PUBLIC LAW 104-43—NOV. 3, 1995
109 STAT. 391
(2) The amendment made by paragraph (1) shall be effective
on and after April 30, 1994.
(b) Section 803(13)(C) of Public Law 102-567 (16 U.S.C.
5002(13)(C)) is amended to read as follows:
"(C) any vessel supporting a vessel described in
subparagraph (A) or (B).".
TITLE V—FISHERIES ENFORCEMENT IN CENTRAL SEA OF
OKHOTSK
SEC. 501. SHORT TITLE.
This title may be cited as the "Sea of Okhotsk Fisheries Enforcement Act of 1995".
SEC. 502. FISHING PROHIBITION.
(a) ADDITION OF CENTRAL SEA OF OKHOTSK.—Section 302 of
the Central Bering Sea Fisheries Enforcement Act of 1992 (16
U.S.C. 1823 note) is amended by inserting "and the Central Sea
of Okhotsk" after "Central Bering Sea".
(b) DEFINITION.—Section 306 of such Act is amended—
(1) by redesignating paragraphs (2), (3), (4), (5), and (6)
as paragraphs (3), (4), (5), (6), and (7), respectively; and
(2) by inserting after paragraph (1) the following:
"(2) CENTRAL SEA OF OKHOTSK.—The term 'Central Sea
of Okhotsk' means the Central Sea of Okhotsk area which
is more than two hundred nautical miles seaward of the baseline from which the breadth of the territorial sea of the Russian
Federation is measured.".
Effective date.
16 USC 1383a
note.
Sea of Okhotsk
Fisheries
Enforcement Act
of 1995.
16 USC 1823
note.
16 USC 1823
note.
TITLE VI—DRIFTNET MORATORIUM
SEC. 601. SHORT TITLE.
This title may be cited as the "High Seas Driftnet Fishing
Moratorium Protection Act".
SEC. 602. FINDINGS.
The Congress finds that—
(1) Congress has enacted and the President has signed
into law numerous Acts to control or prohibit large-scale
driftnet fishing both within the jurisdiction of the United States
and beyond the exclusive economic zone of any nation, including
the Driftnet Impact Monitoring, Assessment, and Control Act
of 1987 (title IV, Public Law 100-220), the Driftnet Act Amendments of 1990 (Public Law 101-627), and the High Seas
Driftnet Fisheries Enforcement Act (title I, Public Law 102^
582);
(2) the United States is a party to the Convention for
the Prohibition of Fishing with Long Driftnets in the South
Pacific, also known as the Wellington Convention;
(3) the General Assembly of the United Nations has
adopted three resolutions and three decisions which established
and reaffirm a global moratorium on large-scale driftnet fishing
on the high seas, beginning with Resolution 44/225 in 1989
and most recently in Decision 48/445 in 1993;
(4) the General./Assembly of the United Nations adopted
these resolutions and decisions at the request of the United
States and other concerned nations;
High Seas
Dnilnet Fishing
Moratorium
Protection Act.
16 USC 1801
note.
16 USC 1826d
note.
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