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 PUBLIC LAW 100-239—JAN. 11, 1988

101 STAT. 1783

tions, in the aggregate, must be owned by individuals who are citizens of the United States. "(2) The Secretary shall apply the restrictions on controlling interest in section 2(b) of the Shipping Act, 1916 (46 App. U.S.C. 802(b)) when applying this subsection.", (b) Section 12102(b) of title 46, United States Code (as enacted by subsection (a) of this section) applies to vessels issued a fishery license after July 28, 1987. However, that section does not apply if before that date the vessel— (1) was documented under chapter 121 of title 46 and operating as a fishing, fish processing, or fish tender vessel in the navigable waters of the United States or the Exclusive Economic Zone; or (2) was contracted for purchase for use as a fishing, fish tender, or fish processing vessel in the navigable waters of the United States or the Exclusive Economic Zone, if the purchase is shown by the contract or similarly reliable evidence acceptable to the Secretary to have been made for the purpose of using the vessel in the fisheries.

46 USC 12102 note.

SEC. 8. STUDIES.

(a) Section 4311(a) of the Revised Statutes of the United States (46 App. U.S.C. 251(a)) is amended by adding at the end the following: "The Secretary of Commerce may issue any regulations that the Secretary considers necessary to obtain information on the transportation of fish products by vessels of the United States for foreign fish processing vessels to points in the United States.". (b) Within 6 months after the date of enactment of this Act, the Reports. Secretary of Commerce shall submit a report to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate and the Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries of the House of Representatives, setting forth— (1) an evaluation of the potential impact, on the development of the United States fishing industry, of the transportation of fish products by vessels of the United States from foreign fish processing vessels to points in the United States; and (2) recommendations, if any, for legislation or other action to regulate that transportation of fish products in a manner most beneficial to the future development of the United States fishing industry. (c) Within 6 months after the date of enactment of this Act, the Reports. Secretary of Commerce shall submit to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate and the Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries of the House of Representatives, a report discussing the trends in the development of fishery resources under the exclusive fishery management authority of the United States as specified in section 101 of the Magnuson Fishery Conservation and Management Act (16 U.S.C. 1811) and analyzing the effects of those trends on the United States fishing industry and the conservation and management of those resources. The Secretary shall include in the report— (1) an evaluation of the extent to which the development of domestic harvesting and processing capacity hgis been or is likely to be affected, if at all>, by this Act; (2) an evaluation of the extent to which harvesting vessels currently engaged in joint venture operations with foreign ves-

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