Commercial Fisheries Assistance Act

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Commercial Fisheries Assistance Act - Title I: Commercial Fisheries Assistance Fund - Authorizes the Secretary of Commerce to make loans for the construction, rehabilitation, purchase or operation of fishing facilities and fishing vessels. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants and loans to commercial fishermen to alleviate long-term "forced economic distress." Authorizes the Secretary to make loans for commercial fishing experimentation equipment and for the purchase, construction, or rehabilitation of commercial fishing vessels under five tons. Requires the Secretary of Commerce to establish a commercial fishing training program. Requires the Secretary to submit to the President and the Congress a report on means to survey, enhance, and create markets for fish and fish products. Establishes an Office of Commercial Fisheries Assistance in the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to implement this Act under the direction of the Secretary of Commerce. Requires the Secretary to submit to the President a plan to establish a national health and sanitary program for the control of seafood handling, processing, marketing, and sales. Requires the Secretary of Commerce to deter…