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1 SEC. 2. STATE-FEDERAL COOPERATION IN ATLANTIC 



2 COASTAL FISHERIES MANAGEMENT. 



3 (a) Federal Support for State Coastal Fish- 



4 ERiES Programs. — The Secretaries shall develop and im- 



5 plement a program to support the fisheries management 



6 programs of the Commission. The program will include 



7 elements to support and enhance State cooperation in — 



8 (1) collection, management, and analysis of 



9 fisheries data; 



10 (2) law enforcement; 



11 (3) habitat conservation; 



12 (4) fisheries research, including biological and 



13 socioeconomic research; and 



14 (5) fishery management planning. 



15 (b) Federal Regulations Pertaining to a Fish- 



16 ery Covered by an Interstate Fishery Manage- 



17 MENT Plan in the Atlantic Ocean. — 



18 (1) In general. — The Secretary, after con- 



19 sultation ^vith the Councils having jurisdiction over 



20 fisheries to which an interstate fishery management 



21 plan applies, may issue and implement regulations to 



22 govern fishing in the exclusive economic zone that 



23 are necessary to support the effective implementa- 



24 tion of the interstate fisheiy management plan 



25 adopted for a fishery for which there is not in effect 



26 a Federal fishery management plan. These regula- 



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