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ensure that all fishing gear on board the vessel is stowed 
below deck or otherwise removed from the place it is nor-
mally used for fishing activities and placed where it is not 
readily available for fishing activities. 
SEC. 210. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—There is authorized to be appro-
priated out of funds made available to the Secretary and 
the Secretary of State $300,000 for each of fiscal years 
2017 through 2021 to carry out this title and to pay the 
United States contribution to the Commission under Arti-
cle 15 of the South Pacific Fisheries Convention. 
(b) INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION
AND ASSIST-
ANCE.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Subject to the limits of 
available appropriations and consistent with applica-
ble law, the Secretary or the Secretary of State may 
provide appropriate assistance, including grants, to 
developing nations and international organizations of 
which such nations are members to assist those na-
tions in meeting their obligations under the South 
Pacific Fisheries Convention. 
(2) TRANSFER OF FUNDS.—Subject to the lim-
its of available appropriations and consistent with 
other applicable law, the Secretary and the Secretary 
of State are authorized to transfer funds to any for-
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eign government and any international, non-govern-
mental, or international organization, including the 
Commission, for purposes of carrying out the inter-
national responsibilities under paragraph (1). 
TITLE III—WESTERN AND CEN-
TRAL 
PACIFIC 
FISHERIES 
COMMISSION 
SEC. 301. RECOMMENDATIONS FOR AGENDA OF ANNUAL 
MEETINGS OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL PA-
CIFIC FISHERIES COMMISSION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Western and Central Pacific 
Fisheries Convention Implementation Act is amended— 
(1) in section 503 (16 U.S.C. 6902)— 
(A) in subsection (a), by inserting ‘‘and 
commercial fishing’’ after ‘‘fish stocks’’; and 
(B) in subsection (d)(1), by adding at the 
end the following: 
‘‘(E) AGENDA
RECOMMENDATIONS.—No 
later than 30 days before each annual meeting 
of the Commission, the Advisory Committee 
shall transmit to the United States Commis-
sioners 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 Com-
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missioners shall consider such recommenda-
tions, along with additional views transmitted 
by Advisory Committee members, in the formu-
lation of the United States position for the 
Commission meeting and during the negotia-
tions at that meeting.’’; and 
(2) by redesignating section 511 (16 U.S.C. 
6910) as section 512, and inserting after section 
510 the following: 
‘‘SEC. 511. UNITED STATES CONSERVATION, MANAGEMENT, 
AND ENFORCEMENT OBJECTIVES. 
‘‘The Secretary, in consultation with the Secretary of 
State, in the course of negotiations, shall seek— 
‘‘(1) to minimize any disadvantage to United 
States fishermen in relation to other members of the 
Commission; 
‘‘(2) to 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 Commis-
sion, based on the best available scientific informa-
tion provided by the Scientific Committee, deter-
mines it is necessary to achieve the conservation ob-
jective set forth in Article 2 of the Convention; 
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‘‘(3) to prevent any requirement for the trans-
fer to other nations or foreign entities of the fishing 
capacity, fishing capacity rights, or fishing vessels of 
the United States or its territories, unless any such 
requirement is voluntary and market-based; and 
‘‘(4) to ensure that conservation and manage-
ment measures take into consideration traditional 
fishing patterns of fishing vessels of the United 
States and the operating requirements of the fish-
eries covered by the Western and Central Pacific 
Convention.’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 1(b) of the 
Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Manage-
ment 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 objec-
tives. 
‘‘Sec. 512. Authorization of appropriations.’’. 
TITLE 
IV—ILLEGAL, 
UNREGU-
LATED, 
AND 
UNREPORTED 
FISHING 
SEC. 401. AMENDMENTS TO THE HIGH SEAS DRIFTNET 
FISHING MORATORIUM PROTECTION ACT. 
(a) APPLICATION OF ACT.—Section 606(b) of the 
High Seas Driftnet Fishing Moratorium Protection Act 
(16 U.S.C. 1826g(b)) is amended— 
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(1) in paragraph (7), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the 
end; 
(2) in paragraph (8), by striking the period at 
the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(9) the Ensuring Access to Pacific Fisheries 
Act.’’. 
(b) BIENNIAL REPORTS.—Section 607 of the High 
Seas Driftnet Fishing Moratorium Protection Act (16 
U.S.C. 1826h) is amended by inserting ‘‘on June 1 of that 
year’’ after ‘‘every 2 years thereafter,’’. 
(c) IDENTIFICATION OF VESSELS.—Section 609(a) of 
the High Seas Driftnet Fishing Moratorium Protection 
Act (16 U.S.C. 1826j(a)) is amended by striking ‘‘fishing 
vessels of that nation are engaged, or have’’ and inserting 
‘‘any fishing vessel of that nation is engaged, or has’’. 
(d) 
IDENTIFICATION
OF
NATIONS.—Section 
610(a)(2)(A) of the High Seas Driftnet Fishing Morato-
rium Protection Act (16 U.S.C. 1826k) is amended by 
striking ‘‘calendar year’’ and inserting ‘‘3 years’’. 
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TITLE 
V—NORTHWEST 
ATLAN-
TIC FISHERIES CONVENTION 
AMENDMENTS ACT 
SEC. 501. SHORT TITLE; REFERENCES TO THE NORTHWEST 
ATLANTIC FISHERIES CONVENTION ACT OF 
1995. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This title may be cited as the 
‘‘Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Convention Amendments 
Act’’. 
(b) REFERENCES TO THE NORTHWEST ATLANTIC 
FISHERIES CONVENTION ACT OF 1995.—Except as other-
wise expressly provided, whenever in this title an amend-
ment or repeal is expressed in terms of an amendment 
to, or repeal of, a section or other provision, the reference 
shall be considered to be made to a section or other provi-
sion of the Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Convention Act 
of 1995 (16 U.S.C. 5601 et seq.). 
SEC. 502. REPRESENTATION OF THE UNITED STATES 
UNDER CONVENTION. 
Section 202 (16 U.S.C. 5601) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)(1), by striking ‘‘General 
Council and the Fisheries’’; 
(2) in subsection (b)(1), by striking ‘‘at a meet-
ing of the General Council or the Fisheries Commis-
sion’’; 
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(3) in subsection (b)(2), by striking ‘‘VIII(2)’’ 
and inserting ‘‘VII(11)’’. 
SEC. 504. AUTHORITIES OF SECRETARY OF STATE WITH RE-
SPECT TO CONVENTION. 
Section 204 (16 U.S.C. 5603) is amended by striking 
‘‘Fisheries Commission’’ each place it appears and insert-
ing ‘‘Commission consistent with the procedures detailed 
in Articles XIV and XV of the Convention’’. 
SEC. 505. INTERAGENCY COOPERATION. 
Section 205(a) (16 U.S.C. 5604(a)) is amended to 
read as follows: 
‘‘(a) AUTHORITIES
OF
THE SECRETARY.—In car-
rying out the provisions of the Convention and this title, 
the Secretary may arrange for cooperation with— 
‘‘(1) any department, agency, or instrumen-
tality of the United States; 
‘‘(2) a State; 
‘‘(3) a Council; or 
‘‘(4) a private institution or an organization.’’. 
SEC. 506. PROHIBITED ACTS AND PENALTIES. 
Section 207(a)(5) (16 U.S.C. 5606(a)(5)) is amended 
by striking ‘‘fish’’ and inserting ‘‘fishery resources’’. 
SEC. 507. CONSULTATIVE COMMITTEE. 
Section 208 (16 U.S.C. 5607) is amended— 
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(1) in subsection (b)(2), by striking ‘‘two’’ and 
inserting ‘‘2’’; and 
(2) in subsection (c), by striking ‘‘General 
Council or the Fisheries’’ each place it appears. 
SEC. 508. DEFINITIONS. 
Section 210 (16 U.S.C. 5609) is amended to read as 
follows: 
‘‘SEC. 210. DEFINITIONS. 
‘‘In this title: 
‘‘(1) 1982 CONVENTION.—The term ‘1982 Con-
vention’ means the United Nations Convention on 
the Law of the Sea of 10 December 1982. 
‘‘(2) AUTHORIZED ENFORCEMENT OFFICER.— 
The term ‘authorized enforcement officer’ means a 
person authorized to enforce this title, any regula-
tion issued under this title, or any measure that is 
legally binding on the United States under the Con-
vention. 
‘‘(3) COMMISSION.—The term ‘Commission’ 
means the body provided for by Articles V, VI, XIII, 
XIV, and XV of the Convention. 
‘‘(4) 
COMMISSIONER.—The 
term 
‘Commis-
sioner’ means a United States Commissioner to the 
Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organization appointed 
under section 202. 
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‘‘(5) CONVENTION.—The term ‘Convention’ 
means the Convention on Future Multilateral Co-
operation in the Northwest Atlantic Fisheries, done 
at Ottawa on October 24, 1978, and as amended on 
September 28, 2007. 
‘‘(6) CONVENTION AREA.—The term ‘Conven-
tion Area’ means the waters of the Northwest Atlan-
tic Ocean north of 35°00′ N and west of a line ex-
tending due north from 35°00′ N and 42°00′ W to 
59°00′ N, thence due west to 44°00′ W, and thence 
due north to the coast of Greenland, and the waters 
of the Gulf of St. Lawrence, Davis Strait and Baffin 
Bay south of 78°10′ N. 
‘‘(7) COUNCIL.—The term ‘Council’ means the 
New England Fishery Management Council or the 
Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council. 
‘‘(8) FISHERY RESOURCES.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘fishery re-
sources’ means all fish, mollusks, and crusta-
ceans, including any products thereof, within 
the Convention Area. 
‘‘(B) EXCLUSIONS.—The term ‘fishery re-
sources’ does not include— 
‘‘(i) sedentary species over which 
coastal States may exercise sovereign 
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rights consistent with Article 77 of the 
1982 Convention; or 
‘‘(ii) insofar as they are managed 
under other international treaties, anad-
romous and catadromous stocks and highly 
migratory species listed in Annex I of the 
1982 Convention. 
‘‘(9) FISHING ACTIVITIES.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘fishing ac-
tivities’ means harvesting or processing fishery 
resources, or transhipping of fishery resources 
or products derived from fishery resources, or 
any other activity in preparation for, in support 
of, or related to the harvesting of fishery re-
sources. 
‘‘(B) INCLUSIONS.—The term ‘fishing ac-
tivities’ includes— 
‘‘(i) the actual or attempted searching 
for or catching or taking of fishery re-
sources; 
‘‘(ii) any activity that can reasonably 
be expected to result in locating, catching, 
taking, or harvesting of fishery resources 
for any purpose; and 
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‘‘(iii) any operation at sea in support 
of, or in preparation for, any activity de-
scribed in this paragraph. 
‘‘(C) EXCLUSIONS.—The term ‘fishing ac-
tivities’ does not include any operation related 
to emergencies involving the health and safety 
of crew members or the safety of a vessel. 
‘‘(10) FISHING VESSEL.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘fishing ves-
sel’ means a vessel that is or has been engaged 
in fishing activities. 
‘‘(B) INCLUSIONS.—The term ‘fishing ves-
sel’ includes a fish processing vessel or a vessel 
engaged in transshipment or any other activity 
in preparation for or related to fishing activi-
ties, or in experimental or exploratory fishing 
activities. 
‘‘(11) ORGANIZATION.—The term ‘Organiza-
tion’ means the Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Orga-
nization provided for by Article V of the Convention. 
‘‘(12) PERSON.—The term ‘person’ means any 
individual (whether or not a citizen or national of 
the United States), and any corporation, partner-
ship, association, or other entity (whether or not or-
ganized or existing under the laws of any State). 
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‘‘(13) 
REPRESENTATIVE.—The 
term 
‘Rep-
resentative’ means a United States Representative to 
the Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Scientific Council 
appointed under section 202. 
‘‘(14) SCIENTIFIC
COUNCIL.—The term ‘Sci-
entific Council’ means the Scientific Council pro-
vided for by Articles V, VI, and VII of the Conven-
tion. 
‘‘(15) 
SECRETARY.—The 
term 
‘Secretary’ 
means the Secretary of Commerce. 
‘‘(16) STATE.—The term ‘State’ means each of 
the several States of the United States, the District 
of Columbia, and any other commonwealth, terri-
tory, or possession of the United States. 
‘‘(17) TRANSSHIPMENT.—The term ‘trans-
shipment’ means the unloading of all or any of the 
fishery resources on board a fishing vessel to an-
other fishing vessel either at sea or in port.’’. 
SEC. 509. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
Section 211 (16 U.S.C. 5610) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘including use for payment as 
the United States contribution to the Organization 
as provided in Article XVI of the Convention’’ and 
inserting ‘‘including to pay the United States con-
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