which would improve the management of driftnet fishing, was passed by the Senate.

would amend the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act to add a pandemic as a potential cause of a fishery resource disaster.

would establish the American Fisheries Advisory Committee to assist in the awarding of fisheries research and development grants.

would improve NMFS' Fishery Resource Disaster Relief program.

which would amend the federal share of the fishing safety standards grants, was passed by the House.

would improve the management of driftnet fishing.

would authorize the Director of the U.S. Geological Survey to conduct monitoring, assessment, science, and research, in support of the binational fisheries within the Great Lakes Basin.

would amend the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act to provide fisheries disaster relief for commercial fishery failures that are due to certain duties.