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Central Bering Sea Fisheries Enforcement Act of 1992 (16 U.S.C.).

Country/Territory
United States of America
Document type
Legislation
Date
1992 (2014)
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Original source
Public Law 102-582, 2 November 1992, pp. 4906-4908.
Long title
An Act regulating fishing in the Central Bering Sea forming part of the High Seas Driftnet Fisheries Enforcement Act.
Subject
Fisheries
Keyword
Marine fisheries Fishery management and conservation Enforcement/compliance Fishing gear/fishing method Offences/penalties High seas Foreign fishing
Geographical area
Americas, Arctic, East Pacific, North America, North Atlantic
Abstract

This Act prohibits vessels and nationals of the United States from conducting fishing operations in the Central Bering Sea, except where such fishing operations are conducted in accordance with an international fishery agreement to which the United States and the Russian Federation are parties. Any violation shall be subject to civil penalties and permit sanctions under section 308 of the Magnuson Fishery Conservation and Management Act. The Secretary of Commerce shall publish in the Federal Register a list of nations whose nationals or vessels conduct fishing operations in the Central Bering Sea, except where such fishing operations are in accordance with the international fishery agreement to which the United States and the Russian Federation are parties. No nation may be removed from the list unless it is able to demonstrate: that the nationals and vessels of that nation have not conducted fishing operations in the Central Bering Sea for the previous 90 days and that the country has undertaken under a bilateral agreement with the United States or in any other manner acceptable to the Secretary of Commerce, not to permit its nationals or vessels to resume such fishing operations; or that the nationals and vessels of that nation are conducting fishing operations in accordance with an international fishery agreement to which the United States and the Russian Federation are parties.

Full text
English
Website
uscode.house.gov; legcounsel.house.gov

References - Legislation

Amended by

Sea of Okhotsk Fisheries Enforcement Act of 1995.

Legislation | United States of America | 1995

Keyword: Marine fisheries, Foreign fishing, Access right, Enforcement/compliance, Fishing area, Fishery management and conservation, Maritime zone, Sovereignty

Source: FAO, FAOLEX