes. [g 39] Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, Sustainable SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 16 USC 1801 (a) SHORT TITLE.— This Act may be cited as the "Sustainable ^°^^- Fisheries Act". (b) TABLE OF CONTENTS. —The table of contents for this Act is as follows: Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. Sec. 2. Amendment of Magnuson Fishery Conservation and Management Act. TITLE I—CONSERVATION AND MANAGEMENT Sec. 101. Findings; purposes; policy. Sec. 102. Definitions. Sec. 103. Authorization of appropriations. Sec. 104. Highly migratory species. Sec. 105. Foreign fishing ana international fishery agreements. Sec. 106. National standards. Sec. 107. Regional fishery management councils. Sec. 108. Fisnery management plans. Sec. 109. Action by the Secretary. Sec. 110. Other requirements and authority. Sec. 111. Pacific community fisheries. Sec. 112. State jurisdiction. Sec. 113. Prohibited acts. Sec. 114. Civil penalties and permit sanctions; rebuttable presumptions. Sec. 115. Enforcement. Sec. 116. Transition to sustainable fisheries. Sec. 117. North Pacific and northwest Atlantic Ocean fisheries. TITLE II—FISHERY MONITORING AND RESEARCH Sec. 201. Change of title. Sec. 202. Registration and information management. Sec. 203. Information collection. Sec. 204. Observers. Sec. 205. Fisheries research. . Sec. 206. Incidental harvest research. Sec. 207. Miscellaneous research. Sec. 208. Study of contribution of bycatch to charitable organizations. Sec. 209. Study of identification methods for harvest stocfa. Sec. 210. Review of Northeast fishery stock assessments. Sec. 211. Clerical amendments. TITLE III—FISHERIES FINANCING Sec. 301. Short title. Sec. 302. Individual fishing quota loans. Sec. 303. Fisheries financing and capacity reduction. TITLE IV—MARINE FISHERY STATUTE REAUTHORIZATIONS Sec. 401. Marine fish program authorization of appropriations.
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