II 
109TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5946 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
SEPTEMBER 28, 2006 
Received 
AN ACT 
To amend the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and 
Management Act to authorize activities to promote im-
proved monitoring and compliance for high seas fisheries, 
or fisheries governed by international fishery manage-
ment agreements, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 
‘‘Stevens-Inouye International Fisheries Monitoring and 
Compliance Legacy Act of 2006’’. 
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for 
this Act is as follows: 
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 
Sec. 2. Amendment of Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Manage-
ment Act. 
TITLE I—INTERNATIONAL FISHERIES MONITORING AND 
COMPLIANCE 
Sec. 101. International fisheries monitoring and compliance. 
Sec. 102. Finding with respect to illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing. 
Sec. 103. Action to end illegal, unreported, or unregulated fishing and reduce 
bycatch of protected marine species. 
Sec. 104. Monitoring of Pacific Insular Area fisheries. 
Sec. 105. Reauthorization of Atlantic Tunas Convention Act. 
Sec. 106. International overfishing and domestic equity. 
Sec. 107. United States catch history. 
Sec. 108. Secretarial representative for international fisheries. 
TITLE II—IMPLEMENTATION OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL 
PACIFIC FISHERIES CONVENTION 
Sec. 201. Short title. 
Sec. 202. Definitions. 
Sec. 203. Appointment of United States Commissioners. 
Sec. 204. Authority and responsibility of the Secretary of State. 
Sec. 205. Rulemaking authority of the Secretary of Commerce. 
Sec. 206. Enforcement. 
Sec. 207. Prohibited acts. 
Sec. 208. Cooperation in carrying out Convention. 
Sec. 209. Territorial participation. 
Sec. 210. Exclusive Economic Zone notification. 
Sec. 211. Authorization of appropriations. 
TITLE III—PACIFIC WHITING 
Sec. 301. Short title. 
Sec. 302. Definitions. 
Sec. 303. United States representation on joint management committee. 
Sec. 304. United States representation on the scientific review group. 
Sec. 305. United States representation on joint technical committee. 
Sec. 306. United States representation on advisory Panel. 
Sec. 307. Responsibilities of the Secretary. 
Sec. 308. Rulemaking. 
Sec. 309. Administrative matters. 
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Sec. 310. Enforcement. 
Sec. 311. Authorization of appropriations. 
SEC. 2. AMENDMENT OF MAGNUSON-STEVENS FISHERY 
CONSERVATION AND MANAGEMENT ACT. 
Except as otherwise expressly provided, whenever in 
this Act an amendment or repeal is expressed in terms 
of an amendment to, or repeal of, a section or other provi-
sion, the reference shall be considered to be made to a 
section or other provision of the Magnuson-Stevens Fish-
ery Conservation and Management Act (16 U.S.C. 1801 
et seq.). 
TITLE I—INTERNATIONAL FISH-
ERIES 
MONITORING 
AND 
COMPLIANCE 
SEC. 101. INTERNATIONAL FISHERIES MONITORING AND 
COMPLIANCE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Title II (16 U.S.C. 1821 et seq.) 
is amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘SEC. 207. INTERNATIONAL FISHERIES MONITORING AND 
COMPLIANCE. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may undertake 
activities to promote improved monitoring and compliance 
for high seas fisheries, or fisheries governed by inter-
national fishery management agreements, and to imple-
ment the requirements of this title. 
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‘‘(b) SPECIFIC AUTHORITIES.—In carrying out sub-
section (a), the Secretary may— 
‘‘(1) share information on harvesting and proc-
essing capacity and illegal, unreported and unregu-
lated fishing on the high seas, in areas covered by 
international fishery management agreements, and 
by vessels of other nations within the United States 
exclusive economic zone, with relevant law enforce-
ment organizations of foreign nations and relevant 
international organizations; 
‘‘(2) further develop real time information shar-
ing capabilities, particularly on harvesting and proc-
essing capacity and illegal, unreported and unregu-
lated fishing; 
‘‘(3) participate in global and regional efforts to 
build an international network for monitoring, con-
trol, and surveillance of high seas fishing and fishing 
under regional or global agreements; 
‘‘(4) support efforts to create an international 
registry or database of fishing vessels, including by 
building on or enhancing registries developed by 
international fishery management organizations; 
‘‘(5) enhance enforcement capabilities through 
the application of commercial or governmental re-
mote sensing technology to locate or identify vessels 
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engaged in illegal, unreported, or unregulated fish-
ing on the high seas, including encroachments into 
the exclusive economic zone by fishing vessels of 
other nations; 
‘‘(6) provide technical or other assistance to de-
veloping countries to improve their monitoring, con-
trol, and surveillance capabilities; and 
‘‘(7) support coordinated international efforts 
to ensure that all large-scale fishing vessels oper-
ating on the high seas are required by their flag 
State to be fitted with vessel monitoring systems no 
later than December 31, 2008, or earlier if so de-
cided by the relevant flag State or any relevant 
international fishery management organization.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents 
in the first section is amended by inserting after the item 
relating to section 206 the following: 
‘‘Sec. 207. International fisheries monitoring and compliance.’’. 
SEC. 102. FINDING WITH RESPECT TO ILLEGAL, UNRE-
PORTED, AND UNREGULATED FISHING. 
Section 2(a) (16 U.S.C. 1801(a)) is further amended 
by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(11) International cooperation is necessary to 
address illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing 
and other fishing practices which may harm the sus-
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