PUBLIC LAW 99-272—APR. 7, 1986
100 STAT. 123
Subtitle C—Foreign Fishing Permit Fees SEC. 6021. FOREIGN FISHING PERMIT FEES.
Paragraph (10) of section 204(b) of the Magnuson Fishery Conservation and Management Act (16 U.S.C. 1824(b)(10)) is amended to read as follows: "(10) FEES.—(A) Fees shall be paid to the Secretary by the Maritime affairs. owner or operator of any foreign fishing vessel for which a permit is issued pursuant to this subsection. The Secretary, in consultation with the Secretary of State, shall establish a schedule of such fees which shall apply nondiscriminatorily to each foreign nation. "(B) Unless subparagraph (C) applies, the fees imposed under subparagraph (A) shall be at least in an amount sufficient to return to the United States an amount which bears to the total cost of carrying out the provisions of this Act during each fiscal year the same ratio as the aggregate quantity of fish harvested by foreign fishing vessels within the fishery conservation zone during the preceding year bears to the aggregate quantity of fish harvested by both foreign and domestic fishing vessels within such zone and the territorial waters of the United States during such preceding year. "(C) If the Secretary, in consultation with the Secretary of Conservation. State, finds that any foreign nation receiving an allocation under section 201(e)— "(i) is harvesting anadromous species of United States origin at a level that is unacceptable to the Secretary; or "(ii) is failing to take sufficient action to benefit the conservation and development of United States fisheries; the fees imposed under subparagraph (A) for the next fiscal year shall be at least in an amount sufficient to return to the United States an amount which bears to the total cost of carrying out the provisions of this Act during that fiscal year the same ratio as the aggregate quantity of fish harvested by foreign fishing vessels within the fishery conservation zone during the preceding year bears to the aggregate quantity of fish harvested by both foreign and domestic fishing vessels within such zone during such preceding year. If the Secretary, in consultation with the Secretary of State, finds, at any time during a fiscal year in which fees calculated under this subparagraph are in effect with respect to a foreign nation, that the conditions requiring that calculation no longer exist, the fees imposed under this paragraph with respect to that nation for the remainder of the fiscal year shall be calculated under subparagraph (B). "(D) Before the end of each fiscal year, the Secretary, in consultation with the Secretary of State, shall review, based on the criteria established in subparagraph (C)(i) and (ii), the performance of every nation receiving an allocation under section 201(e) and provide written notice to the Congress of his findings and reasons therefor before the end of the fiscal year. "(E) For purposes of this paragraph, the total cost of carrying Conservation. out the provisions of this Act includes, but is not limited to, fishery conservation and management, fisheries research, administration, and enforcement, but excludes costs for observers covered by surcharges under section 201(i)(4).
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