... with the passage of the Sustainable Fisheries Act, a statute that amended the national fisheries statute, the Magnuson Fishery Conservation and Management Act The 1996 Sustainable Fisheries Act added ... federal fisheries Note that the provisions of the Sustainable Fisheries Act that called for these management changes are now part of the Magnuson Act The Regional Fishery Management Councils Each of ... engineering and management practices, restoration of coastal areas, habitat restoration in upland areas, water quality efforts, watershed analysis/ planning, and habitat creation The councils and NMFS...