H.R. 2304: Fishery Science Improvement Act of 2011
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H.R. 2304: Fishery Science Improvement Act of 2011
112th Congress · introduced 2011-06-22 · Public Lands and Natural Resources · Latest: Committee Hearings Held.
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- Where it came from: introduced 2011-06-22 · official record
- Who proposed it: Rep. Wittman, Robert J. [R-VA-1] · what a sponsor is
- What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
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Official title
Fishery Science Improvement Act of 2011
Plain summary
Fishery Science Improvement Act of 2011 - Amends the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Reauthorization Act of 2006 to postpone from fishing year 2011 to 2014 the effective date upon which a mechanism for specifying annual catch limits and accountability measures for fisheries other than those determined by the Secretary of Commerce to be subject to overfishing must be established in fishery management plans prepared by any Regional Fishery Management Council or the Secretary, implementing regulations, or annual specifications. Makes the catch limit mechanism, for all fisheries, inapplicable to a fishery for any stock of fish: (1) for which a peer reviewed stock survey and stock assessment have not been performed during the five-year period before enactment of this Act and for which the Secretary determines overfishing is not occurring, and (2) that is an ecosystem stock. Defines "ecosystem stock" as a stock of fish determined by the Secretary to be a nontarget stock that is not overfished or likely to become overfished. Requires the Secretary, within 270 days after determining that a fishery is overfished, to perform a stock survey and stock assessment of each of the overfished stocks in the fishery and transmit the assessment to the appropriate Council.
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Official text
Fishery Science Improvement Act of 2011
Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
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Officials and money
Sponsor: Rep. Wittman, Robert J. [R-VA-1] · 40 cosponsors
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Robert E. Latta (R-OH), Bill Cassidy (R-LA), Martin Heinrich (D-NM), Andy Harris (R-MD), Tim Scott (R-SC), Mario Diaz-Balart (R-FL), Ken Calvert (R-CA), Steve Scalise (R-LA), Joe Wilson (R-SC), Austin Scott (R-GA)
Sponsor's campaign money: Rep. Wittman, Robert J. [R-VA-1] reported raising $5.4 million (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.
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Sources
- Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
- Congress.gov
- Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-112hr2304.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/112/hr>
Record fed-us-cong112-hr2304 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong112 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong112