States Code, unless that vessel is also a replacement 
vessel described in paragraph (1). 
‘‘(6) GULF OF ALASKA LIMITATION.—Notwith-
standing paragraph (1), the Secretary shall prohibit 
from participation in the groundfish fisheries of the 
Gulf of Alaska any vessel that is rebuilt or replaced 
under this subsection and that exceeds the maximum 
length overall specified on the license that authorizes 
fishing for groundfish pursuant to the license limita-
tion program under part 679 of title 50, Code of 
Federal Regulations, as in effect on the date of en-
actment of the Coast Guard Authorization Act of 
2006. 
‘‘(7) AUTHORITY OF PACIFIC COUNCIL.—Noth-
ing in this section shall be construed to diminish or 
otherwise affect the authority of the Pacific Council 
to recommend to the Secretary conservation and 
management measures to protect fisheries under its 
jurisdiction (including the Pacific whiting fishery) 
and participants in such fisheries from adverse im-
pacts caused by this Act.’’. 
(2) EXEMPTION
OF
CERTAIN
VESSELS.—Sec-
tion 203(g) of the American Fisheries Act (title II 
of division C of Public Law 105-277; 112 Stat. 
2681-620) is amended—
(A) by inserting ‘‘and’’ after ‘‘(United 
States official number 651041)’’; 
(B) by striking ‘‘, NORTHERN TRAV-
ELER (United States official number 635986), 
and NORTHERN VOYAGER (United States 
official number 637398) (or a replacement ves-
sel for the NORTHERN VOYAGER that com-
plies with paragraphs (2), (5), and (6) of sec-
tion 208(g) of this Act)’’; and 
(C) by striking ‘‘, in the case of the 
NORTHERN’’ and all that follows through 
‘‘PHOENIX,’’. 
(3) 
FISHERY
COOPERATIVE
EXIT
PROVI-
SIONS.—Section 210(b) of the American Fisheries 
Act (title II of division C of Public Law 105-277; 
112 Stat. 2681-629) is amended—
(A) by moving the matter beginning with 
‘‘the Secretary shall’’ in paragraph (1) 2 ems to 
the right; 
(B) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(7) FISHERY
COOPERATIVE
EXIT
PROVI-
SIONS.—
‘‘(A) FISHING
ALLOWANCE
DETERMINA-
TION.—For purposes of determining the aggre-
gate percentage of directed fishing allowances
under paragraph (1), when a catcher vessel is 
removed from the directed pollock fishery, the 
fishery allowance for pollock for the vessel being 
removed—
‘‘(i) shall be based on the catch his-
tory determination for the vessel made 
pursuant to section 679.62 of title 50, 
Code of Federal Regulations, as in effect 
on the date of enactment of the Coast 
Guard Authorization Act 2006; and 
‘‘(ii) shall be assigned, for all pur-
poses under this title, in the manner speci-
fied by the owner of the vessel being re-
moved to any other catcher vessel or 
among other catcher vessels participating 
in the fishery cooperative if such vessel or 
vessels remain in the fishery cooperative 
for at least one year after the date on 
which the vessel being removed leaves the 
directed pollock fishery. 
‘‘(B) ELIGIBILITY FOR FISHERY ENDORSE-
MENT.—Except as provided in subparagraph 
(C), a vessel that is removed pursuant to this 
paragraph shall be permanently ineligible for a 
fishery endorsement, and any claim (including
relating to catch history) associated with such 
vessel that could qualify any owner of such ves-
sel for any permit to participate in any fishery 
within the exclusive economic zone of the 
United States shall be extinguished, unless such 
removed vessel is thereafter designated to re-
place a vessel to be removed pursuant to this 
paragraph. 
‘‘(C) LIMITATIONS
ON
STATUTORY
CON-
STRUCTION.—Nothing in this paragraph shall 
be construed—
‘‘(i) to make the vessels AJ (United 
States official number 905625), DONA 
MARTITA (United States official number 
651751), NORDIC EXPLORER (United 
States 
official 
number 
678234), 
and 
PROVIDIAN (United States official num-
ber 1062183) ineligible for a fishery en-
dorsement or any permit necessary to par-
ticipate in any fishery under the authority 
of the New England Fishery Management 
Council or the Mid-Atlantic Fishery Man-
agement Council established, respectively, 
under subparagraphs (A) and (B) of sec-
tion 302(a)(1) of the Magnuson-Stevens 
Act; or 
‘‘(ii) to allow the vessels referred to in 
clause (i) to participate in any fishery 
under the authority of the Councils re-
ferred to in clause (i) in any manner that 
is not consistent with the fishery manage-
ment plan for the fishery developed by the 
Councils under section 303 of the Magnu-
son-Stevens Act.’’. 
(c) VESSEL SAFETY STANDARDS.—
(1) LOADLINES.—Section 5102(b)(3) of title 
46, United States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘a 
fishing vessel.’’ and inserting ‘‘a fishing vessel unless 
the vessel is—
‘‘(A) a rebuilt vessel under section 208(g) 
of the American Fisheries Act (title II of divi-
sion C of Public Law 105–277; 112 Stat. 
2681–627); or 
‘‘(B) a replacement vessel under such sec-
tion and the replacement vessel did not harvest 
fish under section 208(a), 208(b), 208(c), or 
208(e) of that Act before June 1, 2006.’’. 
(2) CLASSING.—Section 4503 of title 46, 
United States Code, is amended—
(A) in subsection (a) by inserting after 
‘‘A’’ the following: ‘‘fishing or’’; 
(B) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(c) APPLICABILITY
TO FISHING VESSELS.—This 
section applies to a fishing vessel to which this chapter 
applies that is—
‘‘(1) a rebuilt vessel under section 208(g) of the 
American Fisheries Act (title II of division C of 
Public Law 105–277; 112 Stat. 2681-627); or 
‘‘(2) a replacement vessel under such section 
and the replacement vessel did not harvest fish 
under section 208(a), 208(b), 208(c), or 208(e) of 
that Act before June 1, 2006.’’; and 
(C) in the heading for such section by 
striking ‘‘Fish’’ and inserting ‘‘Fishing and 
fish’’. 
(d) 
CONVERSION
TO
CATCHER/PROCESSOR 
SHARES.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—
(A) AMENDMENT
OF
PLAN.—Not later 
than 90 days after the date of enactment of 
this Act, the Secretary of Commerce shall 
amend the fishery management plan for Bering 
Sea/Aleutian Islands King and Tanner Crabs 
(in this section referred to as the ‘‘Plan’’) for