the appropriate court is the United States District Court 
for the District of Hawaii, except that in the case of Guam 
and Wake Island, the appropriate court is the United States 
District Court for the District of Guam, and except that 
in the case of the Northern Mariana Islands, the appro-
priate court is the United States District Court for the Dis-
trict of the Northern Mariana Islands. Each violation shall 
be a separate offense and the offense is deemed to have been 
committed not only in the district where the violation first 
occurred, but also in any other district as authorized by 
law. Any offenses not committed in any district are subject 
to the venue provisions of section 3238 of title 18, United 
States Code. 
SEC. 206. PROHIBITED ACTS. 
It is unlawful for any person— 
(1) to violate any provision of this title or of any 
regulation promulgated or permit issued under this 
title; 
(2) to use any fishing vessel to engage in fishing 
without a valid permit or after the revocation, or dur-
ing the period of suspension, of an applicable permit 
pursuant to this title; 
(3) to refuse to permit any officer authorized to 
enforce this title to board a fishing vessel subject to 
such person’s control for the purposes of conducting 
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any investigation or inspection in connection with 
the enforcement of this title; 
(4) to assault, resist, oppose, impede, intimidate, 
or interfere with any such authorized officer in the 
conduct of any search, investigation, or inspection in 
connection with the enforcement of this title or any 
regulation promulgated or permit issued under this 
title; 
(5) to resist a lawful arrest for any act prohib-
ited by this title or any regulation promulgated or 
permit issued under this title; 
(6) to ship, transport, offer for sale, sell, pur-
chase, import, export, or have custody, control, or pos-
session of, any fishery resources taken or retained in 
violation of this title or any regulation or permit re-
ferred to in paragraph (1) or (2); 
(7) to interfere with, delay, or prevent, by any 
means, the apprehension or arrest of another person, 
knowing that such other person has committed any 
act prohibited by this title; 
(8) to submit to the Secretary false information, 
regarding any matter that the Secretary is consid-
ering in the course of carrying out this title; 
(9) to assault, resist, oppose, impede, intimidate, 
sexually harass, bribe, or interfere with any observer 
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on a vessel pursuant to the requirements of this title, 
or any data collector employed by the National Oce-
anic and Atmospheric Administration or under con-
tract to any person to carry out responsibilities under 
this title; 
(10) to fail to make, keep, or furnish any catch 
returns, statistical records, or other reports as are re-
quired by regulations adopted pursuant to this title 
to be made, kept, or furnished; 
(11) to fail to stop a vessel upon being hailed 
and instructed to stop by a duly authorized official 
of the United States; 
(12) to import, in violation of any regulation 
promulgated under this title, any fishery resources in 
any form of those species subject to regulation pursu-
ant to a decision of the Commission; 
(13) to make or submit any false record, account, 
or label for, or any false identification of, any fishery 
resources that have been or are intended to be im-
ported, exported, transported, sold, offered for sale, 
purchased, or received in interstate or foreign com-
merce; or 
(14) to refuse to authorize and accept boarding 
by a duly authorized inspector pursuant to proce-
dures adopted by the Commission for the boarding 
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and inspection of fishing vessels in the Convention 
Area. 
SEC. 207. COOPERATION IN CARRYING OUT THE CONVEN-
TION. 
(a) FEDERAL AND STATE AGENCIES; PRIVATE INSTI-
TUTIONS AND ORGANIZATIONS.—The Secretary may co-
operate with agencies of the United States Government, any 
public or private institutions or organizations within the 
United States or abroad, and, through the Secretary of 
State, the duly authorized officials of the government of any 
party to the South Pacific Fishery Resources Convention, 
in carrying out responsibilities under this title. 
(b) SCIENTIFIC AND OTHER PROGRAMS; FACILITIES 
AND PERSONNEL.—All Federal agencies may, upon the re-
quest of the Secretary, cooperate in the conduct of scientific 
and other programs and to furnish facilities and personnel 
for the purpose of assisting the Commission in carrying out 
its duties under the South Pacific Fishery Resources Con-
vention. 
(c) SANCTIONED FISHING OPERATIONS AND BIOLOGI-
CAL EXPERIMENTS.—Nothing in this title, or in the laws 
or regulations of any State, prevents the Secretary or the 
Commission from— 
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(1) conducting or authorizing the conduct of fish-
ing operations and biological experiments at any time 
for purposes of scientific investigation; or 
(2) discharging any other duties prescribed by 
the South Pacific Fishery Resources Convention. 
(d) STATE JURISDICTION NOT AFFECTED.—Nothing 
in this title shall be construed to diminish or to increase 
the jurisdiction of any State in the territorial sea of the 
United States. 
SEC. 208. TERRITORIAL PARTICIPATION. 
The Secretary of State shall ensure participation in 
the Commission and its subsidiary bodies by American 
Samoa, Guam, and the Commonwealth of the Northern 
Mariana Islands to the extent allowed under United States 
law. 
SEC. 209. EXCLUSIVE ECONOMIC ZONE NOTIFICATION. 
Masters of commercial fishing vessels of countries fish-
ing under the management authority of the South Pacific 
Fisheries Convention that do not carry vessel monitoring 
systems capable of communicating with United States en-
forcement authorities shall, before or as soon as reasonably 
possible after, entering and transiting the exclusive eco-
nomic zone bounded by the Convention Area, ensure that 
all fishing gear on board the vessel is stowed below deck 
or otherwise removed from the place it is normally used 
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for fishing activities and placed where it is not readily 
available for fishing activities. 
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 Commissioners 
recommendations relating to the agenda of the 
annual meeting. The recommendations must be 
agreed to by a majority of the Advisory Com-
mittee members. The United States Commis-
sioners shall consider such recommendations, 
along with additional views transmitted by Ad-
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visory Committee members, in the formulation of 
the United States position for the Commission 
meeting and during the negotiations 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 to— 
‘‘(1) minimize any disadvantage to United 
States fishermen in relation to other members of the 
Commission; 
‘‘(2) maximize the opportunities for fishing ves-
sels 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 Commission, 
based on the best available scientific information pro-
vided by the Scientific Committee, determines it is 
necessary to achieve the conservation objective set 
forth in Article 2 of the Convention; 
‘‘(3) prevent any requirement for the transfer to 
other nations or foreign entities of the fishing capac-
ity, fishing capacity rights, or fishing vessels of the 
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United States or its territories, unless any such re-
quirement is voluntary and market-based; and 
‘‘(4) ensure that conservation and management 
measures take into consideration traditional fishing 
patterns of fishing vessels of the United States and the 
operating requirements of the fisheries covered by the 
Western and Central Pacific Convention.’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 1(b) of the 
Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management 
Reauthorization Act of 2006 is amended in the table of con-
tents by striking the item relating to section 511 (121 Stat. 
3576) and inserting the following: 
‘‘Sec. 511. United States conservation, management, and enforcement objectives. 
‘‘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 by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end 
of paragraph (7), striking the period at the end of para-
graph (8) and inserting ‘‘; and’’ , and by adding at the 
end the following: 
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‘‘(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 Moratorium 
Protection Act (16 U.S.C. 1826k) is amended by striking 
‘‘calendar year’’ and inserting ‘‘3 years’’. 
TITLE V—NORTHWEST ATLANTIC 
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’’. 
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(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 provision 
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’’; 
(3) in subsection (b)(2), by striking ‘‘, at any 
meeting of the General Council or the Fisheries Com-
mission for which the Alternate Commissioner is des-
ignated’’; 
(4) in subsection (d)(1), by striking ‘‘at a meet-
ing of the Scientific Council’’; 
(5) in subsection (d)(2), by striking ‘‘, at any 
meeting of the Scientific Council for which the Alter-
nate Representative is designated’’; and 
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(6) in subsection (f)(1)(A), by striking ‘‘Magnu-
son Act’’ and inserting ‘‘Magnuson-Stevens Fishery 
Conservation and Management Act’’. 
SEC. 503. REQUESTS FOR SCIENTIFIC ADVICE. 
Section 203 (16 U.S.C. 5602) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘The Representatives may’’ 
and inserting ‘‘A Representative may’’; 
(B) by striking ‘‘described in subsection 
(b)(1) or (2)’’ and inserting ‘‘described in para-
graph (1) or (2) of subsection (b)’’; and 
(C) by striking ‘‘the Representatives have’’ 
and inserting ‘‘the Representative has’’; 
(2) by striking ‘‘VII(1)’’ each place it appears 
and inserting ‘‘VII(10)(b)’’; and 
(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’’. 
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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 carrying 
out the provisions of the Convention and this title, the Sec-
retary may arrange for cooperation with— 
‘‘(1) any department, agency, or instrumentality 
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— 
(1) in subsection (b)(2), by striking ‘‘two’’ and 
inserting ‘‘2’’; and 
(2) in subsection (c), by striking ‘‘General Coun-
cil 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: 
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