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 PUBLIC LAW 99-659—NOV. 14, 1986

100 STAT. 3709

"(B) the time during which a foreign fishing vessel will engage in fishing within the exclusive economic zone will be of such short duration that the placing of a United States observer aboard the vessel would be impractical; or". (b) COMPLIANCE WITH VESSEL SAFETY STANDARDS OF THE FLAG

COUNTRY.—Paragraph (3) of section 204(b) of the Act (16 U.S.C. 1824(b)(3)) is amended— (1) by striking "and" at the end of subparagraph (E); (2) by inserting "and" after the semicolon at the end of subparagraph (F); and (3) by adding after subparagraph (F) the following new subparagraph: "(G) all applicable vessel safety standards imposed by the foreign country, and shall include written certification that the vessel is in compliance with those standards;".

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SEC. 104. REGIONAL FISHERY MANAGEMENT COUNCILS.

(a) VOTING MEMBERS.—(1) Subsection (b) of section 302 of the Act (16 U.S.C. 1852(b)) is amended as follows: (A) Paragraph (2)(A) is amended to read as follows: "(2)(A) The members of each Council required to be appointed by the Secretary must be individuals who are knowledgeable and experienced with regard to the conservation and management, or the recreational or commercial harvest, of the fishery resources of the geographical area concerned. The Secretary, in making appointments under this section, shall, to the extent practicable, ensure a fair apportionment, on a rotating or other basis, of the active participants (or their representatives) involved in the fisheries under Council jurisdiction.". (B) Paragraph (2)(B) is amended— (i) by adding after the first sentence thereof the following new sentence: "A Governor may not submit the names of individuals to the Secretary for appointment unless the f Governor has, to the extent practicable, first consulted with representatives of the commercial and recreational fishing ••yfiM: interests of the state regarding those individuals."; (ii) by striking out "knowledge or experience" in the third sentence thereof and inserting "knowledge and experi-ai ence";and (iii) by adding at the end thereof the following new sentence: "An individual is not eligible for appointment by i the Secretary until that individual complies with the applicable financial disclosure requirements under subsection (k).". (C) Paragraph (3) is amended to read as follows: "(3) Each voting member appointed to a Council by the Secretary in accordance with subsection (b)(2) shall serve for a term of 3 years; except that the Secretary may designate a shorter term if necessary to provide for balanced expiration to terms of office.". (2) The amendments made by paragraph (1) shall apply with 16 USC 1852 respect to voting members of regional fishery management councils ^°^^who are appointed, and to individuals who are nominated for appointment as voting members, on or after the date of the enactment of this Act. (h) COUNCIL COMMENT ON FEDERAL AND STATE ACTION AFFECTING

HABITAT.—Section 302 of the Act is further amended— (1) by redesignating subsection (i) as subsection (j); and

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