Amendment modifies the definition of "optimum yield" in order to prohibit regional fishery management councils from allowing a fish stock to be harvested at a rate that exceeds the maximum sustainable yield for that fishery.

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Amendment Number
872
Description
Amendment modifies the definition of "optimum yield" in order to prohibit regional fishery management councils from allowing a fish stock to be harvested at a rate that exceeds the maximum sustainable yield for that fishery.
Purpose
An amendment not preprinted in the Congressional Record to modify the Magnuson Act definition of "optimum yield" in order to prohibit regional fishery management councils from allowing a fish stock to be harvested at a rate that exceeds the maximum sustainable yield for that fishery.
Congress
104
Type
HAMDT
Latest Action Date
Oct 18, 1995
Latest Action Text
On agreeing to the Gilchrest amendment (A009) Agreed to by recorded vote: 304 - 113 (Roll no. 718).
Latest Action Time
12:53:10
Submitted Date
Oct 18, 1995
Chamber
House of Representatives
Update Date
Aug 15, 2021
Amendment 872 — Informed