; (2) evaluating whether the design of the Marine Recreational Information Program for the purposes of stock assessment and the determination of stock management reference points is compatible with the needs of in-season management of annual catch limits; and (3) if the Marine Recreational Information Program is incompatible with the needs of in-season management of annual catch limits, determining an alternative method for in-season management. 208. Recreational fishing data Section 401(g) ( 16 U.S.C. 1881(g) ) is amended by redesignating paragraph (5) as paragraph (6), and by inserting after paragraph (4) the following: (5) Federal-state partnerships (A) Establishment The Secretary shall establish partnerships with States to develop best practices for implementation of State programs established pursuant to paragraph (2). (B) Guidance The Secretary shall develop guidance, in cooperation with the States, that details best practices for administering State programs pursuant to paragraph (2), and provide such guidance to the State. . 209. Miscellaneous amendments relating to fishery management councils (a) Council Jurisdiction for Overlapping Fisheries Section 302(a)(1) ( 16 U.S.C. 1852(a)(1) ) is amended— (1) in subparagraph (A), in the second sentence— (A) by striking 18 and inserting 19 ; and (B) by inserting before the period at the end and a liaison who is a member of the Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council to represent the interests of fisheries under the jurisdiction of such Council ; and (2) in subparagraph (B), in the second sentence— (A) by striking 21 and inserting 22 ; and (B) by inserting before the period at the end and a liaison who is a member of the New England Fishery Management Council to represent the interests of fisheries under the jurisdiction of such Council . (b) Council seat Section 302(b)(2) ( 16 U.S.C. 1852(b)(2) ) is amended— (1) in subparagraph (A), by striking or recreational and inserting , recreational, or subsistence fishing