Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 106 Part 4.djvu/696

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106 STAT. 343? PUBLIC LAW 102-523—OCT. 26, 1992 "(1) it does not contain tuna that was harvested on the high seas by a vessel engaged in driftnet fishing, as that term is defined in section 4003 of the Driftnet Impact, Monitoring, Assessment, and Control Act of 1987; "(2) in the case of tuna or a tuna product that contains tuna harvested in the eastern tropical Pacific Ocean, it is dolphin safe under subsection (d)(2) of the Dolphin Protection Consumer Information Act; "(3) in the case of tuna or a tuna product that contains tuna harvested outside the eastern tropical Pacific Ocean by a purse seine vessel, it is accompanied by a written statement executed by the captain of the vessel certifying that no purse seine net was intentionally deployed on or to encircle dolphins during the particular voyage on which the tuna was harvested; and "(4) in the case of tuna or a product that contains tuna harvested outside the eastern tropical Pacific Ocean by a purse seine vessel in a fishery in which the Secretary has determined that a regular and significant association occurs between marine mammals and tiuia, and in which tuna is harvested through the use of purse seine nets deployed on or to encircle marine mammals, it is accompanied by a written statement executed by the captain of the vessel and by an observer, certifying that no purse seine net was intentionally deployed on or to encircle marine mammals during the particular voyage on which the tuna was harvested. 16 USC 1418. '<SEC. 308. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. There are authorized to be appropriated to the National Marine Fisheries Service for carrying out section 303, $3,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, and 1998. ". (b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents at the end of the first section of that Act is amended by adding at the end the following: TITLE III—GLOBAL MORATORIUM TO PROHIBIT CERTAIN TUNA HARVESTING PRACTICES "Sec. 301. Findings and policy. "Sec. 302. International agreements to establish global moratorium to prohibit certain tuna harvesting practices. "Sec. 303. Research program. "Sec. 304. Reviews, reports, and recommendations. "Sec. 306. International commitments. "Sec. 306. Permits for taking dolphins. "Sec. 307. Prohibitions. "Sec. 308. Authorization of appropriations.". (c) DEFiNrriONS.—Section 3 of that Act (16 U.S.C. 1362) is amended by adding at the end the following:

    • (15) Theterm'fisheiiy means—

"(A) one or more stocks of fish which can be treated as a unit for purposes of conservation and management and which are identified on the basis of geographical, scientific, technical, recreational, and economic cnaracteristics; and "(B) anyfishingfor such stocks. "(16) Theterm'competent regional organization'—