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[CITE: 16USC539c]

 
                         TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
 
                       CHAPTER 2--NATIONAL FORESTS
 
             SUBCHAPTER I--ESTABLISHMENT AND ADMINISTRATION
 
Sec. 539c. Cooperative fisheries planning; report to Congress

    (a) The Secretary of Agriculture is directed to implement a 
cooperative planning process for the enhancement of fisheries resources 
through fish hatchery and aquaculture facilities and activities in the 
Tongass National Forest. Participation in this process shall include but 
not be limited to the State of Alaska and appropriate nonprofit 
aquaculture corporations. The Secretary may contract with private, 
nonprofit associations for services in such planning.
    (b) Each subsequent revision of National Forest management plans 
under the Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Planning Act of 1974 
[16 U.S.C. 1600 et seq.] and the National Forest Management Act of 1976 
shall contain a report on the status of the planning process undertaken 
under this paragraph, including, but not limited to, a description of 
current hatchery and aquaculture projects, an analysis of the success of 
these projects, and a prioritized list of projects anticipated for the 
duration of the management plan. The report shall be submitted by the 
Secretary to the Congress with recommendations for any legislative 
action which the Secretary may deem necessary to implement the proposed 
hatchery and aquaculture projects.

(Pub. L. 96-487, title V, Sec. 507, Dec. 2, 1980, 94 Stat. 2412.)

                       References in Text

    The Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Planning Act of 1974, 
referred to in subsec. (b), is Pub. L. 93-378, Aug. 17, 1974, 88 Stat. 
476, as amended, which is classified generally to subchapter I 
(Sec. 1600 et seq.) of chapter 36 of this title. For complete 
classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out 
under section 1600 of this title and Tables.
    The National Forest Management Act of 1976, referred to in subsec. 
(b), is Pub. L. 94-588, Oct. 22, 1976, 90 Stat. 2949, as amended, which 
enacted sections 472a, 521b, 1600, and 1611 to 1614 of this title, 
amended sections 500, 515, 516, 518, 576b, and 1601 to 1610 of this 
title, repealed sections 476, 513, and 514 of this title, and enacted 
provisions set out as notes under sections 476, 513, 528, 594-2, and 
1600 of this title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, 
see Short Title of 1976 Amendment note set out under section 1600 of 
this title and Tables.
