Federal · Title 16 — Conservation

16 U.S.C. § 5103: State-Federal cooperation in Atlantic coastal fishery management

Civil

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The statute establishes a federal-state cooperation program to support interstate fishery management, including data collection, law enforcement, habitat conservation, and research activities consistent with national fishery standards.

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The Secretary in cooperation with the Secretary of the Interior shall develop and implement a program to support the interstate fishery management efforts of the Commission. The program shall include activities to support and enhance State cooperation in collection, management, and analysis of fishery data; law enforcement; habitat conservation; fishery research, including biological and socioeconomic research; and fishery management planning. compatible with the effective implementation of a coastal fishery management plan; and consistent with the national standards set forth in section 301 of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act ( 16 U.S.C. 1851 ). The provisions of sections 307, 308, 309, 310, and 311 of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act ( 16 U.S.C. 1857 , 1858, 1859, 1860, and 1861) regarding prohibited acts, civil penalties, criminal offenses, civil forfeitures, and enforcement shall apply with respect to regulations issued under this subsection as if such regulations were issued under the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act ( 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.).

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