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104 STAT. 4464 PUBLIC LAW 101-627—NOV. 28, 1990 CONTINUITY OF NATIONAL COUNCIL MEMBERSHIP 16 USC 4004 SEC. 704. (a) UNINTERRUPTED SERVICE. —Individuals serving on note. September 30, 1990, as members of the National Fish and Seafood Promotional Council > shall be deemed to continue^as members in uninterrupted service since the date of their initial appointment. (b) FILLING OF VACANCIES.— Notwithstanding section 206(e) of the Fish and Seafood Promotion Act of 1986 (16 U.S.C. 4005(e)), any vacancy on the National Fish and Seafood Promotion Act not filled as of September 30, 1990, shall be filled within 60 days after the date of enactment of this Act. (c) TECHNICAL AMENDMENT.—Section 207(a)(5) of the Fish and Seafood Promotion Act of 1986 (16 U.S.C. 4006(a)(5)) is amended by inserting "initial" immediately before "appointments." CONTINUITY OF COUNCIL FUNCTIONS, CONTRACTS, AND PERSONNEL 16 USC 4005 SEC. 705. All current functions, contracts in force, and existing °°*®' personnel of the National Fish and Seafood Promotional Council as of September 30, 1990, are reauthorized and extended, and shall continue as if uninterrupted, notwithstanding section 206(g) of the Fish and Seafood Promotion Act of 1986 (16 U.S.C. 4005(g)) as in effect on September 30, 1990. TITLE VIII—MISCELLANEOUS CERTIFICATE OF LEGAL ORIGIN FOR ANADROMOUS FISH PRODUCTS 16 USC 1822 SEC. 801. (a) NEGOTIATIONS. —Within 60 days after the date of °°*®- enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall commence negotiations with nations which import or export anadromous fish or anadromous fish products for the purpose of securing general agreement among such nations to implement effective measures to prohibit international trade in anadromous fish or anadromous fish products unless such fish or fish products are accompanied by a valid certificate of legal origin attesting that the fish or fish product was lawfully harvested— (1) within the jurisdiction of a nation having naturally occurring or artificially established anadromous fish populations of the same species as the imported or exported product; or (2) on the high seas according to an international agreement among nations with jurisdiction over more than 1 percent of the stocks of anadromous fish being so harvested. (b) ISSUANCE OF CERTIFICATES. — For the purposes of subsection (a), a valid certificate of legal origin may be issued only by a nation which— (1) is the nation having jurisdiction over the vessel or other means by which the fish or fish product was harvested; and (2) maintains regular harvests of anadromous fish in a manner consistent with the criteria for lawful harvests set out in subsection (a). (c) BILATERAL OR MULTILATERAL AGREEMENTS.— Efforts undertaken by the Secretary of State pursuant to subsection (a) may, at the discretion of the Secretary, be directed toward achieving either bilateral or multilateral agreements, including trade agreements, whichever the Secretary determines to be most likely to result in the earliest possible date or dates of agreement by those nations which individually have in excess of $1,000,000, or the equivalent, in