§1891a — Title 16 Conservation | U.S. Code

Summary

The Secretary of Commerce must create a community-based program to restore fish and coastal habitats and help local communities carry out restoration work. The program can give money and technical help, improve science and monitoring, share restoration tools with businesses, the public, and other agencies, build public-private partnerships, encourage community volunteers and stewardship, and pool resources across national, regional, and local partners.

Title 16, §1891a

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(a)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)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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