; and (2) by adding at the end the following: (2) Requirements relating to Gulf of Mexico and South Atlantic (A) Consultation The Regional Administrator or Director shall consult with the State Fish and Wildlife Agency of any State with a fishing community that would be affected by the issuance of an experimental fishing permit under paragraph (1) for fishing in Federal waters in the Gulf of Mexico or the South Atlantic before issuing such permit. (B) Limitation The process created under paragraph (1) may not be used in such manner as to implement a region-wide limited access privilege program under section 303A or a sector allocation. . II Fishery information, research, and development 201. Fisheries research (a) Stock assessment plan Section 404 ( 16 U.S.C. 1881c ) is amended by adding at the end the following: (e) Stock assessment plan (1) In general The Secretary, in consultation with the Councils, shall develop, submit to Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate and the Committee on Natural Resources of the House of Representatives , and publish in the Federal Register, on the same schedule as required for the strategic plan required under subsection (b), a plan to conduct stock assessments for all stocks of fish for which a fishery management plan is in effect under this Act. (2) Contents The plan shall— (A) for each stock of fish for which a stock assessment has previously been conducted— (i) establish a schedule for updating the stock assessment that is reasonable given the biology and characteristics of the stock; and (ii) subject to the availability of appropriations, require completion of a new stock assessment, or an update of the most recent stock assessment— (I) at least once every 5 years, except a Council may delay action for not more than 3 additional 1-year periods; or (II) within such other time period specified and justified by the Secretary in the plan