§ 757a.
(b)
Operation, management, and administration of property; research
(1)
The Secretary may also enter into agreements with the States for the operation of any facilities and management and administration of any lands or interests therein acquired or facilities constructed pursuant to sections 757a to 757f of this title.
(2)
In carrying out responsibilities under this section, the Secretary shall conduct, promote, and encourage research in preparation for the implementation of the use of ecosystems and interspecies approaches to the conservation and management of anadromous and Great Lakes fishery resources.
(c)
Increase of Federal share
(1)
Whenever two or more States having a common interest in any basin jointly enter into a cooperative agreement with the Secretary under subsection (a) of this section to carry out a research and development program to conserve, develop, and enhance anadromous fishery resources of the Nation, or fish in the Great Lakes and Lake Champlain that ascend streams to spawn, the Federal share of the program costs shall be increased to a maximum of 66⅔ per centum. For the purpose of this subsection, the term “basin” includes rivers and their tributaries, lakes, and other bodies of water or portions thereof.
(2)
In the case of any State that has implemented an interstate fisheries management plan for anadromous fishery resources, prepared by an interstate commission, the Federal share of any grant made under this section to carry out activities required by such plan shall be up to 90 percent. For purposes of this paragraph, the term “interstate commission” means—
(A)
the commission established by the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Compact (as consented to and approved by
[Public Law 80–77] 1
See References in Text note below.
), approved
May 4, 1942 (
[56 Stat. 267]);
(B)
the commission established by the Pacific Marine Fisheries Compact (as consented to and approved by [Public Law 80–232] 1), approved July 24, 1947 ([16 Stat. 419]); and
(C)
the commission established by the Gulf States Marine Fisheries Compact (as consented to and approved by [Public Law 81–66]), approved May 19, 1949 ([63 Stat. 70]).
([Pub. L. 89–304, § 1], Oct. 30, 1965, [79 Stat. 1125]; [Pub. L. 91–249, § 1], May 14, 1970, [84 Stat. 214]; [Pub. L. 93–362, § 3(a)], July 30, 1974, [88 Stat. 398]; [Pub. L. 95–464], Oct. 17, 1978, [92 Stat. 1278]; [Pub. L. 96–118, § 1], Nov. 16, 1979, [93 Stat. 859]; [Pub. L. 97–453, § 14(b)(1)], Jan. 12, 1983, [96 Stat. 2492]; [Pub. L. 98–44, title I, § 104], July 12, 1983, [97 Stat. 216]; [Pub. L. 107–372, title III, § 303(b)], Dec. 19, 2002, [116 Stat. 3095].)