Amendment104th Congress
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.
- 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