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 114 STAT. 2763A-240 PUBLIC LAW 106-554—APPENDIX D (B) by renumbering the remaining subsections; (C) in section 3(g), as redesignated by this subsection, by striking "The appointing authorities" and inserting in lieu thereof "For the northern, southern, and Fraser River panels, the appointing authorities"; and (D) in section 3(h)(3), as redesignated by this subsection, by striking "northern and southern" and inserting in lieu thereof "northern, southern, and transboundary". (6) The fishery research vessel for which funds were appropriated in Public Law 106-113 shall be homeported in Kodiak, Alaska, and is hereby named "OSCAR DYSON". (d)(1) The Secretary of Commerce (hereinafter "the Secretary") shall, after notice and opportunity for public comment, adopt final regulations not later than May 1, 2001 to implement a fishing capacity reduction program for crab fisheries included in the Fishery Management Plan for Commercial King and Tanner Crab Fisheries in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands (hereinafter "BSAI crab fisheries"). In implementing the program the Secretary shall— (A) reduce the fishing capacity in the BSAI crab fisheries by permanently reducing the number of license limitation program crab licenses; (B) permanently revoke all fishery licenses, fishery permits, area and species endorsements, and any other fishery privileges, for all fisheries subject to the jurisdiction of the United States, issued to a vessel or vessels (or to persons on the basis of their operation or ownership of that vessel or vessels) for which a BSAI crab fisheries reduction permit is surrendered and revoked under section 6011(b) of title 50, Code of Federal Regulations; (C) ensure that the Secretary of Transportation is notified of each vessel for which a reduction permit is surrendered and revoked under the program, with a request that such Secretary permanently revoke the fishery endorsement of each such vessel and refuse permission to transfer any such vessel to a foreign flag under paragraph (5); (D) ensure that vessels removed from the BSAI crab fisheries under the program are made permanently ineligible to participate in any fishery worldwide, and that the owners of such vessels contractually agree that such vessels will operate only under the United States flag or be scrapped as a reduction vessel pursuant to section 600.1011(c) of title 50, Code of Federal Regulations; (E) ensure that vessels removed from the BSAI crab fisheries, the owners of such vessels, and the holders of fishery permits for such vessels forever relinquish any claim associated with such vessel, permits, and any catch history associated with such vessel or permits that could qualify such vessel, vessel owner, or permit holder for any present or future limited access system fishing permits in the United States fisheries based on such vessel, permits, or catch history; (F) not include the purchase of Norton Sound red king crab or Norton Sound blue king crab endorsements in the program, though any such endorsements associated with a reduction permit or vessel made ineligible or scrapped under the program shall also be surrendered and revoked as if surrendered and revoked pursuant to section 600.1011(b) of title 50, Code of Federal Regulations;

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