104 STAT. 4454 PUBLIC LAW 101-627—NOV. 28, 1990 Fishery Conservation and Management Act (16 U.S.C. 1857(1)) is amended— (1) by striking "or" at the end of subparagraph (I); (2) by striking the period at the end of subparagraph (J) and inserting in lieu thereof a semicolon; and (3) by adding at the end the following new subparagraphs: "(K) to knowingly steal, or without authorization, to remove, damage, or tamper with— "(i) fishing gear owned by another person, which is located in the exclusive economic zone, or "(ii) fish contained in such fishing gear, or to attempt to do so; "(L) to forcibly assault, resist, oppose, impede, intimidate, or interfere with any observer on a vessel under this Act; "(M) to engage in large-scale driftnet fishing that is subject to the jurisdiction of the United States, including use of a fishing vessel of the United States to engage in such fishing beyond the exclusive economic zone of any nation; or "(N) to strip pollock of its roe and discard the flesh of the pollock.". (b) VIOLATION OF INTERNATIONAL FISHERY AGREEMENT.—Section 307 of the Magnuson Fishery Conservation and Management Act (16 U.S.C. 1857) is amended— (1) in paragraph (3) by striking "; and" and inserting in lieu thereof a semicolon; (2) in par^raph (4) by striking the period at the end and inserting in lieu thereof; and;" and (3) by adding at the end the following new paragraph: "(5) for any vessel of the United States, and for the owner or operator of any vessel of the United States, to engage in fishing in the waters of a foreign nation in a manner that violates an international fishery agreement between that nation and the United States that has been subject to Congressional oversight in the manner described in section 203, or any regulations issued to implement such an agreement; except that the binding provisions of such agreement and implementing regulations shall have been published in the Federal Register prior to such violation.". CIVIL PENALTIES AND PERMIT SANCTIONS SEC. 114. (a) INCREASED PENALTY; PERMIT SANCTIONS.— Section 308 of the Magnuson Fishery Conservation and Management Act (16 U.S.C. 1858) is amended— (1) in the section heading by inserting "AND PERMIT SANC- TIONS" immediately after "CIVIL PENALTIES"; (2) in subsection (a) by striking "$25,000" in the second sentence and inserting in lieu thereof "$10(),000"; and (3) by adding at the end the following: "(g) PERMIT SANCTIONS.— (1) In any case in which (A) a vessel has been used in the commission of an act prohibited under section 307, (B) the owner or operator of a vessel or any other person who has been issued or has applied for a permit under this Act has acted in violation of section 307, or (C) any civil penalty or criminal fine imposed on a vessel or owner or operator of a vessel or any other person who has been issued or has applied for a permit under any
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