Senator Charles Schumer has introduced a bill called The Flexibility in Rebuilding American Fisheries Act.
Section 112(b) of the Sustainable Fisheries Act, referred to in subsec.
That designation could bring into play the Sustainable Fisheries Act, which prohibits removal of protected corals from federal waters.
Critics say the changes gut the country's strongest environmental law, the Canadian Fisheries Act, by easing earlier requirements on mining and other industries to protect fish habitat.
In response to Governor Pataki's request, the federal Commerce Department last month declared the Sound a commercial fishery failure under the Interjurisdictional Fisheries Act and other laws.
New Zealand has two legislative mechanisms specifically designed to establish temporary closures: sections 186A and 186B of the Fisheries Act 1996.
American Fisheries Act (AFA) means Title II - Fisheries Subtitles I and II, as cited within the Omnibus Appropriations Bill FY99 (Pub. L. 105-277).
Under the Queensland Fisheries Act 1994, a person cannot possess or sell any species of sawfish or any part of a sawfish in the state, a spokeswoman for the department said.
I am pushing for the Flexibility in Rebuilding American Fisheries Act because we need regulations that let North Carolina fishermen do what they do best — fish in the waters off North Carolina.
An amendment to the temporary closure provisions is suggested to provide greater flexibility for users and to better recognise the non-commercial fishing rights provided for by the Fisheries Act 1996, of local communities seeking to apply this tool.
Put another way, there is more to running a sustainable fishery (as defined in the Fisheries Act 1996) than QMS and other tools and dialogue about the development of these should be a priority.
