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 PUBLIC LAW 105-277—OCT. 21, 1998 112 STAT. 2681-260 except for trolling for king salmon during the period from October 1 through April 30. The waters of Johns Hopkins Inlet, TaiT Inlet and Reid Inlet shall remain closed to all commercial fishing. (4) With respect to the individuals engaging in commercial fishing in Glacier Bay Proper pursuant to paragraph (2), no fishing shall be allowed in the East Arm of Glacier Bay Proper (East Arm) north of a line drawn from Point Caroline, through the southern end of Garforth Island to the east side of Muir Inlet, except that trolling for king salmon during the period from October 1 through April 30 shall be allowed south of a line drawn across Muir Inlet at the southernmost point of Adams Inlet. (5) With respect to the individuals engaging in commercial fishing in Glacier Bay Proper pursuant to paragraph (2), no fishing shall be allowed in Geikie Inlet. (b) THE BEARDSLEE ISLANDS AND UPPER DUNDAS BAY. — Commercial fishing is prohibited in the designated wilderness waters within Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve, including the waters of the Beardslee Islands and Upper Dundas Bay. Any individued who— (1) on or before February 1, 1999, provides a sworn and notarized affidavit and other available corroborating documentation to the Secretary of the Interior sufficient to establish that he or she has engaged in commercial fishing for Dungeness crab in the designated wilderness waters of the Beardslee Islands or Dundas Bay within Glacier Bay National Park pursuant to a valid commercial fishing permit in at least six of the years during the period 1987 through 1996; (2) at the time of receiving compensation based on the Secretary of the Interior's determination as described below— (A) agrees in writing not to engage in commercial fishing for Dungeness crab within Glacier Bay Proper; (B) relinquishes to the State of Alaska for the purposes of its retirement any commercial fishing permit for Dungeness crab for areas within Glacier Bay Proper; (C) at the individual's option, relinquishes to the United States the Dungeness crab pots covered by the commercial fishing permit; and (D) at the individual's option, relinquishes to the United States the fishing vessel used for Dungeness crab fishing in Glacier Bay Proper; and (3) holds a current valid commercieJ fishing permit that allows such individual to engage in commercial fishing for Dungeness crab in Glacier Bay National Park, shall be eligible to receive from the United States compensation that is the greater of (i) $400,000, or (ii) an amount equal to the fair market value (as of the date of relinquishment) of the commercisd fishing permit for Dungeness crab, of any Dungeness crab pots or other Dungeness crab gear, and of not more than one Dungeness crab fishing vessel, together with an amount equal to the present value of the foregone net income from commercial fishing for Dungeness crab for the period January 1, 1999, through December 31, 2004, based on the individual's net earnings from the Dimgeness crab fishery during the period January 1, 1991, through December 31, 1996. Any individual seeking such compensation shall provide the consent necessary for the Secretary of the 50-194O-96 -10:(^3Put4

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