§ 962. — Reduction of bycatch in eastern tropical Pacific Ocean.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 16USC962]
TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
CHAPTER 16--TUNA CONVENTIONS
Sec. 962. Reduction of bycatch in eastern tropical Pacific Ocean
The Secretary of State, in consultation with the Secretary of
Commerce and acting through the United States Commissioners, shall seek,
in cooperation with other nations whose vessel \1\ fish for tuna in the
eastern tropical Pacific Ocean, to establish standards and measures for
a bycatch reduction program for vessels fishing for yellowfin tuna in
the eastern tropical Pacific Ocean. The bycatch reduction program shall
include measures--
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\1\ So in original. Probably should be ``vessels''.
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(1) to require, to the maximum extent practicable, that sea
turtles and other threatened species and endangered species are
released alive;
(2) to reduce, to the maximum extent practicable, the harvest of
nontarget species;
(3) to reduce, to the maximum extent practicable, the mortality
of nontarget species; and
(4) to reduce, to the maximum extent practicable, the mortality
of juveniles of the target species.
(Sept. 7, 1950, ch. 907, Sec. 15, as added Pub. L. 105-42, Sec. 7(c),
Aug. 15, 1997, 111 Stat. 1138.)
Codification
Section 7(c) of Pub. L. 105-42, which directed the addition of this
section at the end of the Tuna Conventions Act, was executed by adding
this section at the end of the Tuna Conventions Act of 1950, to reflect
the probable intent of Congress.
Effective Date
Section effective upon certification by Secretary of Commerce that
sufficient funding is available to complete first year of study required
by section 1414a(a) of this title and that study has commenced, and
certification by Secretary of State to Congress that binding resolution
of Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission or other legally binding
instrument establishing International Dolphin Conservation Program has
been adopted and is in force, see section 8 of Pub. L. 105-42, set out
as an Effective Date of 1997 Amendment note under section 1362 of this
title.
