2014 US Code
Title 16 - Conservation (Sections 1 - 7304)
Chapter 16C - South Pacific Tuna Fishing (Sections 973 - 973r)
Sec. 973d - Exceptions
| Publication Title | United States Code, 2012 Edition, Supplement 2, Title 16 - CONSERVATION |
| Category | Bills and Statutes |
| Collection | United States Code |
| SuDoc Class Number | Y 1.2/5: |
| Contained Within | Title 16 - CONSERVATION CHAPTER 16C - SOUTH PACIFIC TUNA FISHING Sec. 973d - Exceptions |
| Contains | section 973d |
| Date | 2014 |
| Laws In Effect As Of Date | January 5, 2015 |
| Positive Law | No |
| Disposition | standard |
| Source Credit | Pub. L. 100-330, §6, June 7, 1988, 102 Stat. 594; Pub. L. 108-219, title IV, §402, Apr. 13, 2004, 118 Stat. 617. |
| Statutes at Large References | 102 Stat. 594 118 Stat. 617 |
| Public and Private Laws | Public Law 100-330, Public Law 108-219 |
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(a) The prohibitions of section 973c of this title and the licensing requirements of section 973g of this title shall not apply to fishing for albacore tuna by vessels using the trolling method or to fishing by vessels using the longline method in the high seas areas of the Treaty area.
(b) The prohibitions of section 973c(a)(4), (a)(5), and (b)(3) of this title shall not apply to fishing under the terms and conditions of an arrangement which has been reached under paragraph 3 of Article 3 of the Treaty and which, pursuant to a decision by the Secretary of State under section 973p of this title, is covered by Article 4 and paragraph 6 of Article 5 of the Treaty.
(Pub. L. 100–330, §6, June 7, 1988, 102 Stat. 594; Pub. L. 108–219, title IV, §402, Apr. 13, 2004, 118 Stat. 617.)
AMENDMENTS2004—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 108–219 substituted "or to fishing by vessels using the longline method in the high seas areas of the Treaty area" for "outside of the 200 nautical mile fisheries zones of the Pacific Island Parties".
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