Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act

GPTKB entity

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:United_States_federal_law
gptkbp:administeredBy	gptkb:National_Marine_Fisheries_Service
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs	gptkb:Magnuson-Stevens_Act gptkb:MSA
gptkbp:amendedBy	1996 2006 2018
gptkbp:appliesTo	gptkb:U.S._Exclusive_Economic_Zone
gptkbp:citation	gptkb:Public_Law_94-265
gptkbp:codifiedIn	gptkb:16_U.S.C._§§_1801–1891d
gptkbp:enactedBy	gptkb:United_States_Congress
gptkbp:establishes	gptkb:Regional_Fishery_Management_Councils
gptkbp:federalWatersDefinedAs	3 to 200 nautical miles offshore
gptkbp:focusesOn	ensuring sustainable fisheries preventing overfishing rebuilding overfished stocks
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act
gptkbp:namedAfter	gptkb:Warren_G._Magnuson gptkb:Ted_Stevens
gptkbp:prohibits	foreign fishing in U.S. waters without a permit
gptkbp:promotion	habitat protection bycatch reduction ecosystem-based management
gptkbp:purpose	conservation and management of U.S. marine fisheries
gptkbp:regulates	fishing in U.S. federal waters
gptkbp:requires	accountability measures annual catch limits fishery management plans
gptkbp:signedBy	gptkb:Gerald_Ford April 13, 1976
gptkbp:subjectOf	scientific studies policy debates numerous legal cases
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Marine_Mammal_Protection_Act_(US) gptkb:Marine_Mammal_Protection_Act_(USA) gptkb:Marine_Mammal_Protection_Act
gptkbp:bfsLayer	5