[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Printing Office]
[S. 1126 Reported in Senate (RS)]
Calendar No. 328
103d CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 1126
[Report No. 103-201]
_______________________________________________________________________
A BILL
To improve the conservation and management of interjurisdictional
fisheries along the Atlantic Coast by providing for greater cooperation
among the States in implementing conservation and management programs,
and for other purposes.
_______________________________________________________________________
November 20 (legislative day, November 2), 1993
Reported with an amendment
Calendar No. 328
103d CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 1126
[Report No. 103-201]
To improve the conservation and management of interjurisdictional
fisheries along the Atlantic Coast by providing for greater cooperation
among the States in implementing conservation and management programs,
and for other purposes.
_______________________________________________________________________
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
June 17 (legislative day, June 15), 1993
Mr. Hollings (for himself, Mr. Kerry, and Mr. Sarbanes) introduced the
following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on
Commerce, Science, and Transportation
November 20 (legislative day, November 2), 1993
Reported by Mr. Hollings, with an amendment
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed
in italic]
_______________________________________________________________________
A BILL
To improve the conservation and management of interjurisdictional
fisheries along the Atlantic Coast by providing for greater cooperation
among the States in implementing conservation and management programs,
and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
-S-E-C-T-I-O-N -1-. -S-H-O-R-T -T-I-T-L-E-.
-T-h-i-s -A-c-t -m-a-y -b-e -c-i-t-e-d -a-t -t-h-e
-`-`-A-t-l-a-n-t-i-c -C-o-a-s-t-a-l -F-i-s-h-e-r-i-e-s
-C-o-o-p-e-r-a-t-i-v-e -M-a-n-a-g-e-m-e-n-t -A-c-t-'-'-.
-S-E-C-. -2-. -F-I-N-D-I-N-G-S -A-N-D -P-U-R-P-O-S-E-.
-(-a-) -F-i-n-d-i-n-g-.----T-h-e -C-o-n-g-r-e-s-s -f-i-n-d-s -t-h-e
-f-o-l-l-o-w-i-n-g-:
-(-1-) -C-o-a-s-t-a-l -f-i-s-h-e-r-y -r-e-s-o-u-r-c-e-s
-t-h-a-t -m-i-g-r-a-t-e-, -o-r -a-r-e -w-i-d-e-l-y
-d-i-s-t-r-i-b-u-t-e-d-, -a-c-r-o-s-s -t-h-e
-j-u-r-i-s-d-i-c-t-i-o-n-a-l -b-o-u-n-d-a-r-i-e-s -o-f -t-w-o
-o-r -m-o-r-e -o-f -t-h-e -A-t-l-a-n-t-i-c -S-t-a-t-e-s -a-n-d
-o-f -t-h-e -F-e-d-e-r-a-l -G-o-v-e-r-n-m-e-n-t -a-r-e -o-f
-s-u-b-s-t-a-n-t-i-a-l -c-o-m-m-e-r-c-i-a-l -a-n-d
-r-e-c-r-e-a-t-i-o-n-a-l -i-m-p-o-r-t-a-n-c-e -a-n-d
-e-c-o-n-o-m-i-c -b-e-n-e-f-i-t -t-o -t-h-e -A-t-l-a-n-t-i-c
-c-o-a-s-t-a-l -r-e-g-i-o-n -a-n-d -t-h-e -N-a-t-i-o-n-.
-(-2-) -I-n-c-r-e-a-s-e-d -f-i-s-h-i-n-g -p-r-e-s-s-u-r-e-,
-e-n-v-i-r-o-n-m-e-n-t-a-l -p-o-l-l-u-t-i-o-n-, -a-n-d -t-h-e
-l-o-s-s -a-n-d -a-l-t-e-r-a-t-i-o-n -o-f -h-a-b-i-t-a-t
-h-a-v-e -r-e-d-u-c-e-d -s-e-v-e-r-e-l-y -c-e-r-t-a-i-n
-A-t-l-a-n-t-i-c -c-o-a-s-t-a-l -f-i-s-h-e-r-y
-r-e-s-o-u-r-c-e-s-.
-(-3-) -B-e-c-a-u-s-e -n-o -s-i-n-g-l-e
-g-o-v-e-r-n-m-e-n-t-a-l -e-n-t-i-t-y -h-a-s -e-x-c-l-u-s-i-v-e
-m-a-n-a-g-e-m-e-n-t -a-u-t-h-o-r-i-t-y -f-o-r -A-t-l-a-n-t-i-c
-c-o-a-s-t-a-l -f-i-s-h-e-r-y -r-e-s-o-u-r-c-e-s-,
-h-a-r-v-e-s-t-i-n-g -o-f -s-u-c-h -r-e-s-o-u-r-c-e-s -i-s
-f-r-e-q-u-e-n-t-l-y -s-u-b-j-e-c-t -t-o -d-i-s-p-a-r-a-t-e-,
-i-n-c-o-n-s-i-s-t-e-n-t-, -a-n-d -i-n-t-e-r-m-i-t-t-e-n-t
-S-t-a-t-e -a-n-d -F-e-d-e-r-a-l -r-e-g-u-l-a-t-i-o-n -t-h-a-t
-h-a-s -b-e-e-n -d-e-t-r-i-m-e-n-t-a-l -t-o -t-h-e
-c-o-n-s-e-r-v-a-t-i-o-n -a-n-d -s-u-s-t-a-i-n-a-b-l-e -u-s-e
-o-f -s-u-c-h -r-e-s-o-u-r-c-e-s -a-n-d -t-o -t-h-e
-i-n-t-e-r-e-s-t-s -o-f -f-i-s-h-e-r-m-e-n -a-n-d -t-h-e
-N-a-t-i-o-n -a-s -a -w-h-o-l-e-.
-(-4-) -T-h-e -r-e-s-p-o-n-s-i-b-i-l-i-t-y -f-o-r
-m-a-n-a-g-i-n-g -A-t-l-a-n-t-i-c -c-o-a-s-t-a-l
-f-i-s-h-e-r-i-e-s -r-e-s-t-s -w-i-t-h -t-h-e -S-t-a-t-e-s-,
-w-h-i-c-h -c-a-r-r-y -o-u-t -a -c-o-o-p-e-r-a-t-i-v-e
-p-r-o-g-r-a-m -o-f -f-i-s-h-e-r-y -o-v-e-r-s-i-g-h-t -a-n-d
-m-a-n-a-g-e-m-e-n-t -t-h-r-o-u-g-h -t-h-e -A-t-l-a-n-t-i-c
-S-t-a-t-e-s -M-a-r-i-n-e -F-i-s-h-e-r-i-e-s
-C-o-m-m-i-s-s-i-o-n-. -I-t -i-s -t-h-e
-r-e-s-p-o-n-s-i-b-i-l-i-t-y -o-f -t-h-e -F-e-d-e-r-a-l
-G-o-v-e-r-n-m-e-n-t -t-o -s-u-p-p-o-r-t -s-u-c-h
-c-o-o-p-e-r-a-t-i-v-e -i-n-t-e-r-s-t-a-t-e
-m-a-n-a-g-e-m-e-n-t -o-f -c-o-a-s-t-a-l -f-i-s-h-e-r-y
-r-e-s-o-u-r-c-e-s-.
-(-5-) -T-h-e -f-a-i-l-u-r-e -b-y -o-n-e -o-r -m-o-r-e
-A-t-l-a-n-t-i-c -S-t-a-t-e-s -t-o -f-u-l-l-y
-i-m-p-l-e-m-e-n-t -a -c-o-a-s-t-a-l -f-i-s-h-e-r-y
-m-a-n-a-g-e-m-e-n-t -p-l-a-n -c-a-n -a-d-v-e-r-s-e-l-y
-a-f-f-e-c-t -t-h-e -s-t-a-t-u-s -o-f -A-t-l-a-n-t-i-c
-c-o-a-s-t-a-l -f-i-s-h-e-r-i-e-s-, -a-n-d -c-a-n
-d-i-s-c-o-u-r-a-g-e -o-t-h-e-r -S-t-a-t-e-s -f-r-o-m
-f-u-l-l-y -i-m-p-l-e-m-e-n-t-i-n-g -c-o-a-s-t-a-l
-f-i-s-h-e-r-y -m-a-n-a-g-e-m-e-n-t -p-l-a-n-s-.
-(-6-) -I-t -i-s -i-n -t-h-e -n-a-t-i-o-n-a-l
-i-n-t-e-r-e-s-t -t-o -p-r-o-v-i-d-e -f-o-r -m-o-r-e
-e-f-f-e-c-t-i-v-e -A-t-l-a-n-t-i-c -S-t-a-t-e -f-i-s-h-e-r-y
-r-e-s-o-u-r-c-e -c-o-n-s-e-r-v-a-t-i-o-n -a-n-d
-m-a-n-a-g-e-m-e-n-t-.
-(-b-) -P-u-r-p-o-s-e-.----T-h-e -p-u-r-p-o-s-e -o-f -t-h-i-s
-A-c-t -i-s -t-o -s-u-p-p-o-r-t -a-n-d -e-n-c-o-u-r-a-g-e -t-h-e
-d-e-v-e-l-o-p-m-e-n-t-, -i-m-p-l-e-m-e-n-t-a-t-i-o-n-, -a-n-d
-e-n-f-o-r-c-e-m-e-n-t -o-f -e-f-f-e-c-t-i-v-e -i-n-t-e-r-s-t-a-t-e
-c-o-n-s-e-r-v-a-t-i-o-n -a-n-d -m-a-n-a-g-e-m-e-n-t -o-f
-A-t-l-a-n-t-i-c -c-o-a-s-t-a-l -f-i-s-h-e-r-y -r-e-s-o-u-r-c-e-s-.
-S-E-C-. -3-. -D-E-F-I-N-I-T-I-O-N-S-.
-I-n -t-h-i-s -A-c-t-, -t-h-e -f-o-l-l-o-w-i-n-g
-d-e-f-i-n-i-t-i-o-n-s -a-p-p-l-y-:
-(-1-) -T-h-e -t-e-r-m -`-`-c-o-a-s-t-a-l -f-i-s-h-e-r-y
-m-a-n-a-g-e-m-e-n-t -p-l-a-n-'-' -m-e-a-n-s -a -p-l-a-n -f-o-r
-m-a-n-a-g-i-n-g -a -c-o-a-s-t-a-l -f-i-s-h-e-r-y
-r-e-s-o-u-r-c-e-, -o-r -a-n -a-m-e-n-d-m-e-n-t -t-o -s-u-c-h
-p-l-a-n-, -p-r-e-p-a-r-e-d -a-n-d -a-d-o-p-t-e-d -b-y -t-h-e
-C-o-m-m-i-s-s-i-o-n-, -t-h-a-t---
-(-A-) -c-o-n-t-a-i-n-s -i-n-f-o-r-m-a-t-i-o-n
-r-e-g-a-r-d-i-n-g -t-h-e -s-t-a-t-u-s -o-f -t-h-e
-r-e-s-o-u-r-c-e -a-n-d -r-e-l-a-t-e-d
-f-i-s-h-e-r-i-e-s-;
-(-B-) -s-p-e-c-i-f-i-e-s -c-o-n-s-e-r-v-a-t-i-o-n
-a-n-d -m-a-n-a-g-e-m-e-n-t -a-c-t-i-o-n-s -t-o -b-e
-t-a-k-e-n -b-y -t-h-e -S-t-a-t-e-s-; -a-n-d
-(-C-) -r-e-c-o-m-m-e-n-d-s -a-c-t-i-o-n-s -t-o
-b-e -t-a-k-e-n -b-y -t-h-e -S-e-c-r-e-t-a-r-y -i-n
-t-h-e -e-x-c-l-u-s-i-v-e -e-c-o-n-o-m-i-c -z-o-n-e
-t-o -c-o-n-s-e-r-v-e -a-n-d -m-a-n-a-g-e -t-h-e
-f-i-s-h-e-r-y-.
-(-2-) -t-h-e -t-e-r-m -`-`-c-o-a-s-t-a-l -f-i-s-h-e-r-y
-r-e-s-o-u-r-c-e-'-' -m-e-a-n-s -a-n-y -f-i-s-h-e-r-y-, -a-n-y
-s-p-e-c-i-e-s -o-f -f-i-s-h-, -o-r -a-n-y -s-t-o-c-k -o-f
-f-i-s-h -t-h-a-t -m-o-v-e-s -a-m-o-n-g-, -o-r -i-s
-b-r-o-a-d-l-y -d-i-s-t-r-i-b-u-t-e-d -a-c-r-o-s-s-,
-w-a-t-e-r-s -u-n-d-e-r -t-h-e -j-u-r-i-s-d-i-c-t-i-o-n -o-f
-t-w-o -o-r -m-o-r-e -S-t-a-t-e-s -o-r -w-a-t-e-r-s -u-n-d-e-r
-t-h-e -j-u-r-i-s-d-i-c-t-i-o-n -o-f -o-n-e -o-r -m-o-r-e
-S-t-a-t-e-s -a-n-d -t-h-e -e-x-c-l-u-s-i-v-e -e-c-o-n-o-m-i-c
-z-o-n-e-.
-(-3-) -t-h-e -t-e-r-m -`-`-C-o-m-m-i-s-s-i-o-n-'-'
-m-e-a-n-s -t-h-e -A-t-l-a-n-t-i-c -S-t-a-t-e-s -M-a-r-i-n-e
-F-i-s-h-e-r-i-e-s -C-o-m-m-i-s-s-i-o-n -e-s-t-a-b-l-i-s-h-e-d
-u-n-d-e-r -t-h-e -i-n-t-e-r-s-t-a-t-e -c-o-m-p-a-c-t
-c-o-n-s-e-n-t-e-d -t-o -a-n-d -a-p-p-r-o-v-e-d -b-y -t-h-e
-C-o-n-g-r-e-s-s -i-n -P-u-b-l-i-c -L-a-w-s -7-7---5-3-9 -a-n-d
-8-1---7-2-1-.
-(-4-) -T-h-e -t-e-r-m -`-`-C-o-u-n-c-i-l-s-'-' -m-e-a-n-s
-R-e-g-i-o-n-a-l -F-i-s-h-e-r-y -M-a-n-a-g-e-m-e-n-t
-C-o-u-n-c-i-l-s -e-s-t-a-b-l-i-s-h-e-d -u-n-d-e-r
-s-e-c-t-i-o-n -3-0-2 -o-f -t-h-e -M-a-g-n-u-s-o-n
-F-i-s-h-e-r-y -C-o-n-s-e-r-v-a-t-i-o-n -a-n-d
-M-a-n-a-g-e-m-e-n-t -A-c-t -(-1-6 -U-.-S-.-C-. -1-8-5-2-)-.
-(-5-) -T-h-e -t-e-r-m -`-`-e-x-c-l-u-s-i-v-e
-e-c-o-n-o-m-i-c -z-o-n-e-'-' -m-e-a-n-s -t-h-e
-e-x-c-l-u-s-i-v-e -e-c-o-n-o-m-i-c -z-o-n-e -o-f -t-h-e
-U-n-i-t-e-d -S-t-a-t-e-s -e-s-t-a-b-l-i-s-h-e-d -b-y
-P-r-o-c-l-a-m-a-t-i-o-n -N-u-m-b-e-r-e-d -5-0-3-0-, -d-a-t-e-d
-M-a-r-c-h -1-0-, -1-9-8-3-. -F-o-r -t-h-e -p-u-r-p-o-s-e-s
-o-f -t-h-i-s -A-c-t-, -t-h-e -i-n-n-e-r -b-o-u-n-d-a-r-y -o-f
-t-h-a-t -z-o-n-e -i-s -a -l-i-n-e -c-o-t-e-r-m-i-n-o-u-s
-w-i-t-h -t-h-e -s-e-a-w-a-r-d -b-o-u-n-d-a-r-y -o-f -e-a-c-h
-o-f -t-h-e -c-o-a-s-t-a-l -S-t-a-t-e-s-, -a-n-d -t-h-e
-o-u-t-e-r -b-o-u-n-d-a-r-y -o-f -t-h-a-t -z-o-n-e -i-s -a
-l-i-n-e -d-r-a-w-n -i-n -s-u-c-h -a -m-a-n-n-e-r -t-h-a-t
-e-a-c-h -p-o-i-n-t -o-n -i-t -i-s -t-w-o -h-u-n-d-r-e-d
-n-a-u-t-i-c-a-l -m-i-l-e-s -f-r-o-m -t-h-e -b-a-s-e-l-i-n-e
-f-r-o-m -w-h-i-c-h -t-h-e -t-e-r-r-i-t-o-r-i-a-l -s-e-a -i-s
-m-e-a-s-u-r-e-d-.
-(-6-) -T-h-e -t-e-r-m -`-`-f-i-s-h-'-' -m-e-a-n-s
-f-i-n-f-i-s-h-, -m-o-l-l-u-s-k-s-, -c-r-u-s-t-a-c-e-a-n-s-,
-a-n-d -a-l-l -o-t-h-e-r -f-o-r-m-s -o-f -m-a-r-i-n-e
-a-n-i-m-a-l -l-i-f-e -o-t-h-e-r -t-h-a-n -m-a-r-i-n-e
-m-a-m-m-a-l-s -a-n-d -b-i-r-d-s-.
-(-7-) -T-h-e -t-e-r-m -`-`-f-i-s-h-e-r-y-'-' -m-e-a-n-s---
-(-A-) -o-n-e -o-r -m-o-r-e -s-t-o-c-k-s -o-f
-f-i-s-h -t-h-a-t -c-a-n -b-e -t-r-e-a-t-e-d -a-s -a
-u-n-i-t -f-o-r -p-u-r-p-o-s-e-s -o-f
-c-o-n-s-e-r-v-a-t-i-o-n -a-n-d -m-a-n-a-g-e-m-e-n-t
-a-n-d -t-h-a-t -a-r-e -i-d-e-n-t-i-f-i-e-d -o-n -t-h-e
-b-a-s-i-s -o-f -g-e-o-g-r-a-p-h-i-c-a-l-,
-s-c-i-e-n-t-i-f-i-c-, -t-e-c-h-n-i-c-a-l-,
-c-o-m-m-e-r-c-i-a-l-, -r-e-c-r-e-a-t-i-o-n-a-l-, -o-r
-e-c-o-n-o-m-i-c -c-h-a-r-a-c-t-e-r-i-s-t-i-c-s-; -o-r
-(-B-) -a-n-y -f-i-s-h-i-n-g -f-o-r -s-u-c-h
-s-t-o-c-k-s-.
-(-8-) -T-h-e -t-e-r-m -`-`-f-i-s-h-i-n-g-'-' -m-e-a-n-s---
-(-A-) -t-h-e -c-a-t-c-h-i-n-g-, -t-a-k-i-n-g-,
-o-r -h-a-r-v-e-s-t-i-n-g -o-f -f-i-s-h-;
-(-B-) -t-h-e -a-t-t-e-m-p-t-e-d -c-a-t-c-h-i-n-g-,
-t-a-k-i-n-g-, -o-r -h-a-r-v-e-s-t-i-n-g -o-f
-f-i-s-h-;
-(-C-) -a-n-y -o-t-h-e-r -a-c-t-i-v-i-t-y -t-h-a-t
-c-a-n -b-e -r-e-a-s-o-n-a-b-l-y -e-x-p-e-c-t-e-d -t-o
-r-e-s-u-l-t -i-n -t-h-e -c-a-t-c-h-i-n-g-,
-t-a-k-i-n-g-, -o-r -h-a-r-v-e-s-t-i-n-g -o-f
-f-i-s-h-; -o-r
-(-D-) -a-n-y -o-p-e-r-a-t-i-o-n-s -a-t -s-e-a -i-n
-s-u-p-p-o-r-t -o-f-, -o-r -i-n -p-r-e-p-a-r-a-t-i-o-n
-f-o-r-, -a-n-y -a-c-t-i-v-i-t-y -d-e-s-c-r-i-b-e-d
-i-n -s-u-b-p-a-r-a-g-r-a-p-h-s -(-A-) -t-h-r-o-u-g-h
-(-C-)-.
-S-u-c-h -t-e-r-m -d-o-e-s -n-o-t -i-n-c-l-u-d-e -a-n-y
-s-c-i-e-n-t-i-f-i-c -r-e-s-e-a-r-c-h -a-c-t-i-v-i-t-y-.
-(-9-) -T-h-e -t-e-r-m -`-`-i-m-p-l-e-m-e-n-t -a-n-d
-e-n-f-o-r-c-e-'-' -m-e-a-n-s -t-o -e-n-a-c-t -a-n-d
-i-m-p-l-e-m-e-n-t -l-a-w-s -o-r -r-e-g-u-l-a-t-i-o-n-s -a-s
-r-e-q-u-i-r-e-d -t-o -c-o-n-f-o-r-m -w-i-t-h -t-h-e
-p-r-o-v-i-s-i-o-n-s -o-f -a -c-o-a-s-t-a-l -f-i-s-h-e-r-y
-m-a-n-a-g-e-m-e-n-t -p-l-a-n -a-n-d -t-o -a-s-s-u-r-e
-c-o-m-p-l-i-a-n-c-e -w-i-t-h -s-u-c-h -l-a-w-s -o-r
-r-e-g-u-l-a-t-i-o-n-s -b-y -p-e-r-s-o-n-s
-p-a-r-t-i-c-i-p-a-t-i-n-g -i-n -a -f-i-s-h-e-r-y -t-h-a-t -i-s
-s-u-b-j-e-c-t -t-o -s-u-c-h -p-l-a-n-.
-(-1-0-) -t-h-e -t-e-r-m -`-`-p-e-r-s-o-n-'-' -m-e-a-n-s
-a-n-y -i-n-d-i-v-i-d-u-a-l -(-w-h-e-t-h-e-r -o-r -n-o-t -a
-c-i-t-i-z-e-n -o-r -n-a-t-i-o-n-a-l -o-f -t-h-e -U-n-i-t-e-d
-S-t-a-t-e-s-)-, -a-n-y -c-o-r-p-o-r-a-t-i-o-n-,
-p-a-r-t-n-e-r-s-h-i-p-, -a-s-s-o-c-i-a-t-i-o-n-, -o-r
-o-t-h-e-r -e-n-t-i-t-y -(-w-h-e-t-h-e-r -o-r -n-o-t
-o-r-g-a-n-i-z-e-d -o-r -e-x-i-s-t-i-n-g -u-n-d-e-r -t-h-e
-l-a-w-s -o-f -a-n-y -S-t-a-t-e-)-, -a-n-d -a-n-y
-F-e-d-e-r-a-l-, -S-t-a-t-e-, -l-o-c-a-l-, -o-r -f-o-r-e-i-g-n
-g-o-v-e-r-n-m-e-n-t -o-r -a-n-y -e-n-t-i-t-y -o-f -a-n-y
-s-u-c-h -g-o-v-e-r-n-m-e-n-t-.
-(-1-1-) -T-h-e -t-e-r-m -`-`-S-e-c-r-e-t-a-r-i-e-s-'-'
-m-e-a-n-s -t-h-e -S-e-c-r-e-t-a-r-y -o-f -C-o-m-m-e-r-c-e
-a-n-d -t-h-e -S-e-c-r-e-t-a-r-y -o-f -t-h-e -I-n-t-e-r-i-o-r-.
-(-1-2-) -t-h-e -t-e-r-m -`-`-S-e-c-r-e-t-a-r-y-'-'
-m-e-a-n-s -t-h-e -S-e-c-r-e-t-a-r-y -o-f -C-o-m-m-e-r-c-e-.
-(-1-3-) -t-h-e -t-e-r-m -`-`-S-t-a-t-e-'-' -m-e-a-n-s
-M-a-i-n-e-, -N-e-w -H-a-m-p-s-h-i-r-e-,
-M-a-s-s-a-c-h-u-s-e-t-t-s-, -R-h-o-d-e -I-s-l-a-n-d-,
-C-o-n-n-e-c-t-i-c-u-t-, -N-e-w -Y-o-r-k-, -N-e-w
-J-e-r-s-e-y-, -P-e-n-n-s-y-l-v-a-n-i-a-, -D-e-l-a-w-a-r-e-,
-M-a-r-y-l-a-n-d-, -V-i-r-g-i-n-i-a-, -N-o-r-t-h
-C-a-r-o-l-i-n-a-, -S-o-u-t-h -C-a-r-o-l-i-n-a-,
-G-e-o-r-g-i-a-, -F-l-o-r-i-d-a-, -t-h-e -D-i-s-t-r-i-c-t -o-f
-C-o-l-u-m-b-i-a-, -o-r -t-h-e -P-o-t-o-m-a-c -R-i-v-e-r
-F-i-s-h-e-r-i-e-s -C-o-m-m-i-s-s-i-o-n-.
-S-E-C-. -4-. -S-T-A-T-E---F-E-D-E-R-A-L -C-O-O-P-E-R-A-T-I-O-N -I-N
-A-T-L-A-N-T-I-C -C-O-A-S-T-A-L -F-I-S-H-E-R-Y
-M-A-N-A-G-E-M-E-N-T-.
-(-a-) -F-e-d-e-r-a-l -S-u-p-p-o-r-t -f-o-r -S-t-a-t-e
-C-o-a-s-t-a-l -F-i-s-h-e-r-i-e-s -P-r-o-g-r-a-m-s-.----T-h-e
-S-e-c-r-e-t-a-r-y -i-n -c-o-o-p-e-r-a-t-i-o-n -w-i-t-h -t-h-e
-S-e-c-r-e-t-a-r-y -o-f -t-h-e -I-n-t-e-r-i-o-r -s-h-a-l-l
-d-e-v-e-l-o-p -a-n-d -i-m-p-l-e-m-e-n-t -a -p-r-o-g-r-a-m -t-o
-s-u-p-p-o-r-t -t-h-e -i-n-t-e-r-s-t-a-t-e -f-i-s-h-e-r-y
-m-a-n-a-g-e-m-e-n-t -e-f-f-o-r-t-s -o-f -t-h-e -C-o-m-m-i-s-s-i-o-n-.
-T-h-e -p-r-o-g-r-a-m -s-h-a-l-l -i-n-c-l-u-d-e -a-c-t-i-v-i-t-i-e-s
-t-o -s-u-p-p-o-r-t -a-n-d -e-n-h-a-n-c-e -S-t-a-t-e
-c-o-o-p-e-r-a-t-i-o-n -i-n -c-o-l-l-e-c-t-i-o-n-,
-m-a-n-a-g-e-m-e-n-t-, -a-n-d -a-n-a-l-y-s-i-s -o-f -f-i-s-h-e-r-y
-d-a-t-a-; -l-a-w -e-n-f-o-r-c-e-m-e-n-t-; -h-a-b-i-t-a-t
-c-o-n-s-e-r-v-a-t-i-o-n-; -f-i-s-h-e-r-y -r-e-s-e-a-r-c-h-,
-i-n-c-l-u-d-i-n-g -b-i-o-l-o-g-i-c-a-l -a-n-d
-s-o-c-i-o-e-c-o-n-o-m-i-c -r-e-s-e-a-r-c-h-; -a-n-d -f-i-s-h-e-r-y
-m-a-n-a-g-e-m-e-n-t -p-l-a-n-n-i-n-g-.
-(-b-) -F-e-d-e-r-a-l -R-e-g-u-l-a-t-i-o-n -i-n -E-x-c-l-u-s-i-v-e
-E-c-o-n-o-m-i-c -Z-o-n-e-.----(-1-) -I-n -t-h-e -a-b-s-e-n-c-e -o-f
-a-n -a-p-p-r-o-v-e-d -a-n-d -i-m-p-l-e-m-e-n-t-e-d -f-i-s-h-e-r-y
-m-a-n-a-g-e-m-e-n-t -p-l-a-n -u-n-d-e-r -t-h-e -M-a-g-n-u-s-o-n
-F-i-s-h-e-r-y -C-o-n-s-e-r-v-a-t-i-o-n -a-n-d -M-a-n-a-g-e-m-e-n-t
-A-c-t -(-1-6 -U-.-S-.-C-. -1-8-0-1 -e-t -s-e-q-.-)-, -a-n-d -a-f-t-e-r
-c-o-n-s-u-l-t-a-t-i-o-n -w-i-t-h -t-h-e -a-p-p-r-o-p-r-i-a-t-e
-C-o-u-n-c-i-l-s-, -t-h-e -S-e-c-r-e-t-a-r-y -m-a-y -i-m-p-l-e-m-e-n-t
-r-e-g-u-l-a-t-i-o-n-s -t-o -g-o-v-e-r-n -f-i-s-h-i-n-g -i-n -t-h-e
-e-x-c-l-u-s-i-v-e -e-c-o-n-o-m-i-c -z-o-n-e -t-h-a-t -a-r-e---
-(-A-) -n-e-c-e-s-s-a-r-y -t-o -s-u-p-p-o-r-t -t-h-e
-e-f-f-e-c-t-i-v-e -i-m-p-l-e-m-e-n-t-a-t-i-o-n -o-f -a
-c-o-a-s-t-a-l -f-i-s-h-e-r-y -m-a-n-a-g-e-m-e-n-t -p-l-a-n-;
-a-n-d
-(-B-) -c-o-n-s-i-s-t-e-n-t -w-i-t-h -t-h-e
-n-a-t-i-o-n-a-l -s-t-a-n-d-a-r-d-s -s-e-t -f-o-r-t-h -i-n
-s-e-c-t-i-o-n -3-0-1 -o-f -t-h-e -M-a-g-n-u-s-o-n
-F-i-s-h-e-r-y -C-o-n-s-e-r-v-a-t-i-o-n -a-n-d
-M-a-n-a-g-e-m-e-n-t -A-c-t -(-1-6 -U-.-S-.-C-. -1-8-5-1-)-.
-T-h-e -r-e-g-u-l-a-t-i-o-n-s -m-a-y -i-n-c-l-u-d-e -m-e-a-s-u-r-e-s
-r-e-c-o-m-m-e-n-d-e-d -b-y -t-h-e -C-o-m-m-i-s-s-i-o-n -t-o -t-h-e
-S-e-c-r-e-t-a-r-y -t-h-a-t -a-r-e -n-e-c-e-s-s-a-r-y -t-o
-s-u-p-p-o-r-t -t-h-e -p-r-o-v-i-s-i-o-n-s -o-f -t-h-e -c-o-a-s-t-a-l
-f-i-s-h-e-r-y -m-a-n-a-g-e-m-e-n-t -p-l-a-n-. -R-e-g-u-l-a-t-i-o-n-s
-i-s-s-u-e-d -b-y -t-h-e -S-e-c-r-e-t-a-r-y -t-o -i-m-p-l-e-m-e-n-t
-a-n -a-p-p-r-o-v-e-d -f-i-s-h-e-r-y -m-a-n-a-g-e-m-e-n-t -p-l-a-n
-p-r-e-p-a-r-e-d -b-y -t-h-e -a-p-p-r-o-p-r-i-a-t-e -C-o-u-n-c-i-l-s
-o-r -t-h-e -S-e-c-r-e-t-a-r-y -u-n-d-e-r -t-h-e -M-a-g-n-u-s-o-n
-F-i-s-h-e-r-y -C-o-n-s-e-r-v-a-t-i-o-n -a-n-d -M-a-n-a-g-e-m-e-n-t
-A-c-t -(-1-6 -U-.-S-.-C-. -1-8-0-1 -e-t -s-e-q-.-) -s-h-a-l-l
-s-u-p-e-r-s-e-d-e -a-n-y -c-o-n-f-l-i-c-t-i-n-g -r-e-g-u-l-a-t-i-o-n-s
-i-s-s-u-e-d -b-y -t-h-e -S-e-c-r-e-t-a-r-y -u-n-d-e-r -t-h-i-s
-s-u-b-s-e-c-t-i-o-n-.
-(-2-) -T-h-e -p-r-o-v-i-s-i-o-n-s -o-f -s-e-c-t-i-o-n-s -3-0-7-,
-3-0-8-, -3-0-9-, -3-1-0-, -a-n-d -3-1-1 -o-f -t-h-e -M-a-g-n-u-s-o-n
-F-i-s-h-e-r-y -C-o-n-s-e-r-v-a-t-i-o-n -a-n-d -M-a-n-a-g-e-m-e-n-t
-A-c-t -(-1-6 -U-.-S-.-C-. -1-8-5-7-, -1-8-5-8-, -1-8-5-9-, -1-8-6-0-,
-a-n-d -1-8-6-1-) -r-e-g-a-r-d-i-n-g -p-r-o-h-i-b-i-t-e-d -a-c-t-s-,
-c-i-v-i-l -p-e-n-a-l-t-i-e-s-, -c-r-i-m-i-n-a-l -o-f-f-e-n-s-e-s-,
-c-i-v-i-l -f-o-r-f-e-i-t-u-r-e-s-, -a-n-d -e-n-f-o-r-c-e-m-e-n-t
-s-h-a-l-l -a-p-p-l-y -w-i-t-h -r-e-s-p-e-c-t -t-o
-r-e-g-u-l-a-t-i-o-n-s -i-s-s-u-e-d -u-n-d-e-r -t-h-i-s
-s-u-b-s-e-c-t-i-o-n -a-s -i-f -s-u-c-h -r-e-g-u-l-a-t-i-o-n-s -w-e-r-e
-i-s-s-u-e-d -u-n-d-e-r -t-h-e -M-a-g-n-u-s-o-n -F-i-s-h-e-r-y
-C-o-n-s-e-r-v-a-t-i-o-n -a-n-d -M-a-n-a-g-e-m-e-n-t -A-c-t -(-1-6
-U-.-S-.-C-. -1-8-0-1 -e-t -s-e-q-.-)-.
-S-E-C-. -5-. -S-T-A-T-E -I-M-P-L-E-M-E-N-T-A-T-I-O-N -O-F
-C-O-A-S-T-A-L -F-I-S-H-E-R-Y -M-A-N-A-G-E-M-E-N-T
-P-L-A-N-S-.
-(-A-) -C-o-a-s-t-a-l -F-i-s-h-e-r-y -M-a-n-a-g-e-m-e-n-t
-P-l-a-n-s-.---T-h-e -C-o-m-m-i-s-s-i-o-n -s-h-a-l-l -p-r-e-p-a-r-e
-a-n-d -a-d-o-p-t -c-o-a-s-t-a-l -f-i-s-h-e-r-y -m-a-n-a-g-e-m-e-n-t
-p-l-a-n-s -t-o -p-r-o-v-i-d-e -f-o-r -t-h-e -c-o-n-s-e-r-v-a-t-i-o-n
-a-n-d -m-a-n-a-g-e-m-e-n-t -o-f -c-o-a-s-t-a-l -f-i-s-h-e-r-y
-r-e-s-o-u-r-c-e-s-. -I-n -p-r-e-p-a-r-i-n-g -a -c-o-a-s-t-a-l
-f-i-s-h-e-r-y -m-a-n-a-g-e-m-e-n-t -p-l-a-n -f-o-r -a -f-i-s-h-e-r-y
-t-h-a-t -i-s -l-o-c-a-t-e-d -i-n -b-o-t-h -S-t-a-t-e -w-a-t-e-r-s
-a-n-d -t-h-e -e-x-c-l-u-s-i-v-e -e-c-o-n-o-m-i-c -z-o-n-e-, -t-h-e
-C-o-m-m-i-s-s-i-o-n -s-h-a-l-l -c-o-n-s-u-l-t -w-i-t-h
-a-p-p-r-o-p-r-i-a-t-e -C-o-u-n-c-i-l-s -t-o -d-e-t-e-r-m-i-n-e
-a-r-e-a-s -w-h-e-r-e -s-u-c-h -c-o-a-s-t-a-l -f-i-s-h-e-r-y
-m-a-n-a-g-e-m-e-n-t -p-l-a-n -m-a-y -c-o-m-p-l-e-m-e-n-t
-C-o-u-n-c-i-l -f-i-s-h-e-r-y -m-a-n-a-g-e-m-e-n-t -p-l-a-n-s-. -T-h-e
-c-o-a-s-t-a-l -f-i-s-h-e-r-y -m-a-n-a-g-e-m-e-n-t -p-l-a-n -s-h-a-l-l
-s-p-e-c-i-f-y -t-h-e -r-e-q-u-i-r-e-m-e-n-t-s -n-e-c-e-s-s-a-r-y
-f-o-r -S-t-a-t-e-s -t-o -b-e -i-n -c-o-m-p-l-i-a-n-c-e -w-i-t-h -t-h-e
-p-l-a-n-. -U-p-o-n -a-d-o-p-t-i-o-n -o-f -a -c-o-a-s-t-a-l
-f-i-s-h-e-r-y -m-a-n-a-g-e-m-e-n-t -p-l-a-n-, -t-h-e
-C-o-m-m-i-s-s-i-o-n -s-h-a-l-l -i-d-e-n-t-i-f-y -e-a-c-h -S-t-a-t-e
-t-h-a-t -i-s -r-e-q-u-i-r-e-d -t-o -i-m-p-l-e-m-e-n-t -a-n-d
-e-n-f-o-r-c-e -t-h-a-t -p-l-a-n-.
-(-b-) -S-t-a-t-e -I-m-p-l-e-m-e-n-t-a-t-i-o-n -a-n-d
-E-n-f-o-r-c-e-m-e-n-t-.---(-1-) -E-a-c-h -S-t-a-t-e
-i-d-e-n-t-i-f-i-e-d -u-n-d-e-r -s-u-b-s-e-c-t-i-o-n -(-a-) -w-i-t-h
-r-e-s-p-e-c-t -t-o -a -c-o-a-s-t-a-l -f-i-s-h-e-r-y
-m-a-n-a-g-e-m-e-n-t -p-l-a-n -s-h-a-l-l -i-m-p-l-e-m-e-n-t -a-n-d
-e-n-f-o-r-c-e -t-h-e -m-e-a-s-u-r-e-s -o-f -s-u-c-h -p-l-a-n
-w-i-t-h-i-n -t-h-e -t-i-m-e -f-r-a-m-e -e-s-t-a-b-l-i-s-h-e-d -i-n
-t-h-e -p-l-a-n-.
-(-2-) -W-i-t-h-i-n -n-i-n-e-t-y -d-a-y-s -a-f-t-e-r -t-h-e
-d-a-t-e -o-f -e-n-a-c-t-m-e-n-t -o-f -t-h-i-s -A-c-t-, -t-h-e
-C-o-m-m-i-s-s-i-o-n -s-h-a-l-l -e-s-t-a-b-l-i-s-h -a -s-c-h-e-d-u-l-e
-o-f -t-i-m-e -f-r-a-m-e-s -w-i-t-h-i-n -w-h-i-c-h -S-t-a-t-e-s
-s-h-a-l-l -i-m-p-l-e-m-e-n-t -a-n-d -e-n-f-o-r-c-e -t-h-e
-m-e-a-s-u-r-e-s -o-f -c-o-a-s-t-a-l -f-i-s-h-e-r-y
-m-a-n-a-g-e-m-e-n-t -p-l-a-n-s -i-n -e-x-i-s-t-e-n-c-e -b-e-f-o-r-e
-s-u-c-h -d-a-t-e -o-f -e-n-a-c-t-m-e-n-t-. -N-o -s-u-c-h -t-i-m-e
-f-r-a-m-e -s-h-a-l-l -e-x-c-e-e-d -t-w-e-l-v-e -m-o-n-t-h-s -a-f-t-e-r
-t-h-e -d-a-t-e -o-n -w-h-i-c-h -t-h-e -s-c-h-e-d-u-l-e -i-s
-a-d-o-p-t-e-d-.
-(-c-) -C-o-m-m-i-s-s-i-o-n -M-o-n-i-t-o-r-i-n-g -o-f -S-t-a-t-e
-I-m-p-l-e-m-e-n-t-a-t-i-o-n -a-n-d -E-n-f-o-r-c-e-m-e-n-t-.---T-h-e
-C-o-m-m-i-s-s-i-o-n -s-h-a-l-l-, -a-t -l-e-a-s-t -a-n-n-u-a-l-l-y-,
-r-e-v-i-e-w -e-a-c-h -S-t-a-t-e-'-s -i-m-p-l-e-m-e-n-t-a-t-i-o-n
-a-n-d -e-n-f-o-r-c-e-m-e-n-t -o-f -c-o-a-s-t-a-l -f-i-s-h-e-r-y
-m-a-n-a-g-e-m-e-n-t -p-l-a-n-s -f-o-r -t-h-e -p-u-r-p-o-s-e -o-f
-d-e-t-e-r-m-i-n-i-n-g -w-h-e-t-h-e-r -s-u-c-h -S-t-a-t-e -i-s
-e-f-f-e-c-t-i-v-e-l-y -i-m-p-l-e-m-e-n-t-i-n-g -a-n-d
-e-n-f-o-r-c-i-n-g -e-a-c-h -s-u-c-h -p-l-a-n-. -U-p-o-n
-c-o-m-p-l-e-t-i-o-n -o-f -s-u-c-h -r-e-v-i-e-w-s-, -t-h-e
-C-o-m-m-i-s-s-i-o-n -s-h-a-l-l -r-e-p-o-r-t -t-h-e -r-e-s-u-l-t-s -o-f
-t-h-e -r-e-v-i-e-w-s -t-o -t-h-e -S-e-c-r-e-t-a-r-i-e-s-.
-S-E-C-. -6 -S-T-A-T-E -N-O-N-C-O-M-P-L-I-A-N-C-E -W-I-T-H
-C-O-A-S-T-A-L -F-I-S-H-E-R-Y -M-A-N-A-G-E-M-E-N-T
-P-L-A-N-S-.
-(-a-) -N-o-n-c-o-m-p-l-i-a-n-c-e -D-e-t-e-r-m-i-n-a-t-i-o-n-.--
-T-h-e -C-o-m-m-i-s-s-i-o-n -s-h-a-l-l -d-e-t-e-r-m-i-n-e -t-h-a-t -a
-S-t-a-t-e -i-s -n-o-t -i-n -c-o-m-p-l-i-a-n-c-e -w-i-t-h -t-h-e
-p-r-o-v-i-s-i-o-n-s -o-f -a -c-o-a-s-t-a-l -f-i-s-h-e-r-y
-m-a-n-a-g-e-m-e-n-t -p-l-a-n -i-f -i-t -f-i-n-d-s -t-h-a-t -t-h-e
-S-t-a-t-e -h-a-s -n-o-t -i-m-p-l-e-m-e-n-t-e-d -a-n-d -e-n-f-o-r-c-e-d
-s-u-c-h -p-l-a-n -w-i-t-h-i-n -t-h-e -t-i-m-e -f-r-a-m-e-s
-e-s-t-a-b-l-i-s-h-e-d -u-n-d-e-r -t-h-e -p-l-a-n -o-r -u-n-d-e-r
-s-e-c-t-i-o-n -5-.
-(-b-) -N-o-t-i-f-i-c-a-t-i-o-n-.---U-p-o-n -m-a-k-i-n-g -a-n-y
-d-e-t-e-r-m-i-n-a-t-i-o-n -u-n-d-e-r -s-u-b-s-e-c-t-i-o-n -(-a-)-,
-t-h-e -C-o-m-m-i-s-s-i-o-n -s-h-a-l-l -w-i-t-h-i-n -t-e-n
-w-o-r-k-i-n-g -d-a-y-s -n-o-t-i-f-y -t-h-e -S-e-c-r-e-t-a-r-i-e-s -o-f
-s-u-c-h -d-e-t-e-r-m-i-n-a-t-i-o-n-. -S-u-c-h -n-o-t-i-f-i-c-a-t-i-o-n
-s-h-a-l-l -i-n-c-l-u-d-e -t-h-e -r-e-a-s-o-n-s -f-o-r -m-a-k-i-n-g
-t-h-e -d-e-t-e-r-m-i-n-a-t-i-o-n -a-n-d -a-n -e-x-p-l-i-c-i-t -l-i-s-t
-o-f -a-c-t-i-o-n-s -t-h-a-t -t-h-e -a-f-f-e-c-t-e-d -S-t-a-t-e
-m-u-s-t -t-a-k-e -t-o -c-o-m-p-l-y -w-i-t-h -t-h-e -c-o-a-s-t-a-l
-f-i-s-h-e-r-y -m-a-n-a-g-e-m-e-n-t -p-l-a-n-. -T-h-e
-C-o-m-m-i-s-s-i-o-n -s-h-a-l-l -p-r-o-v-i-d-e -a -c-o-p-y -o-f -t-h-e
-n-o-t-i-f-i-c-a-t-i-o-n -t-o -t-h-e -a-f-f-e-c-t-e-d -S-t-a-t-e-.
-(-c-) -W-i-t-h-d-r-a-w-a-l -o-f -N-o-n-c-o-m-p-l-i-a-n-c-e
-D-e-t-e-r-m-i-n-a-t-i-o-n-.---A-f-t-e-r -m-a-k-i-n-g -a
-d-e-t-e-r-m-i-n-a-t-i-o-n -u-n-d-e-r -s-u-b-s-e-c-t-i-o-n -(-a-)-,
-t-h-e -C-o-m-m-i-s-s-i-o-n -s-h-a-l-l -c-o-n-t-i-n-u-e -t-o
-m-o-n-i-t-o-r -S-t-a-t-e -i-m-p-l-e-m-e-n-t-a-t-i-o-n -a-n-d
-e-n-f-o-r-c-e-m-e-n-t-. -U-p-o-n -f-i-n-d-i-n-g -t-h-a-t -a -S-t-a-t-e
-h-a-s -c-o-m-p-l-i-e-d -w-i-t-h -t-h-e -a-c-t-i-o-n-s -r-e-q-u-i-r-e-d
-u-n-d-e-r -s-u-b-s-e-c-t-i-o-n -(-b-)-, -t-h-e -C-o-m-m-i-s-s-i-o-n
-s-h-a-l-l -i-m-m-e-d-i-a-t-e-l-y -w-i-t-h-d-r-a-w -i-t-s
-d-e-t-e-r-m-i-n-a-t-i-o-n -o-f -n-o-n-c-o-m-p-l-i-a-n-c-e-. -T-h-e
-C-o-m-m-i-s-s-i-o-n -s-h-a-l-l -p-r-o-m-p-t-l-y -n-o-t-i-f-y -t-h-e
-S-e-c-r-e-t-a-r-i-e-s -o-f -s-u-c-h -w-i-t-h-d-r-a-w-a-l-.
-S-E-C-. -7-. -S-E-C-R-E-T-A-R-I-A-L -A-C-T-I-O-N-.
-(-a-) -S-e-c-r-e-t-a-r-i-a-l -R-e-v-i-e-w -o-f
-C-o-m-m-i-s-s-i-o-n -D-e-t-e-r-m-i-n-a-t-i-o-n -o-f
-N-o-n-c-o-m-p-l-i-a-n-c-e-.---W-i-t-h-i-n -t-h-i-r-t-y -d-a-y-s
-a-f-t-e-r -r-e-c-e-i-v-i-n-g -a -n-o-t-i-f-i-c-a-t-i-o-n -f-r-o-m
-t-h-e -C-o-m-m-i-s-s-i-o-n -u-n-d-e-r -s-e-c-t-i-o-n -6-(-b-) -a-n-d
-a-f-t-e-r -r-e-v-i-e-w -o-f -t-h-e -C-o-m-m-i-s-s-i-o-n-'-s
-d-e-t-e-r-m-i-n-a-t-i-o-n -o-f -n-o-n-c-o-m-p-l-i-a-n-c-e-, -t-h-e
-S-e-c-r-e-t-a-r-y -i-n -c-o-n-s-u-l-t-a-t-i-o-n -w-i-t-h -t-h-e
-S-e-c-r-e-t-a-r-y -o-f -t-h-e -I-n-t-e-r-i-o-r -s-h-a-l-l -m-a-k-e -a
-f-i-n-d-i-n-g -o-n---
-(-1-) -w-h-e-t-h-e-r -t-h-e -S-t-a-t-e -i-n
-q-u-e-s-t-i-o-n -h-a-s -f-a-i-l-e-d -t-o -c-a-r-r-y -o-u-t
-i-t-s -r-e-s-p-o-n-s-i-b-i-l-i-t-y -u-n-d-e-r -s-e-c-t-i-o-n
-5-; -a-n-d
-(-2-) -i-f -s-o-, -w-h-e-t-h-e-r -t-h-e -m-e-a-s-u-r-e-s
-t-h-a-t -t-h-e -S-t-a-t-e -h-a-s -f-a-i-l-e-d -t-o
-i-m-p-l-e-m-e-n-t -a-n-d -e-n-f-o-r-c-e -a-r-e
-n-e-c-e-s-s-a-r-y -f-o-r -t-h-e -c-o-n-s-e-r-v-a-t-i-o-n
-a-n-d -m-a-n-a-g-e-m-e-n-t -o-f -t-h-e -f-i-s-h-e-r-y -i-n
-q-u-e-s-t-i-o-n-.
-(-b-) -C-o-n-s-i-d-e-r-a-t-i-o-n -o-f -C-o-m-m-e-n-t-s-.---I-n
-m-a-k-i-n-g -a -f-i-n-d-i-n-g -u-n-d-e-r -s-u-b-s-e-c-t-i-o-n -(-a-)-,
-t-h-e -S-e-c-r-e-t-a-r-y -s-h-a-l-l -s-o-l-i-c-i-t -a-n-d
-c-o-n-s-i-d-e-r -t-h-e -c-o-m-m-e-n-t-s -o-f -t-h-e
-C-o-m-m-i-s-s-i-o-n-, -t-h-e -a-f-f-e-c-t-e-d -S-t-a-t-e-, -a-n-d
-t-h-e -a-p-p-r-o-p-r-i-a-t-e -C-o-u-n-c-i-l-s-.
-(-c-) -M-o-r-a-t-o-r-i-u-m-.---(-1-) -U-p-o-n -m-a-k-i-n-g -a
-f-i-n-d-i-n-g -u-n-d-e-r -s-u-b-s-e-c-t-i-o-n -(-a-) -t-h-a-t -a
-S-t-a-t-e -h-a-s -f-a-i-l-e-d -t-o -c-a-r-r-y -o-u-t -i-t-s
-r-e-s-p-o-n-s-i-b-i-l-i-t-y -u-n-d-e-r -s-e-c-t-i-o-n -5 -a-n-d
-t-h-a-t -t-h-e -m-e-a-s-u-r-e-s -i-t -f-a-i-l-e-d -t-o
-i-m-p-l-e-m-e-n-t -a-n-d -e-n-f-o-r-c-e -a-r-e -n-e-c-e-s-s-a-r-y
-f-o-r -c-o-n-s-e-r-v-a-t-i-o-n -a-n-d -m-a-n-a-g-e-m-e-n-t-, -t-h-e
-S-e-c-r-e-t-a-r-y -s-h-a-l-l -d-e-c-l-a-r-e -a -m-o-r-a-t-o-r-i-u-m
-o-n -f-i-s-h-i-n-g -i-n -t-h-e -f-i-s-h-e-r-y -i-n -q-u-e-s-t-i-o-n
-w-i-t-h-i-n -t-h-e -w-a-t-e-r-s -o-f -t-h-e -n-o-n-c-o-m-p-l-y-i-n-g
-S-t-a-t-e-. -T-h-e -S-e-c-r-e-t-a-r-y -s-h-a-l-l -s-p-e-c-i-f-y -t-h-e
-m-o-r-a-t-o-r-i-u-m-'-s -e-f-f-e-c-t-i-v-e -d-a-t-e-, -w-h-i-c-h
-s-h-a-l-l -b-e -a-n-y -d-a-t-e -w-i-t-h-i-n -6 -m-o-n-t-h-s -a-f-t-e-r
-d-e-c-l-a-r-a-t-i-o-n -o-f -t-h-e -m-o-r-a-t-o-r-i-u-m-.
-(-2-) -I-f -a-f-t-e-r -a -m-o-r-a-t-o-r-i-u-m -i-s
-d-e-c-l-a-r-e-d -u-n-d-e-r -p-a-r-a-g-r-a-p-h -(-1-) -t-h-e
-S-e-c-r-e-t-a-r-i-e-s -a-r-e -n-o-t-i-f-i-e-d -b-y -t-h-e
-C-o-m-m-i-s-s-i-o-n -t-h-a-t -t-h-e -C-o-m-m-i-s-s-i-o-n -i-s
-w-i-t-h-d-r-a-w-i-n-g -u-n-d-e-r -s-e-c-t-i-o-n -6-(-c-) -t-h-e
-d-e-t-e-r-m-i-n-a-t-i-o-n -o-f -n-o-n-c-o-m-p-l-i-a-n-c-e-, -t-h-e
-S-e-c-r-e-t-a-r-y -i-n -c-o-n-s-u-l-t-a-t-i-o-n -w-i-t-h -t-h-e
-S-e-c-r-e-t-a-r-y -o-f -t-h-e -I-n-t-e-r-i-o-r -s-h-a-l-l
-i-m-m-e-d-i-a-t-e-l-y -d-e-t-e-r-m-i-n-e -w-h-e-t-h-e-r -t-h-e
-S-t-a-t-e -i-s -i-n -c-o-m-p-l-i-a-n-c-e -w-i-t-h -t-h-e
-a-p-p-l-i-c-a-b-l-e -p-l-a-n-. -I-f -s-o-, -t-h-e -m-o-r-a-t-o-r-i-u-m
-s-h-a-l-l -b-e -t-e-r-m-i-n-a-t-e-d-.
-(-d-) -I-m-p-l-e-m-e-n-t-i-n-g -R-e-g-u-l-a-t-i-o-n-s-.---T-h-e
-S-e-c-r-e-t-a-r-y -i-n -c-o-n-s-u-l-t-a-t-i-o-n -w-i-t-h -t-h-e
-S-e-c-r-e-t-a-r-y -o-f -t-h-e -I-n-t-e-r-i-o-r -m-a-y -i-s-s-u-e
-r-e-g-u-l-a-t-i-o-n-s -n-e-c-e-s-s-a-r-y -t-o -i-m-p-l-e-m-e-n-t
-t-h-i-s -s-e-c-t-i-o-n-. -S-u-c-h -r-e-g-u-l-a-t-i-o-n-s -m-a-y
-p-r-o-v-i-d-e -f-o-r -t-h-e -p-o-s-s-e-s-s-i-o-n -a-n-d -u-s-e -o-f
-f-i-s-h -w-h-i-c-h -h-a-v-e -b-e-e-n -p-r-o-d-u-c-e-d -i-n -a-n
-a-q-u-a-c-u-l-t-u-r-e -o-p-e-r-a-t-i-o-n-, -s-u-b-j-e-c-t -t-o
-a-p-p-l-i-c-a-b-l-e -S-t-a-t-e -r-e-g-u-l-a-t-i-o-n-s-.
-(-e-) -P-r-o-h-i-b-i-t-e-d -A-c-t-s -D-u-r-i-n-g
-M-o-r-a-t-o-r-i-u-m-.---D-u-r-i-n-g -t-h-e -t-i-m-e -i-n -w-h-i-c-h -a
-m-o-r-a-t-o-r-i-u-m -u-n-d-e-r -t-h-i-s -s-e-c-t-i-o-n -i-s -i-n
-e-f-f-e-c-t-, -i-t -i-s -u-n-l-a-w-f-u-l -f-o-r -a-n-y -p-e-r-s-o-n
-t-o---
-(-1-) -v-i-o-l-a-t-e -t-h-e -t-e-r-m-s -o-f -t-h-e
-m-o-r-a-t-o-r-i-u-m -o-r -o-f -a-n-y -i-m-p-l-e-m-e-n-t-i-n-g
-r-e-g-u-l-a-t-i-o-n -i-s-s-u-e-d -u-n-d-e-r
-s-u-b-s-e-c-t-i-o-n -(-d-)-;
-(-2-) -e-n-g-a-g-e -i-n -f-i-s-h-i-n-g -f-o-r -a-n-y
-s-p-e-c-i-e-s -o-f -f-i-s-h -t-o -w-h-i-c-h -t-h-e
-m-o-r-a-t-o-r-i-u-m -a-p-p-l-i-e-s -w-i-t-h-i-n -t-h-e
-w-a-t-e-r-s -o-f -t-h-e -S-t-a-t-e -s-u-b-j-e-c-t -t-o -t-h-e
-m-o-r-a-t-o-r-i-u-m-;
-(-3-) -l-a-n-d-, -a-t-t-e-m-p-t -t-o -l-a-n-d-, -o-r
-p-o-s-s-e-s-s -f-i-s-h -t-h-a-t -a-r-e -c-a-u-g-h-t-,
-t-a-k-e-n-, -o-r -h-a-r-v-e-s-t-e-d -i-n -v-i-o-l-a-t-i-o-n
-o-f -t-h-e -m-o-r-a-t-o-r-i-u-m -o-r -o-f -a-n-y
-i-m-p-l-e-m-e-n-t-i-n-g -r-e-g-u-l-a-t-i-o-n -i-s-s-u-e-d
-u-n-d-e-r -s-u-b-s-e-c-t-i-o-n -(-d-)-;
-(-4-) -f-a-i-l -t-o -r-e-t-u-r-n -t-o -t-h-e -w-a-t-e-r
-i-m-m-e-d-i-a-t-e-l-y-, -w-i-t-h -a -m-i-n-i-m-u-m -o-f
-i-n-j-u-r-y-, -a-n-y -f-i-s-h -t-o -w-h-i-c-h -t-h-e
-m-o-r-a-t-o-r-i-u-m -a-p-p-l-i-e-s -t-h-a-t -a-r-e -t-a-k-e-n
-i-n-c-i-d-e-n-t-a-l -t-o -f-i-s-h-i-n-g -f-o-r -s-p-e-c-i-e-s
-o-t-h-e-r -t-h-a-n -t-h-o-s-e -t-o -w-h-i-c-h -t-h-e
-m-o-r-a-t-o-r-i-u-m -a-p-p-l-i-e-s-;
-(-5-) -p-o-s-s-e-s-s -w-i-t-h-i-n -t-h-e -S-t-a-t-e
-s-u-b-j-e-c-t -t-o -t-h-e -m-o-r-a-t-o-r-i-u-m-,
-i-n-c-l-u-d-i-n-g -t-h-e -w-a-t-e-r-s -o-f -t-h-a-t
-S-t-a-t-e-, -a-n-y -f-i-s-h -t-o -w-h-i-c-h -t-h-e
-m-o-r-a-t-o-r-i-u-m -a-p-p-l-i-e-s-;
-(-6-) -r-e-f-u-s-e -t-o -p-e-r-m-i-t -a-n-y -o-f-f-i-c-e-r
-a-u-t-h-o-r-i-z-e-d -t-o -e-n-f-o-r-c-e -t-h-e
-p-r-o-v-i-s-i-o-n-s -o-f -t-h-i-s -A-c-t -t-o -b-o-a-r-d -a
-f-i-s-h-i-n-g -v-e-s-s-e-l -s-u-b-j-e-c-t -t-o -s-u-c-h
-p-e-r-s-o-n-'-s -c-o-n-t-r-o-l -f-o-r -p-u-r-p-o-s-e-s -o-f
-c-o-n-d-u-c-t-i-n-g -a-n-y -s-e-a-r-c-h -o-r
-i-n-s-p-e-c-t-i-o-n -i-n -c-o-n-n-e-c-t-i-o-n -w-i-t-h -t-h-e
-e-n-f-o-r-c-e-m-e-n-t -o-f -t-h-i-s -A-c-t-;
-(-7-) -f-o-r-c-i-b-l-y -a-s-s-a-u-l-t-, -r-e-s-i-s-t-,
-o-p-p-o-s-e-, -i-m-p-e-d-e-, -i-n-t-i-m-i-d-a-t-e-, -o-r
-i-n-t-e-r-f-e-r-e -w-i-t-h -a-n-y -s-u-c-h
-a-u-t-h-o-r-i-z-e-d -o-f-f-i-c-e-r -i-n -t-h-e -c-o-n-d-u-c-t
-o-f -a-n-y -s-e-a-r-c-h -o-r -i-n-s-p-e-c-t-i-o-n -u-n-d-e-r
-t-h-i-s -A-c-t-;
-(-8-) -r-e-s-i-s-t -a -l-a-w-f-u-l -a-r-r-e-s-t -f-o-r
-a-n-y -a-c-t -p-r-o-h-i-b-i-t-e-d -b-y -t-h-i-s
-s-e-c-t-i-o-n-;
-(-9-) -s-h-i-p-, -t-r-a-n-s-p-o-r-t-, -o-f-f-e-r -f-o-r
-s-a-l-e-, -s-e-l-l-, -p-u-r-c-h-a-s-e-, -i-m-p-o-r-t-, -o-r
-h-a-v-e -c-u-s-t-o-d-y-, -c-o-n-t-r-o-l-, -o-r
-p-o-s-s-e-s-s-i-o-n -o-f-, -a-n-y -f-i-s-h -t-a-k-e-n -o-r
-r-e-t-a-i-n-e-d -i-n -v-i-o-l-a-t-i-o-n -o-f -t-h-i-s -A-c-t-;
-o-r
-(-1-0-) -i-n-t-e-r-f-e-r-e -w-i-t-h-, -d-e-l-a-y-, -o-r
-p-r-e-v-e-n-t-, -b-y -a-n-y -m-e-a-n-s-, -t-h-e
-a-p-p-r-e-h-e-n-s-i-o-n -o-r -a-r-r-e-s-t -o-f -a-n-o-t-h-e-r
-p-e-r-s-o-n-, -k-n-o-w-i-n-g -t-h-a-t -s-u-c-h -o-t-h-e-r
-p-e-r-s-o-n -h-a-s -c-o-m-m-i-t-t-e-d -a-n-y -a-c-t
-p-r-o-h-i-b-i-t-e-d -b-y -t-h-i-s -s-e-c-t-i-o-n-.
-(-f-) -C-i-v-i-l -a-n-d -C-r-i-m-i-n-a-l -P-e-n-a-l-t-i-e-s-.--
-(-1-) -A-n-y -p-e-r-s-o-n -w-h-o -c-o-m-m-i-t-s -a-n-y -a-c-t -t-h-a-t
-i-s -u-n-l-a-w-f-u-l -u-n-d-e-r -s-u-b-s-e-c-t-i-o-n -(-e-) -s-h-a-l-l
-b-e -l-i-a-b-l-e -t-o -t-h-e -U-n-i-t-e-d -S-t-a-t-e-s -f-o-r -a
-c-i-v-i-l -p-e-n-a-l-t-y -a-s -p-r-o-v-i-d-e-d -b-y -s-e-c-t-i-o-n
-3-0-8 -o-f -t-h-e -M-a-g-n-u-s-o-n -F-i-s-h-e-r-y
-C-o-n-s-e-r-v-a-t-i-o-n -a-n-d -M-a-n-a-g-e-m-e-n-t -A-c-t -(-1-6
-U-.-S-.-C-. -1-8-5-8-)-.
-(-2-) -A-n-y -p-e-r-s-o-n -w-h-o -c-o-m-m-i-t-s -a-n -a-c-t
-p-r-o-h-i-b-i-t-e-d -b-y -p-a-r-a-g-r-a-p-h -(-6-)-, -(-7-)-, -(-8-)-,
-o-r -(-1-0-) -o-f -s-u-b-s-e-c-t-i-o-n -(-e-) -i-s -g-u-i-l-t-y -o-f
-a-n -o-f-f-e-n-s-e -p-u-n-i-s-h-a-b-l-e -a-s -p-r-o-v-i-d-e-d -b-y
-s-e-c-t-i-o-n -3-0-9 -(-a-)-(-1-) -a-n-d -(-b-) -o-f -t-h-e
-M-a-g-n-u-s-o-n -F-i-s-h-e-r-y -C-o-n-s-e-r-v-a-t-i-o-n -a-n-d
-M-a-n-a-g-e-m-e-n-t -A-c-t -(-1-6 -U-.-S-.-C-. -1-8-5-9 -(-a-)-(-1-)
-a-n-d -(-b-)-)-.
-(-g-) -C-i-v-i-l -F-o-r-f-e-i-t-u-r-e-s-.---(-1-) -A-n-y
-v-e-s-s-e-l -(-i-n-c-l-u-d-i-n-g -i-t-s -g-e-a-r-,
-e-q-u-i-p-m-e-n-t-, -a-p-p-u-r-t-e-n-a-n-c-e-s-, -s-t-o-r-e-s-, -a-n-d
-c-a-r-g-o-) -u-s-e-d-, -a-n-d -a-n-y -f-i-s-h -(-o-r -t-h-e -f-a-i-r
-m-a-r-k-e-t -v-a-l-u-e -t-h-e-r-e-o-f-) -t-a-k-e-n -o-r
-r-e-t-a-i-n-e-d-, -i-n -a-n-y -m-a-n-n-e-r-, -i-n -c-o-n-n-e-c-t-i-o-n
-w-i-t-h-, -o-r -a-s -t-h-e -r-e-s-u-l-t -o-f-, -t-h-e
-c-o-m-m-i-s-s-i-o-n -o-f -a-n-y -a-c-t -t-h-a-t -i-s -u-n-l-a-w-f-u-l
-u-n-d-e-r -s-u-b-s-e-c-t-i-o-n -(-e-)-, -s-h-a-l-l -b-e -s-u-b-j-e-c-t
-t-o -f-o-r-f-e-i-t-u-r-e -t-o -t-h-e -U-n-i-t-e-d -S-t-a-t-e-s -a-s
-p-r-o-v-i-d-e-d -i-n -s-e-c-t-i-o-n -3-1-0 -o-f -t-h-e
-M-a-g-n-u-s-o-n -F-i-s-h-e-r-y -C-o-n-s-e-r-v-a-t-i-o-n -a-n-d
-M-a-n-a-g-e-m-e-n-t -A-c-t -(-1-6 -U-.-S-.-C-. -1-8-6-0-)-.
-(-2-) -A-n-y -f-i-s-h -s-e-i-z-e-d -p-u-r-s-u-a-n-t -t-o -t-h-i-s
-A-c-t -m-a-y -b-e -d-i-s-p-o-s-e-d -o-f -p-u-r-s-u-a-n-t -t-o -t-h-e
-o-r-d-e-r -o-f -a -c-o-u-r-t -o-f -c-o-m-p-e-t-e-n-t
-j-u-r-i-s-d-i-c-t-i-o-n -o-r-, -i-f -p-e-r-i-s-h-a-b-l-e-, -i-n -a
-m-a-n-n-e-r -p-r-e-s-c-r-i-b-e-d -i-n -r-e-g-u-l-a-t-i-o-n-.
-(-h-) -E-n-f-o-r-c-e-m-e-n-t-.---A -p-e-r-s-o-n
-a-u-t-h-o-r-i-z-e-d -b-y -t-h-e -S-e-c-r-e-t-a-r-y-, -t-h-e
-S-e-c-r-e-t-a-r-y -o-f -t-h-e -d-e-p-a-r-t-m-e-n-t -i-n -w-h-i-c-h
-t-h-e -C-o-a-s-t -G-u-a-r-d -i-s -o-p-e-r-a-t-i-n-g-, -o-r -t-h-e
-S-e-c-r-e-t-a-r-y -o-f -t-h-e -I-n-t-e-r-i-o-r -m-a-y -t-a-k-e -a-n-y
-a-c-t-i-o-n -t-o -e-n-f-o-r-c-e -a -m-o-r-a-t-o-r-i-u-m
-d-e-c-l-a-r-e-d -u-n-d-e-r -s-u-b-s-e-c-t-i-o-n -(-c-) -o-f -t-h-i-s
-s-e-c-t-i-o-n -t-h-a-t -a-n -o-f-f-i-c-e-r -a-u-t-h-o-r-i-z-e-d -b-y
-t-h-e -S-e-c-r-e-t-a-r-y -u-n-d-e-r -s-e-c-t-i-o-n -3-1-1-(-b-) -o-f
-t-h-e -M-a-g-n-u-s-o-n -F-i-s-h-e-r-y -C-o-n-s-e-r-v-a-t-i-o-n -a-n-d
-M-a-n-a-g-e-m-e-n-t -A-c-t -(-1-6 -U-.-S-.-C-. -1-8-6-1-(-b-)-) -m-a-y
-t-a-k-e -t-o -e-n-f-o-r-c-e -t-h-a-t -A-c-t-. -T-h-e
-S-e-c-r-e-t-a-r-i-e-s -m-a-y-, -b-y -a-g-r-e-e-m-e-n-t-, -o-n -a
-r-e-i-m-b-u-r-s-a-b-l-e -b-a-s-i-s -o-r -o-t-h-e-r-w-i-s-e-,
-u-t-i-l-i-z-e -t-h-e -p-e-r-s-o-n-n-e-l-, -s-e-r-v-i-c-e-s-,
-e-q-u-i-p-m-e-n-t -(-i-n-c-l-u-d-i-n-g -a-i-r-c-r-a-f-t -a-n-d
-v-e-s-s-e-l-s-)-, -a-n-d -f-a-c-i-l-i-t-i-e-s -o-f -a-n-y -o-t-h-e-r
-F-e-d-e-r-a-l -d-e-p-a-r-t-m-e-n-t -o-r -a-g-e-n-c-y -a-n-d -o-f
-a-n-y -a-g-e-n-c-y -o-f -a -S-t-a-t-e -i-n -c-a-r-r-y-i-n-g -o-u-t
-t-h-a-t -e-n-f-o-r-c-e-m-e-n-t-.
-S-E-C-. -8-. -F-I-N-A-N-C-I-A-L -A-S-S-I-S-T-A-N-C-E-.
-T-h-e -S-e-c-r-e-t-a-r-i-e-s -m-a-y -p-r-o-v-i-d-e
-f-i-n-a-n-c-i-a-l -a-s-s-i-s-t-a-n-c-e -t-o -t-h-e
-C-o-m-m-i-s-s-i-o-n -a-n-d -t-o -t-h-e -S-t-a-t-e-s -t-o -c-a-r-r-y
-o-u-t -t-h-e-i-r -r-e-s-p-e-c-t-i-v-e -r-e-s-p-o-n-s-i-b-i-l-i-t-i-e-s
-u-n-d-e-r -t-h-i-s -A-c-t-, -i-n-c-l-u-d-i-n-g---
-(-1-) -t-h-e -p-r-e-p-a-r-a-t-i-o-n-,
-i-m-p-l-e-m-e-n-t-a-t-i-o-n-, -a-n-d -e-n-f-o-r-c-e-m-e-n-t
-o-f -c-o-a-s-t-a-l -f-i-s-h-e-r-y -m-a-n-a-g-e-m-e-n-t
-p-l-a-n-s-; -a-n-d
-(-2-) -S-t-a-t-e -a-c-t-i-v-i-t-i-e-s -t-h-a-t -a-r-e
-s-p-e-c-i-f-i-c-a-l-l-y -r-e-q-u-i-r-e-d -w-i-t-h-i-n -s-u-c-h
-p-l-a-n-s-.
-S-E-C-. -9-. -A-U-T-H-O-R-I-Z-A-T-I-O-N -O-F
-A-P-P-R-O-P-R-I-A-T-I-O-N-S-.
-T-o -c-a-r-r-y -o-u-t -t-h-e -p-r-o-v-i-s-i-o-n-s -o-f -t-h-i-s
-A-c-t-, -t-h-e-r-e -a-r-e -a-u-t-h-o-r-i-z-e-d -t-o -b-e
-a-p-p-r-o-p-r-i-a-t-e-d -$-3-,-0-0-0-,-0-0-0 -f-o-r -f-i-s-c-a-l
-y-e-a-r -1-9-9-4-, -$-5-,-0-0-0-,-0-0-0 -f-o-r -f-i-s-c-a-l -y-e-a-r
-1-9-9-5-, -a-n-d -$-7-,-0-0-0-,-0-0-0 -f-o-r -f-i-s-c-a-l -y-e-a-r
-1-9-9-6-.
-S-E-C-. -1-0-. -A-T-L-A-N-T-I-C -S-T-R-I-P-E-D -B-A-S-S
-C-O-N-S-E-R-V-A-T-I-O-N -A-C-T-.
-S-e-c-t-i-o-n -9 -o-f -t-h-e -A-t-l-a-n-t-i-c -S-t-r-i-p-e-d
-B-a-s-s -C-o-n-s-e-r-v-a-t-i-o-n -A-c-t -(-1-6 -U-.-S-.-C-. -1-8-5-1
-n-o-t-e-) -i-s -r-e-p-e-a-l-e-d-.
-S-E-C-. -1-1-. -I-N-T-E-R-J-U-R-I-S-D-I-C-T-I-O-N-A-L
-F-I-S-H-E-R-I-E-S -A-C-T -O-F -1-9-8-6-.
-S-e-c-t-i-o-n -3-0-8-(-c-) -o-f -t-h-e
-I-n-t-e-r-j-u-r-i-s-d-i-c-t-i-o-n-a-l -F-i-s-h-e-r-i-e-s -A-c-t -o-f
-1-9-8-6 -(-1-6 -U-.-S-.-C-. -4-1-0-7-(-c-)-) -i-s -a-m-e-n-d-e-d -b-y
-i-n-s-e-r-t-i-n-g -`-`-, -a-n-d -$-6-0-0-,-0-0-0 -f-o-r -e-a-c-h -o-f
-t-h-e -f-i-s-c-a-l -y-e-a-r-s -1-9-9-4 -a-n-d -1-9-9-5-,-'-'
-i-m-m-e-d-i-a-t-e-l-y -a-f-t-e-r -`-`-a-n-d -1-9-9-3-'-'-.
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited at the ``Atlantic Coastal Fisheries
Cooperative Management Act''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSE.
(a) Findings.--The Congress finds the following:
(1) Coastal fishery resources that migrate, or are widely
distributed, across the jurisdictional boundaries of two or
more of the Atlantic States and of the Federal Government are
of substantial commercial and recreational importance and
economic benefit to the Atlantic coastal region and the Nation.
(2) Increased fishing pressure, environmental pollution,
and the loss and alteration of habitat have reduced severely
certain Atlantic coastal fishery resources.
(3) Because no single governmental entity has exclusive
management authority for Atlantic coastal fishery resources,
harvesting of such resources is frequently subject to
disparate, inconsistent, and intermittent State and Federal
regulation that has been detrimental to the conservation and
sustainable use of such resources and to the interests of
fishermen and the Nation as a whole.
(4) The responsibility for managing Atlantic coastal
fisheries rests with the States, which carry out a cooperative
program of fishery oversight and management through the
Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission. It is the
responsibility of the Federal Government to support such
cooperative interstate management of coastal fishery resources.
(5) The failure by one or more Atlantic States to fully
implement a coastal fishery management plan can adversely
affect the status of Atlantic coastal fisheries, and can
discourage other States from fully implementing coastal fishery
management plans.
(6) It is in the national interest to provide for more
effective Atlantic State fishery resource conservation and
management.
(b) Purpose.--The purpose of this Act is to support and encourage
the development, implementation, and enforcement of effective
interstate conservation and management of Atlantic coastal fishery
resources.
SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS.
In this Act, the following definitions apply:
(1) The term ``coastal fishery management plan'' means a
plan for managing a coastal fishery resource, or an amendment
to such plan, prepared and adopted by the Commission, that--
(A) contains information regarding the status of
the resource and related fisheries;
(B) specifies conservation and management actions
to be taken by the States; and
(C) recommends actions to be taken by the Secretary
in the exclusive economic zone to conserve and manage
the fishery.
(2) The term ``coastal fishery resource'' means any
fishery, any species of fish, or any stock of fish that moves
among, or is broadly distributed across, waters under the
jurisdiction of two or more States or waters under the
jurisdiction of one or more States and the exclusive economic
zone.
(3) The term ``Commission'' means the Atlantic States
Marine Fisheries Commission established under the interstate
compact consented to and approved by the Congress in Public
Laws 77-539 and 81-721.
(4) The term ``conservation'' means the restoring,
rebuilding, and maintaining of any coastal fishery resource and
the marine environment, in order to assure the availability of
coastal fishery resources on a long-term basis.
(5) The term ``Councils'' means Regional Fishery Management
Councils established under section 302 of the Magnuson Fishery
Conservation and Management Act (16 U.S.C. 1852).
(6) The term ``exclusive economic zone'' means the
exclusive economic zone of the United States established by
Proclamation Number 5030, dated March 10, 1983. For the
purposes of this Act, the inner boundary of that zone is a line
coterminous with the seaward boundary of each of the coastal
States, and the outer boundary of that zone is a line drawn in
such a manner that each point on it is 200 nautical miles from
the baseline from which the territorial sea is measured.
(7) The term ``fish'' means finfish, mollusks, crustaceans,
and all other forms of marine animal life other than marine
mammals and birds.
(8) The term ``fishery'' means--
(A) one or more stocks of fish that can be treated
as a unit for purposes of conservation and management
and that are identified on the basis of geographical,
scientific, technical, commercial, recreational, or
economic characteristics; or
(B) any fishing for such stocks.
(9) The term ``fishing'' means--
(A) the catching, taking, or harvesting of fish;
(B) the attempted catching, taking, or harvesting
of fish;
(C) any other activity that can be reasonably
expected to result in the catching, taking, or
harvesting of fish; or
(D) any operations at sea in support of, or in
preparation for, any activity described in
subparagraphs (A) through (C).
Such term does not include any scientific research activity or
the catching, taking, or harvesting of fish in an aquaculture
operation.
(10) The term ``implement and enforce'' means to enact and
implement laws or regulations as required to conform with the
provisions of a coastal fishery management plan and to assure
compliance with such laws or regulations by persons
participating in a fishery that is subject to such plan.
(11) The term ``person'' means any individual (whether or
not a citizen or national of the United States), any
corporation, partnership, association, or other entity (whether
or not organized or existing under the laws of any State), and
any Federal, State, local, or foreign government or any entity
of any such government.
(12) The term ``Secretaries'' means the Secretary of
Commerce and the Secretary of the Interior.
(13) The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary of
Commerce.
(14) The term ``State'' means Maine, New Hampshire,
Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey,
Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina,
South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, the District of Columbia, or
the Potomac River Fisheries Commission.
SEC. 4. STATE-FEDERAL COOPERATION IN ATLANTIC COASTAL FISHERY
MANAGEMENT.
(a) Federal Support for State Coastal Fisheries Programs.--The
Secretary in cooperation with the Secretary of the Interior shall
develop and implement a program to support the interstate fishery
management efforts of the Commission. The program shall include
activities to support and enhance State cooperation in collection,
management, and analysis of fishery data; law enforcement; habitat
conservation; fishery research, including biological and socioeconomic
research; and fishery management planning.
(b) Federal Regulation in Exclusive Economic Zone.--(1) In the
absence of an approved and implemented fishery management plan under
the Magnuson Fishery Conservation and Management Act (16 U.S.C. 1801 et
seq.), and after consultation with the appropriate Councils, the
Secretary may implement regulations to govern fishing in the exclusive
economic zone that are--
(A) necessary to support the effective implementation of a
coastal fishery management plan; and
(B) consistent with the national standards set forth in
section 301 of the Magnuson Fishery Conservation and Management
Act (16 U.S.C. 1851).
The regulations may include measures recommended by the Commission to
the Secretary that are necessary to support the provisions of the
coastal fishery management plan. Regulations issued by the Secretary to
implement an approved fishery management plan prepared by the
appropriate Councils or the Secretary under the Magnuson Fishery
Conservation and Management Act (16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.) shall
supersede any conflicting regulations issued by the Secretary under
this subsection.
(2) The provisions of sections 307, 308, 309, 310, and 311 of the
Magnuson Fishery Conservation and Management Act (16 U.S.C. 1857, 1858,
1859, 1860, and 1861) regarding prohibited acts, civil penalties,
criminal offenses, civil forfeitures, and enforcement shall apply with
respect to regulations issued under this subsection as if such
regulations were issued under the Magnuson Fishery Conservation and
Management Act (16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.).
SEC. 5. STATE IMPLEMENTATION OF COASTAL FISHERY MANAGEMENT PLANS.
(a) Coastal Fishery Management Plans.--(1) The Commission shall
prepare and adopt coastal fishery management plans to provide for the
conservation of coastal fishery resources. In preparing a coastal
fishery management plan for a fishery that is located in both State
waters and the exclusive economic zone, the Commission shall consult
with appropriate Councils to determine areas where such coastal fishery
management plan may complement Council fishery management plans. The
coastal fishery management plan shall specify the requirements
necessary for States to be in compliance with the plan. Upon adoption
of a coastal fishery management plan, the Commission shall identify
each State that is required to implement and enforce that plan.
(2) Within 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the
Commission shall establish standards and procedures to govern the
preparation of coastal fishery management plans under this Act,
including standards and procedures to ensure that--
(A) such plans promote the conservation of fish stocks
throughout their ranges and are based on the best scientific
information available; and
(B) the Commission provides adequate opportunity for public
participation in the plan preparation process.
(b) State Implementation and Enforcement.--(1) Each State
identified under subsection (a) with respect to a coastal fishery
management plan shall implement and enforce the measures of such plan
within the time frame established in the plan.
(2) Within 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the
Commission shall establish a schedule of time frames within which
States shall implement and enforce the measures of coastal fishery
management plans in existence before such date of enactment. No such
time frame shall exceed 12 months after the date on which the schedule
is adopted.
(c) Commission Monitoring of State Implementation and
Enforcement.--The Commission shall, at least annually, review each
State's implementation and enforcement of coastal fishery management
plans for the purpose of determining whether such State is effectively
implementing and enforcing each such plan. Upon completion of such
reviews, the Commission shall report the results of the reviews to the
Secretaries.
SEC. 6. STATE NONCOMPLIANCE WITH COASTAL FISHERY MANAGEMENT PLANS.
(a) Noncompliance Determination.--The Commission shall determine
that a State is not in compliance with the provisions of a coastal
fishery management plan if it finds that the State has not implemented
and enforced such plan within the time frames established under the
plan or under section 5.
(b) Notification.--Upon making any determination under subsection
(a), the Commission shall within 10 working days notify the Secretaries
of such determination. Such notification shall include the reasons for
making the determination and an explicit list of actions that the
affected State must take to comply with the coastal fishery management
plan. The Commission shall provide a copy of the notification to the
affected State.
(c) Withdrawal of Noncompliance Determination.--After making a
determination under subsection (a), the Commission shall continue to
monitor State implementation and enforcement. Upon finding that a State
has complied with the actions required under subsection (b), the
Commission shall immediately withdraw its determination of
noncompliance. The Commission shall promptly notify the Secretaries of
such withdrawal.
SEC. 7. SECRETARIAL ACTION.
(a) Secretarial Review of Commission Determination of
Noncompliance.--Within 30 days after receiving a notification from the
Commission under section 6(b) and after review of the Commission's
determination of noncompliance, the Secretary in consultation with the
Secretary of the Interior shall make a finding on--
(1) whether the State in question has failed to carry out
its responsibility under section 5; and
(2) if so, whether the measures that the State has failed
to implement and enforce are necessary for the conservation of
the fishery in question.
(b) Consideration of Comments.--In making a finding under
subsection (a), the Secretary shall--
(A) give careful consideration to the comments of the State
that the Commission has determined under section 6(a) is not in
compliance with a coastal fishery management plan, and provide
such State, upon request, with the opportunity to meet with and
present its comments directly to the Secretary; and
(B) solicit and consider the comments of the Commission and
the appropriate Councils.
(c) Moratorium.--(1) Upon making a finding under subsection (a)
that a State has failed to carry out its responsibility under section 5
and that the measures it failed to implement and enforce are necessary
for conservation, the Secretary shall declare a moratorium on fishing
in the fishery in question within the waters of the noncomplying State.
The Secretary shall specify the moratorium's effective date, which
shall be any date within 6 months after declaration of the moratorium.
(2) If after a moratorium is declared under paragraph (1) the
Secretaries are notified by the Commission that the Commission is
withdrawing under section 6(c) the determination of noncompliance, the
Secretary in consultation with the Secretary of the Interior shall
immediately determine whether the State is in compliance with the
applicable plan. If so, the moratorium shall be terminated.
(d) Implementing Regulations.--The Secretary in consultation with
the Secretary of the Interior may issue regulations necessary to
implement this section. Such regulations--
(1) may provide for the possession and use of fish which
have been produced in an aquaculture operation, subject to
applicable State regulations; and
(2) shall allow for retention of fish that are subject to a
moratorium declared under this section and unavoidably taken as
incidental catch in fisheries directed toward menhaden if--
(A) discarding the retained fish is impracticable;
(B) the retained fish do not constitute a
significant portion of the catch of the vessel; and
(C) retention of the fish will not, in the judgment
of the Secretary, adversely affect the conservation of
the species of fish retained.
(e) Prohibited Acts During Moratorium.--During the time in which a
moratorium under this section is in effect, it is unlawful for any
person to--
(1) violate the terms of the moratorium or of any
implementing regulation issued under subsection (d);
(2) engage in fishing for any species of fish to which the
moratorium applies within the waters of the State subject to
the moratorium;
(3) land, attempt to land, or possess fish that are caught,
taken, or harvested in violation of the moratorium or of any
implementing regulation issued under subsection (d);
(4) fail to return to the water immediately, with a minimum
of injury, any fish to which the moratorium applies that are
taken incidental to fishing for species other than those to
which the moratorium applies, except as provided by regulations
issued under subsection (d);
(5) refuse to permit any officer authorized to enforce the
provisions of this Act to board a fishing vessel subject to
such person's control for purposes of conducting any search or
inspection in connection with the enforcement of this Act;
(6) forcibly assault, resist, oppose, impede, intimidate,
or interfere with any such authorized officer in the conduct of
any search or inspection under this Act;
(7) resist a lawful arrest for any act prohibited by this
section;
(8) ship, transport, offer for sale, sell, purchase,
import, or have custody, control, or possession of, any fish
taken or retained in violation of this Act; or
(9) interfere with, delay, or prevent, by any means, the
apprehension or arrest of another person, knowing that such
other person has committed any act prohibited by this section.
(f) Civil and Criminal Penalties.--(1) Any person who commits any
act that is unlawful under subsection (e) shall be liable to the United
States for a civil penalty as provided by section 308 of the Magnuson
Fishery Conservation and Management Act (16 U.S.C. 1858).
(2) Any person who commits an act prohibited by paragraph (5), (6),
(7), or (9) of subsection (e) is guilty of an offense punishable as
provided by section 309(a)(1) and (b) of the Magnuson Fishery
Conservation and Management Act (16 U.S.C. 1859(a)(1) and (b)).
(g) Civil Forfeitures.--(1) Any vessel (including its gear,
equipment, appurtenances, stores, and cargo) used, and any fish (or the
fair market value thereof) taken or retained, in any manner, in
connection with, or as the result of, the commission of any act that is
unlawful under subsection (e), shall be subject to forfeiture to the
United States as provided in section 310 of the Magnuson Fishery
Conservation and Management Act (16 U.S.C. 1860).
(2) Any fish seized pursuant to this Act may be disposed of
pursuant to the order of a court of competent jurisdiction or, if
perishable, in a manner prescribed in regulation.
(h) Enforcement.--A person authorized by the Secretary, the
Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating, or
the Secretary of the Interior may take any action to enforce a
moratorium declared under subsection (c) of this section that an
officer authorized by the Secretary under section 311(b) of the
Magnuson Fishery Conservation and Management Act (16 U.S.C. 1861(b))
may take to enforce that Act. The Secretaries may, by agreement, on a
reimbursable basis or otherwise, utilize the personnel, services,
equipment (including aircraft and vessels), and facilities of any other
Federal department or agency and of any agency of a State in carrying
out that enforcement.
SEC. 8. FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE.
The Secretaries may provide financial assistance to the Commission
and to the States to carry out their respective responsibilities under
this Act, including--
(1) the preparation, implementation, and enforcement of
coastal fishery management plans; and
(2) State activities that are specifically required within
such plans.
SEC. 9. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
To carry out the provisions of this Act, there are authorized to be
appropriated $3,000,000 for fiscal year 1994, $5,000,000 for fiscal
year 1995, and $7,000,000 for fiscal year 1996.
SEC. 10. ATLANTIC STRIPED BASS CONSERVATION ACT.
Section 9 of the Atlantic Striped Bass Conservation Act (16 U.S.C.
1851 note) is repealed.
SEC. 11. INTERJURISDICTIONAL FISHERIES ACT OF 1986.
Section 308(c) of the Interjurisdictional Fisheries Act of 1986 (16
U.S.C. 4107(c)) is amended by inserting ``, and $600,000 for each of
the fiscal years 1994 and 1995,'' immediately after ``and 1993''.
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