Sustainable Fisheries Act of 1996

Sustainable Fisheries Act of 1996

Long title	An Act to amend the Magnuson Fishery Conservation and Management Act to authorize appropriations, to provide for sustainable fisheries, and for other purposes.
Acronyms (colloquial)	SFA FFA
Nicknames	Fisheries Financing Act
Enacted by	the 104th United States Congress
Effective	October 11, 1996
Citations
Public law	104-297
Statutes at Large	110 Stat. 3559
Codification
Titles amended	16 U.S.C.: Conservation
U.S.C. sections amended	16 U.S.C. ch. 38, subch. II § 1812 16 U.S.C. ch. 38, subch. III §§ 1821, 1822, 1823, 1824, 1826 16 U.S.C. ch. 38, subch. IV §§ 1851, 1852, 1853, 1854, 1855, 1856, 1857, 1858, 1860, 1861, 1861a, 1862, 1863 16 U.S.C. ch. 38, subch. V §§ 1881, 1881a, 1881b, 1881c, 1881d, 1882, 1883
Legislative history
Introduced in the Senate as S. 39 by Ted Stevens (R–AK) on January 4, 1995 Committee consideration by Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation, House Resources Passed the Senate on September 19, 1996 (Roll call vote 295, via Senate.gov 100-0) Passed the House on September 27, 1996 (Roll call vote 448, via Clerk.House.gov 384-30) Signed into law by President William J. Clinton on October 11, 1996

The Sustainable Fisheries Act of 1996 is an amendment to the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act, a law governing the management of marine fisheries in the United States. Another major amendment to this legislation was later made under the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Reauthorization Act of 2006. The SFA was enacted to amend the outdated MSFCMA of 1976. The amendment included changes to the purpose of the act, definitions, and international affairs, as well as many small changes.

The U.S. Senate bill S. 39 was passed by the 104th United States Congressional session and enacted into law by the 42nd President of the United States Bill Clinton on October 11, 1996.

There were several major changes to the purpose of the law:

The following terms which became relevant in the twenty years following the original act were added:

Besides establishing the Pacific Insular Area fishery agreement regulations, the SFA directs the Secretary of State to “seek to secure an international agreement to establish standards and measures for bycatch reduction that are comparable to the standards and measures applicable to United States fishermen.”

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