I 
111TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3910 
To authorize a single fisheries cooperative for the Bering Sea Aleutian Islands 
longline catcher processor subsector, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
OCTOBER 22, 2009 
Mr. LARSEN of Washington (for himself, Mr. YOUNG of Alaska, and Mr. 
HASTINGS of Washington) introduced the following bill; which was re-
ferred to the Committee on Natural Resources 
A BILL 
To authorize a single fisheries cooperative for the Bering 
Sea Aleutian Islands longline catcher processor sub-
sector, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Longline Catcher Proc-
essor Subsector Single Fishery Cooperative Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. AUTHORITY TO APPROVE AND IMPLEMENT A SIN-
GLE 
FISHERY 
COOPERATIVE 
FOR 
THE 
LONGLINE 
CATCHER 
PROCESSOR 
SUB-
SECTOR IN THE BSAI. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Upon the request of eligible mem-
bers of the longline catcher processor subsector holding 
at least 80 percent of the licenses issued for that sub-
sector, the Secretary is authorized to approve a single fish-
ery cooperative for the longline catcher processor sub-
sector in the BSAI. 
(b) LIMITATION.—A single fishery cooperative ap-
proved under this section shall include a limitation prohib-
iting any eligible member from harvesting a total of more 
than 20 percent of the Pacific cod available to be har-
vested in the longline catcher processor subsector, the vio-
lation of which is subject to the penalties, sanctions, and 
forfeitures under section 308 of the Magnuson-Stevens 
Act (16 U.S.C. 1858), except that such limitation shall 
not apply to harvest amounts from quota assigned explic-
itly to a CDQ group as part of a CDQ allocation to an 
entity established by section 305(i) of the Magnuson-Ste-
vens Act (16 U.S.C. 1855(i)). 
(c) CONTRACT
SUBMISSION
AND
REVIEW.—The 
longline catcher processor subsector shall submit to the 
Secretary— 
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(1) not later than November 1 of each year, a 
contract to implement a single fishery cooperative 
approved under this section for the following cal-
endar year; and 
(2) not later than 60 days prior to the com-
mencement of fishing under the single fishery coop-
erative, any interim modifications to the contract 
submitted under paragraph (1). 
(d) DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE REVIEW.—Not later 
than November 1 before the first year of fishing under 
a single fishery cooperative approved under this section, 
the longline catcher processor sector shall submit to the 
Secretary a copy of a letter from a party to the contract 
under subsection (c)(1) requesting a business review letter 
from the Attorney General and any response to such re-
quest. 
(e) IMPLEMENTATION.—The Secretary shall imple-
ment a single fishery cooperative approved under this sec-
tion not later than 2 years after receiving a request under 
subsection (a). 
(f) STATUS QUO FISHERY.—If the longline catcher 
processor subsector does not submit a contract to the Sec-
retary under subsection (c) then the longline catcher proc-
essor subsector in the BSAI shall operate as a limited ac-
cess fishery for the following year subject to the license 
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