Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 91.djvu/317

 91 STAT. 2 8 3

PUBLIC LAW 95-73—JULY 26, 1977

Public Law 95-73 95th Congress An Act To amend the Fishery Conservation Zone Transition Act in order to give effect during 1977 to the Reciprocal Fisheries Agreement between the United States and Canada.

July 26, 1977 [H.R. 5638]

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Fishery Fishery Conservation Zone Transition Act (Public Law 95-6; 91 Stat. 14-16) Conservation is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new section: Zone Transition

Act, amendment.

"SEC. 5. RECIPROCAL FISHERIES AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA. 16 USC 1823 the Reciprocal Fisheries Agreement between the Government of the note. "'(a) CONGRESSIONAL APPKOVAL.—The Congress hereby

approves

United States and the Government of Canada (hereinafter in this section referred to as the 'Agreement'), as contained in the message to Congress from the President of the United States dated February 28, 1977. The Agreement shall be in force and effect with respect to the United States during the period beginning March 1, 1977, and ending at the close of December 31, 1977. " (b) APPLICATION.—During the period when the Agreement is in force and effect with respect to the United States— " (1) vessels and nationals of Canada may fish within the fishery conservation zone, or for anadromous species and Continental Shelf fishery resources beyond such zone, but only pursuant to, and in accordance with, the ]3rovisions of the Agreement; and " (2) title II of the Fishery Conservation and Management Act of 1976 (relating to foreign fishing and international fishery agreements) and section 307 of such Act of 1976 (relating to prohibited acts) shall not apply with respect to fishing within the fishery conservation zone, or for anadromous species and Continental Shelf fishery resources beyond such zone, by vessels and nationals of Canada which is pursuant to, and in accordance with, the provisions of the Agreement.

Agreement; effective date.

16 USC 1821. 16 USC 1857.

' ' (c) F I S H I N G STATISTICS.— (1) Any person who—

" (A) owns or operates any fishing vessel which— " (i) is a vessel of the United States, and " ( i i) engages in fishing to which the Agreement applies; or " (B) directly or indirectly receives, or may receive, fish to which the Agreement applies in the course of a commercial activity in quantities determined by the Secretary to be sufficient to assist in the carrying out of this paragraph, shall submit to the Secretary such statistics (including, but not limited to, catch data) regarding such fishing or such receipt of fish as are necessary to fulfill the obligations of the United States under article X III of the Agreement. The Secretary, after consultation with the Regulations. Secretary of State, shall issue such regulations as are necessary and appropriate to carry out the purposes of this paragraph. Section 303(d) of the Fishery Conservation and Management Act of 1976 16 USC 1853 (relating to the confidentiality of statistics) shall apply with respect to all statistics submitted under this paragraph.

�