Title 16 — Conservation
Chapter 96 — North Pacific Fisheries Convention
§ 7709. Exclusive economic zone notification
Statutory text
Masters of commercial fishing vessels of countries fishing under the management authority of the North Pacific Fisheries Convention that do not carry vessel monitoring systems capable of communicating with United States enforcement authorities shall, prior to or as soon as reasonably possible after, entering and transiting the exclusive economic zone bounded by the Convention Area, ensure that all fishing gear on board the vessel is stowed below deck or otherwise removed from the place it is normally used for fishing activities and placed where it is not readily available for fishing activities.
Legislative history
Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.
Ensuring Access to Pacific Fisheries Act
Pub. L. 114–327 title I § 109 · 130 Stat. 1974
Enacted · 16 U.S.C. § 7709
(Pub. L. 114–327, title I, § 109, Dec. 16, 2016, 130 Stat. 1984.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Pub. L. 114–327, title I, § 109, Dec. 16, 2016, 130 Stat. 1984.)Enacted provision · exact public law section
SEC. 109. EXCLUSIVE ECONOMIC ZONE NOTIFICATION. Masters of commercial fishing vessels of countries fishing under the management authority of the North Pacific Fisheries Convention that do not carry vessel monitoring systems capable of communicating with United States enforcement authorities shall, prior to or as soon as reasonably possible after, entering and transiting the exclusive economic zone bounded by the Convention Area, ensure that all fishing gear on board the vessel is stowed below deck or otherwise removed from the place it is normally used for fishing activities and placed where it is not readily available for fishing activities.
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