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publish and make available to the public a state- 

 ment of its organization, practices, and proce- 

 dures. 



(7) The Secretary shall pay — 



(A) the compensation and expenses pro- 

 vided for in subsection (d) ; 



(B) appropriate compensation to employees 

 appointed under paragraph ( 1) ; 



(C) the amounts required for reimburse- 

 ment of other Federal agencies under para- 

 graphs (2) and (4) ; 



(D) the actual expenses of the members of 

 the committees and panels established under 

 subsection (g) ; and 



(E) such other costs as the Secretary deter- 

 mines are necessary to the performance of the 

 functions of the Councils. 



(g) Committees and Panels. — 



(1) Each Council shall establish and maintain, 

 and appoint the members of, a scientific and 

 statistical committee to assist it in the develop- 

 ment, collection, and evaluation of such statis- 

 tical, biological, economic, social, and other scien- 

 tific information as is relevant to such Council's 

 development and amendment of any fishery 

 management plan. 



(2) Each Council shall establish such other 

 advisory panels as are necessary or appropriate 

 to assist it in carrying out its functions under 

 this Act. 



(h) Functions. — Each Council shall, in accord- 

 ance with the provisions of this Act — 



(1) prepare and submit to the Secretary a 

 fishery management plan with respect to each 

 fishery within its geographical area of authority 

 and, from time to time, such amendments to each 

 such plan as are necessary ; 



(2) prepare comments on any application for 

 foreign fishing transmitted to it under section 

 204(b) (4) (B) , and any fishery management plan 

 or amendment transmitted to it under section 

 304(c)(2); 



(3) conduct public hearings, at appropriate 

 times and in appropriate locations in the geo- 

 graphical area concerned, so as to allow all inter- 

 ested persons an opportunity to be heard in the 

 development of fishery management plans and 

 amendments to such plans, and with respect to 

 the administration and implementation of the 

 provisions of this Act ; 



(4) submit to the Secretary — 



(A) a report, before February 1 of each year, 

 on the Council's activities during the imme- 

 diately preceding calendar year, 



(B) such periodic reports as the Council 

 deems appropriate, and 



(C) any other relevant report which may 

 be requested by the Secretary; 



(5) review on a continuing basis, and revise as 

 appropriate, the assessments and specifications 

 made pursuant to section 303(a) (3) and (4) 

 with respect to the optimum yield from, and the 

 total allowable level of foreign fishing in. each 

 fishery within its geographical area of authority; 



and 



(6) conduct any other activities which are re- 

 quired by, or provided for in, this Act or which 

 are necessary and appropriate to the foregoing 

 functions. 



SEC 303. CONTENTS OF FISHERY MANAGEMENT PLANS. 



(a) Required Provisions. — Any fishery manage- 

 ment plan which is prepared by any Council, or by 

 the Secretary, with respect to any fishery, shall — 



(1) contain the conservation and management 

 measures, applicable to foreign fishing by ves- 

 sels of the United States, which are — 



(A) necessary and appropriate for the con- 

 servation and management of the fishery ; 



(B) described in this subsection or subsec- 

 tion (b) , or both; and 



(C) consistent with the national standards, 

 the other provisions of this Act, and any other 

 applicable law; 



(2) contain a description of the fishery, in- 

 cluding, but not limited to, the number of ves- 

 sels involved, the type and quantity of fishing 

 gear used, the species of fish involved and their 

 location, the cost likely to be incurred in man- 

 agement, actual and potential revenues from the 

 fishery, any recreational interests in the fishery, 

 and the nature and extent of foreign fishing and 

 Indian treaty fishing rights, if any; 



(3) assess and specify the present and prob- 

 able future condition of, and the maximiun sus- 

 tainable yield and optimum yield from, the fish- 

 ery, and include a summary of the information 



, utilized in making such specification ; 



(4) assess and specify — 



■ (A) the capacity and the extent to which 



fishing vessels of the United States, on an an- 

 nual basis, will harvest the optimum yield spec- 

 ified under paragraph (3) , and 



(B) the portion of such optimum yield which, 

 on an annual basis, will not be harvested by 

 fishing vessels of the United States and can 

 be made available for foreign fishing; and 



(5) specify the pertinent data which shall be 

 submitted to the Secretary with respect to the 

 fishery, including, but not limited to, informa- 

 tion regarding the type and quantity of fishing 

 gear used, catch by species in numbers of fish 

 or weight thereof, areas in which fishing was 

 engaged in, time of fishing, and number of hauls, 

 (b) Discretionary Provisions. — Any fishery 



management plan which is prepared by any Coun- 

 cil, or by the Secretary, with respect to any fish- 

 ery, may — 



( 1 ) require a permit to be obtained from, and 

 fees to be paid to, the Secretary with respect to 

 any fishing vessel of the United States fishing, 

 or wishing to fish, in the fishery conservation 

 zone, or for anadromous species or Continental 

 Shelf fishery resources beyond such zone; 



(2) designate zones where, and period when, 

 fishing shall be limited, or shall not be permitted, 

 or shall be permitted only by specified types of 

 fishing vessels or with specified types and quanti- 



