Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 112 Part 4.djvu/657

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PACIFIC EXPLORER (United States official number PUBLIC LAW 105-277—OCT. 21, 1998 112 STAT. 2681-628 (3) to waive any provision of law otherwise applicable to such catcher vessel, catcher/processor, mothership, or shoreside processor. , SEC. 209. LIST OF INELIGIBLE VESSELS. Effective date. Effective December 31, 1998, the following vessels shall be permgmently ineligible for fishery endorsements, and any claims (including relating to catch history) associated with such vessels that could qualify any owners of such vessels for any present or future limited access system permit in any fishery within the exclusive economic zone of the United States (including a vessel moratorium permit or license limitation program permit in fisheries under the authority of the North Pacific Council) are hereby extinguished: (1) AMERICAN EMPRESS (United States official number 942347); (2) PACIFIC SCOUT (United States official number 934772); (3) 942592)* (4) PACIFIC NAVIGATOR (United States official number 592204); (5) VICTORIA ANN (United States official number 592207); (6) ELIZABETH ANN (United States official number 534721); (7) CHRISTINA ANN (United States official number 653045); (8) REBECCA ANN (United States official number 592205); and (9) BROWNS POINT (United States official number 587440). SEC. 210. FISHERY COOPERATIVE LIMITATIONS. (a) PUBLIC NOTICE. —(1) Any contract implementing a fishery cooperative under section 1 of the Act of June 25, 1934 (15 U.S.C. 521) in the directed pollock fishery and any material modifications to any such contract shall be filed not less than 30 days prior to the start of fishing under the contract with the North Pacific Council and with the Secretary, together with a copy of a letter from a party to the contract requesting a business review letter on the fishery cooperative from the Department of Justice and any response to such request. Notwithstanding section 402 of the Magnuson-Stevens Act (16 U.S.C. 1881a) or any other provision of law, but taking into account the interest of parties to any such contract in protecting the confidentiality of proprietary information, the North Pacific Council and Secretary shall— (A) make available to the public such information about the contract, contract modifications, or fishery cooperative the North Pacific Council and Secretary deem appropriate, which at a minimum shall include a list of the parties to the contract, a list of the vessels involved, and the amount of pollock and other fish to be harvested by each party to such contract; and (B) make available to the public in such manner as the North Pacific Council and Secretary deem appropriate information about the harvest by vessels under a fishery cooperative of all species (including bycatch) in the directed pollock fishery on a vessel-by-vessel basis.