Sec. 301. Recommendations for agenda of annual meetings of Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission
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The Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Convention Implementation Act is amended— in section 503 ( 16 U.S.C. 6902 )— in subsection (a), by inserting and commercial fishing after fish stocks ; and in subsection (d)(1), by adding at the end the following: No later than 15 days before each annual meeting of the Commission, the Advisory Committee shall transmit to the United States Commissioners recommendations relating to the agenda of the annual meeting. The recommendations must be agreed to by a majority of the Advisory Committee members.
The United States Commissioners shall consider such recommendations in the formulation of the United States position for the Commission meeting and during the negotiations at that meeting. ; and by redesignating section 511 ( 16 U.S.C. 6910 ) as section 512, and inserting after section 510 the following: The Secretary, in consultation with the Secretary of State, shall initiate and conduct negotiations pursuant to this Act for the purpose of securing agreements that— minimize any disadvantage to United States fishermen in relation to other members of the Commission; maximize the opportunities for fishing vessels of the United States to harvest fish stocks on the high seas in the Convention area, recognizing that such harvests may be restricted if the Commission, based on an analysis by the Scientific Committee established by the Western and Central Pacific Convention, determines that limiting the access of fishing vessels of the United States to the high seas is necessary for the conservation of fish stocks subject to the Convention; prevent any requirement for the transfer to other nations or foreign entities of the fishing capacity, fishing capacity rights, or fishing vessels of the United States or its territories; and ensure that conservation and management measures take into consideration traditional fishing patterns of fishing vessels of the United States and the operating requirements of the fisheries covered by the Western and Central Pacific Convention. .
Section 1(b) of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Reauthorization Act of 2006 is amended in the table of contents by striking the item relating to section 511 (121 Stat. 3576) and inserting the following: Sec. 511. United States conservation, management, and enforcement objectives. Sec. 512. Authorization of appropriations. .
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Recommendations for agenda of annual meetings of Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission
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