(1) Each council shall
(A) Adopt a seal which shall be judicially noticed;
(B) implement all terms of its charter;
(C) prepare and submit to the Secretary, for review and approval under section
4011 (a)(1) of this title, a marketing and promotion plan and amendments to such plan which contain descriptions of the projected consumer education, research, and other marketing and promotion activities of the council;
(D) implement and administer an approved marketing and promotion plan and amendments to such plan;
(E) determine the assessments to be made under section
4012 of this title and administer the collection of such assessments to finance council expenses described in paragraph (2) of this subsection;
(F) receive, investigate and report to the Secretary accounts of violations of rules or orders relating to assessments collected under section
4012 of this title, or quality standard requirements established under subsection (c) of this section;
(G) prepare and submit to the Secretary, for review and approval under section
4011 (a)(1) of this title, a budget (on a fiscal year basis) of the anticipated expenses and disbursements of the council, including
(i) all administrative and contractual expenses;
(ii) the probable costs of consumer education, research, and other marketing and promotion plans or projects;
(iii) the costs of the collection of assessments; and
(iv) the expense of repayment of the costs of each referendum conducted in regard to the council;
(H) maintain books and records, prepare and submit to the Secretary such reports from time to time as may be necessary for appropriate accounting with respect to the receipt and disbursement of funds entrusted to it, and cause a complete audit report to be submitted to the Secretary at the end of each fiscal year;
(I) reimburse the Secretary for the expenses incurred for the conduct of the referendum to establish the council or any subsequent referendum to terminate the council that fails; and
(J) prepare and submit to the Secretary from time to time such reports or proposals as the council determines appropriate to further the purposes of this chapter.
(2) Funds collected by a council under section
4012 of this title shall be used by the council for
(A) research, consumer education, and other marketing and promotion activities regarding the quality and marketing of fish and fish products;
(B) other expenses, as described in subsection (a)(1)(G) of this section;
(C) such other expenses for the administration, maintenance, and functioning of the council as may be authorized by the Secretary;
(D) any reserve fund established under subsection (b)(5) of this section and any administrative expenses incurred by the Secretary specified as reimbursable under this chapter.
(3) Marketing and promotion plans and amendments to such plans prepared by a council under subsection (a)(1)(C) of this section shall be designed to increase the general demand for fish and fish products described in accordance with section
4009 (b)(3) of this title by encouraging, expanding, and improving the marketing, promotion and utilization of such fish and fish products, in domestic or foreign markets, or both, through consumer education, research, and other marketing and promotion activities.