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 92 STAT. 406 Report to Congress.

16 USC 1035.

Effective dates. 16 USC 1021 note.

PUBLIC LAW 95-326—JULY 28, 1978 "(d) The Secretary shall submit to Congress a report, prepared in consultation with the Secretary of State, on May 1 of 1979, 1980, and 1981 which shall set forth the activities undertaken by the United States and Japan to implement the objectives referred to in subsection (a)(1), (2), and (3) and the results of such activities. The report shall detail the steps taken by both nations to implement the Convention, the results of all research and statistical reporting and analysis carried out pursuant to the Convention and a description of all enforcement activities and their disposition. The report shall include an analysis of salmon harvesting and research, estimates of the magnitude of incidental taking of Dall porpoises (Phocoenoides dalli) by Japanese fishing vessels, estimates, as possible, of the abundance, distributicm, recruitment rates, status, trends, and impacts of incidental taking upon the optimum sustainable populations of Dall porpoises, and any proposals for adoption of fishing gear or techniques designed to reduce or eliminate such incidental taking. If available information is inadequate to provide the basis for such estimates or proposals, the report shall include an indication of what research efforts are needed to provide the requisite information. "SEC. 15. The Secretary, the Secretary of State, and the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating may administer this Act consistent with the terms of the Convention on a provisional basis pending the exchange by all the contracting parties of instruments of ratification or approval of the Protocol Amending the International Convention for the High Seas Fisheries of the North Pacific Ocean, signed at Tokyo on April 25, 1978, in accordance with article II thereof.". SEC. 2. This Act, including the amendments made by this Act, shall take effect on the date of enactment of this Act, except the amendments made by paragraph (10) of the first section of this Act shall take effect on October 1, 1978. Approved July 28, 1978.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY: HOUSE REPORT No. 95-1194 (Comm. on Merchant Marine and Fisheries). SENATE REPORT No. 95-924 accompanying S. 3082 (Comm. on Commerce, Science and Transportation). CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 124 (1978): June 6, considered and passed House. June 14, considered and passed Senate, amended. June 28, House concurred in certain Senate amendments; in others with amendments. July 13, Senate concurred in House amendments.

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