S 3094 · 95th Congress · Public Lands and Natural Resources
Artificial Marine Reef Fishing Act
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Introduced2
Committee3
Senate Vote4
House5
EnactedLatest: Referred to Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.(1978-05-17)
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Artificial Marine Reef Fishing Act - Declares it a purpose of this Act to establish a network of artificial fishery habitats in the Gulf of Mexico and the Atlantic Ocean. Authorizes the Secretary of Commerce, through the National Marine Fisheries Service, to make grants to certain States enumerated in the Fishery Conservation and Management Act of 1976 to develop artificial marine fisheries in the territorial waters of such States and to develop such habitats in the fishery conservation zone off the coasts of such States. Requires each fishery management council established under the Fishery Conservation and Management Act of 1976 to establish a fishery management plan for each habitat established under this Act in the Councils' region. Authorizes an appropriation of $2,500,000 for each of the fiscal years 1979-1983 to carry out this Act.…
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