Jared Huffman: “I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is…”

“I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Strike all and insert the following: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Fishing Economy Improvement Act''. SEC. 2. REFERENCES. Except as otherwise specifically provided, whenever in this Act an amendment or repeal is expressed in terms of an amendment to, or repeal of, a provision, the reference shall be considered to be made to a provision of the Magnuson- Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.). SEC. 3. AMENDMENTS TO DEFINITIONS. Section 3 (16 U.S.C. 1802) is amended-- (1) by inserting after paragraph (1) the following: ``(1a) The term `artisanal fishing' means subsistence or small scale traditional fishing involving fishing households (as opposed to commercial companies)-- ``(A) using a relatively small amount of capital and energy and relatively small fishing vessels (if any); ``(B) making short fishing trips, close to shore; and ``(C) mainly for local consumption.''; (2) by inserting after paragraph (27) the following: ``(27a) The term `marine aquaculture' means the propagation and rearing of aquatic species in controlled or selected environments in the exclusive economic zone.''; and (3) in paragraph (16), by adding at the end the following: ``Such term does not include marine aquaculture.''. SEC. 4. TRANSPARENCY AND PUBLIC PROCESS.…”