PUBLIC LAW 109–479—JAN. 12, 2007
120 STAT. 3607
(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. SEC. 118. PROHIBITED ACTS.
Section 307(1) (16 U.S.C. 1857(1)) is amended— (1) by striking ‘‘or’’ after the semicolon in subparagraph (O); (2) by striking ‘‘carcass.’’ in subparagraph (P) and inserting ‘‘carcass;’’; and (3) by inserting after subparagraph (P) and before the last sentence the following: ‘‘(Q) to import, export, transport, sell, receive, acquire, or purchase in interstate or foreign commerce any fish taken, possessed, transported, or sold in violation of any foreign law or regulation; or ‘‘(R) to use any fishing vessel to engage in fishing in Federal or State waters, or on the high seas or in the waters of another country, after the Secretary has made a payment to the owner of that fishing vessel under section 312(b)(2).’’. SEC. 119. SHARK FEEDING.
Title III (16 U.S.C. 1851 et seq.), as amended by section 116 of this Act, is further amended by adding at the end the following: ‘‘SEC. 317. SHARK FEEDING.
‘‘Except to the extent determined by the Secretary, or under State law, as presenting no public health hazard or safety risk, or when conducted as part of a research program funded in whole or in part by appropriated funds, it is unlawful to introduce, or attempt to introduce, food or any other substance into the water to attract sharks for any purpose other than to harvest sharks within the Exclusive Economic Zone seaward of the State of Hawaii and of the Commonwealths, territories, and possessions of the United States in the Pacific Ocean Area.’’.
Hawaii. Territories. 16 USC 1866.
SEC. 120. CLARIFICATION OF FLEXIBILITY.
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Commerce has the discretion under the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (16 U.S.C. 1851 et seq.) to extend the time for rebuilding the summer flounder fishery to not later than January 1, 2013, only if— (1) the Secretary has determined that— (A) overfishing is not occurring in the fishery and that a mechanism is in place to ensure overfishing does not occur in the fishery; and (B) stock biomass levels are increasing;
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