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PUBLIC LAW 579-AUG. 12, 1954

Public Law 579 August 12, 1954 [S. 3713]

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CHAPTER 669

AN ACT To give effect to the International Convention for the High Seas Fisheries of the North Pacific Ocean, signed at Toltyo, May 9, 1952, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That this Act may be cited as the "North Pacific Fisheries Act of 1954". SEC. 2. As used in this Act, the term— Definitions* (a) "Convention" means the International Convention for the High Seas Fisheries of the North Pacific Ocean with a protocol relating TIAS 2786. thereto signed at Tokyo, May 9, 1952; (b) "Commission" means the International North Pacific Fisheries Commission provided for by article II of the Convention; (c) "United States Section" means the United States Commissioners to the Commission; (d) "Convention area" means all waters, other than territorial waters, of the North Pacific Ocean which for the purposes of this Act shall include the adjacent seas; (e) "Fishing vessel" means any vessel engaged in catching fish or processing or transporting fish loaded on the high seas, or any vessel outfitted for such activities. U. S. gEc. 3. The United States shall be represented on the Commission by sioners. c ommisnot more than four Commissioners to be appointed by the President, to serve as such during his pleasure, and to receive no compensation for their services as Commissioners. Of such Commissioners— (a) one shall be an official of the United States Government; and (b) each of the others shall be a person residing in a State or Territory, the residents of which maintain a substantial fishery in the Convention area. Advis ory SEC. 4. (a) The United States Section shall appoint an advisory committee. mittee composed of not less than five nor more than twenty members and shall fix the terms of office thereof, such members to be selected both from the various groups participating in the fisheries covered by the Convention and from the fishery agencies of the States or Territories, the residents of which maintain a substantial fishery in the Convention area. (b) Any or all members of the advisory committee may attend all sessions of the Commission except executive sessions. (c) The advisory committee shall be invited to all nonexecutive meetings of the United States Section and at such meetings shall be granted opportunity to examine and to be heard on all proposed programs of study and investigation, reports, and recommendations of the United States Section. (d) The members of the advisory committee shall receive no compensation for their services as such members. On approval by the United States Section, not more than three members oi the committee, designated by the committee, may be paid for transportation expenses and per diem incident to attendance at meetings of the Commission or of the United States Section. Nonapplicability SEC. 5. Service of any individual appointed from private life as a of certain statutes. United States Commissioner pursuant to section 3, or as a member of the Advisory Committee appointed pursuant to section 4(a), shall not be considered as service or employment bringing such individual within the provisions of sections 281, 283, 284, and 434 of title 18 62 Stat. 697 of the United States Code, and section 190 of the Revised Statutes (5 U.S.C. 99), except insofar as such provisions of law may prohibit any such individual from acting or receiving compensation in respect North P a c i f i c Fisheries Act of 1954.

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