II 
114TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6452 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
DECEMBER 8, 2016 
Received 
AN ACT 
To implement the Convention on the Conservation and Man-
agement of High Seas Fisheries Resources in the North 
Pacific Ocean, to implement the Convention on the Con-
servation and Management of High Seas Fishery Re-
sources in the South Pacific Ocean, and for other pur-
poses. 
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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 ‘‘Ensuring Access to 
Pacific Fisheries Act’’. 
TITLE I—NORTH PACIFIC 
FISHERIES 
Subtitle A—North Pacific Fisheries 
Convention Implementation 
SEC. 101. DEFINITIONS. 
In this subtitle: 
(1) COMMISSION.—The term ‘‘Commission’’ 
means the North Pacific Fisheries Commission es-
tablished in accordance with the North Pacific Fish-
eries Convention. 
(2) 
COMMISSIONER.—The 
term 
‘‘Commis-
sioner’’ means a United States Commissioner ap-
pointed under section 102(a). 
(3) CONVENTION
AREA.—The term ‘‘Conven-
tion Area’’ means the area to which the Convention 
on the Conservation and Management of High Seas 
Fisheries Resources in the North Pacific Ocean ap-
plies under Article 4 of such Convention. 
(4) COUNCIL.—The term ‘‘Council’’ means the 
North Pacific Fishery Management Council, the Pa-
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cific Fishery Management Council, or the Western 
Pacific Fishery Management Council established 
under section 302 of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery 
Conservation and Management Act (16 U.S.C. 
1852), as the context requires. 
(5) EXCLUSIVE
ECONOMIC
ZONE.—The term 
‘‘exclusive economic zone’’ means— 
(A) with respect to the United States, the 
zone established by Presidential Proclamation 
Numbered 5030 of March 10, 1983 (16 U.S.C. 
1453 note); and 
(B) with respect to a foreign country, a 
designated zone similar to the zone referred to 
in subparagraph (A) for that country, con-
sistent with international law. 
(6) FISHERIES RESOURCES.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in 
subparagraph (B), the term ‘‘fisheries re-
sources’’ means all fish, mollusks, crustaceans, 
and other marine species caught by a fishing 
vessel within the Convention Area, as well as 
any products thereof. 
(B) EXCLUSIONS.—The term ‘‘fisheries re-
sources’’ does not include— 
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(i) sedentary species insofar as they 
are subject to the sovereign rights of coast-
al nations consistent with Article 77, para-
graph 4 of the 1982 Convention and indi-
cator species of vulnerable marine eco-
systems as listed in, or adopted pursuant 
to, Article 13, paragraph 5 of the North 
Pacific Fisheries Convention; 
(ii) catadromous species; 
(iii) marine mammals, marine reptiles, 
or seabirds; or 
(iv) other marine species already cov-
ered by preexisting international fisheries 
management instruments within the area 
of competence of such instruments. 
(7) FISHING ACTIVITIES.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘‘fishing ac-
tivities’’ means— 
(i) the actual or attempted searching 
for, catching, taking, or harvesting of fish-
eries resources; 
(ii) engaging in any activity that can 
reasonably be expected to result in the lo-
cating, catching, taking, or harvesting of 
fisheries resources for any purpose; 
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