110 STAT. 3604 PUBLIC LAW 104-297—OCT. 11, 1996 "(2)(A) Notwithstanding section 303(d), and in addition to the authority provided in section 303(b)(10), the North Pacific Council may submit, and the Secretary may approve, conservation and management measures which provide allocations of regulatory discards to individual fishing vessels as an incentive to reduce per vessel bycatch and bycatch rates in a fishery. Provided, That— "(i) such allocations may not be trginsferred for monetary consideration and are made only on an annual basis; and "(ii) any such conservation and management measures will meet the requirements of subsection (h) and will result in an actual reduction in regulatory discards in the fishery. "(B) The North Pacific Council may submit restrictions in addition to the restriction imposed by clause (i) of subparagraph (A) on the transferability of any such allocations, and the Secretary may approve such recommendation. "(h) CATCH MEASUREMENT. — (1) By June 1, 1997 the North Pacific Council shall submit, and the Secretary may approve, consistent with the other provisions of this Act, conservation and management measures to ensure total catch measurement in each fishery under the jurisdiction of such Council. Such measures shall ensure the accurate enumeration, at a minimum, of target species, economic discards, and regulatory discards. "(2) To the extent the measures submitted under paragraph (1) do not require United States fish processors and fish processing vessels (as defined in chapter 21 of title 46, United States Code) to weigh fish, the North Pacific Council and the Secretary shall submit a plan to the Congress by January 1, 1998, to allow for weighing, including recommendations to assist such processors and processing vessels in acquiring necessary equipment, unless the Council determines that such weighing is not necessary to meet the requirements of this subsection. Reports. "(i) FULL RETENTION AND UTILIZATION. — (1) The North Pacific Council shall submit to the Secretary by October 1, 1998 a report on the advisability of requiring the full retention by fishing vessels and fiili utilization by United States fish processors of economic discards in fisheries under its jurisdiction if such economic discards, or the mortedity of such economic discards, cannot be avoided. The report shall address the projected impacts of such requirements on participeints in the fishery and describe any full retention and full utilization requirements that have been implemented. "(2) The report shall address the advisability of measures to minimize processing waste, including standards setting minimum percentages which must be processed for human consumption. For the purpose of the report, processing waste' means that portion of any fish which is processed and which could be used for human consumption or other commercial use, but which is not so used.". (b) NORTHWEST ATLANTIC OCEAN FISHERIES.—Section 314 (16 U.S.C. 1863) is amended by striking "1997" in subsection (a)(4) and inserting "1999". TITLE II—FISHERY MONITORING AND RESEARCH SEC. 201. CHANGE OF TITLE. The heading of title IV (16 U.S.C. 1881 et seq.) is amended to read as follows:
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