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 110 STAT. 3614 PUBLIC LAW 104-297—OCT. 11, 1996 The referendum shall be decided by a majority of the votes cast. The Secretary shall develop a formula to weigh votes based on the proportional harvest under each such permit and endorsement and by each such captain in the fishery between January 1, 1993, and September 1, 1996. Prior to each referendum, the Secretary, in consultation with the Council, shall— Notification. "(A) identify and notify all such persons holding permits with red snapper endorsements and all such vessel captains; and "(B) make available to all such persons and vessel captains information about the schedule, procedures, and eligibility requirements for the referendum and the proposed individual fishing quota program. " (d) CATCH LIMITS. —Any fishery management plan, plain amendment, or regulation submitted by the Gulf Council for the red snapper fishery after the date of enactment of the Sustainable Fisheries Act shall contain conservation and management measures that— "(1) establish separate quotas for recreational fishing (which, for the purposes of this subsection shall include charter fishing) and commercial fishing that, when reached, result in a proMbition on the retention of fish caught during recreational fishing and commercial fishing, respectively, for the remainder of the fishing year; and "(2) ensure that such quotas reflect allocations among such sectors and do not reflect any harvests in excess of such allocations.". 16 USC 1881c SEC. 208. STUDY OF CONTRIBUTION OF BYCATCH TO CHARITABLE note. ORGANIZATIONS, (a) STUDY. —The Secretary of Commerce shall conduct a study of the contribution of bycatch to charitable organizations by commercial fishermen. The study shall include determinations of— (1) the amount of bycatch that is contributed each year to charitable organizations by commercial fishermen; (2) the economic benefits to commercial fishermen from those contributions; and (3) the impact on fisheries of the availability of those benefits. (b) REPORT. — Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Commerce shall submit to the Congress a report containing determinations made in the study under subsection (a). (c) BYCATCH DEFINED. —In this section the term "bycatch" has the meaning given that term in section 3 of the Magnuson Fishery Conservation and Management Act, as amended by section 102 of this Act. SEC. 209. STUDY OF IDENTIFICATION METHODS FOR HARVEST STOCKS. (a) IN GENERAL. —The Secretary of Commerce shall conduct a study to determine the best possible method of identifying various Atlantic and Pacific salmon and steelhead stocks in the ocean at time of harvest. The study shall include £m. assessment of— (1) coded wire tags; (2) fin clipping; gind (3) other identification methods.

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