16 U.S.C. § 1891a: Community-based restoration…

Summary

The Secretary of Commerce must create a community-based program to help restore fishery and coastal habitats. The program can do seven main things: give money and technical help to communities, improve science and monitoring, share restoration technologies with businesses and agencies, build public-private partnerships, encourage community support and volunteer work, promote stewardship of habitats, and combine resources through national, regional, and local partnerships.

Title 16, §1891a

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(a)In general

The Secretary of Commerce shall establish a community-based fishery and coastal habitat restoration program to implement and support the restoration of fishery and coastal habitats.

(b)Authorized activities

In carrying out the program, the Secretary may—

(1)provide funding and technical expertise to fishery and coastal communities to assist them in restoring fishery and coastal habitat;

(2)advance the science and monitoring of coastal habitat restoration;

(3)transfer restoration technologies to the private sector, the public, and other governmental agencies;

(4)develop public-private partnerships to accomplish sound coastal restoration projects;

(5)promote significant community support and volunteer participation in fishery and coastal habitat restoration;

(6)promote stewardship of fishery and coastal habitats; and

(7)leverage resources through national, regional, and local public-private partnerships.

Editorial Notes

Codification Section was enacted as part of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Reauthorization Act of 2006, and not as part of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act which comprises this chapter.

§1891a Community-based Restoration Program for Fishery and Coastal Habitats

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Title 16, §1891a

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