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16 U.S.C. § 1826f — Certification
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The Secretary of State shall determine in writing prior to the signing or provisional application by the United States of any international agreement with respect to the conservation and management of living marine resources or the use of the high seas by fishing vessels that the prohibition contained in [section 1826d of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title16-section1826d&num=0&edition=prelim) will not be violated if such agreement is signed or provisionally applied.
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The Secretary of State shall determine in writing prior to the signing or provisional application by the United States of any international agreement with respect to the conservation and management of living marine resources or the use of the high seas by fishing vessels that the prohibition contained in [section 1826d of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title16-section1826d&num=0&edition=prelim) will not be violated if such agreement is signed or provisionally applied.
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The United States, or any agency or official acting on behalf of the United States, may not enter into any international agreement with respect to the conservation and management of living marine resources or the use of the high seas by fishing vessels that would prevent full implementation of the global moratorium on large-scale driftnet fishing on the high seas, as such moratorium is expressed in Resolution 46/215 of the United Nations General Assembly.
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TITLE 16—CONSERVATION
§ 1826f
means a method of fishing in which a gillnet
composed of a panel or panels of webbing, or
a series of such gillnets, with a total length
of two and one-half kilometers or more is
placed in the water and allowed to drift with
the currents and winds for the purpose of en-
tangling fish in the webbing.
(B) Exception
Until January 1, 1994, the term ‘‘large-
scale driftnet fishing’’ does not include the
use in the northeast Atlantic Ocean of
gillnets with a total length not to exceed
five kilometers if the use is in accordance
with regulations adopted by the European
Community pursuant to the October 28, 1991,
decision by the Council of Fisheries Min-
isters of the Community.
(3) Large-scale driftnet fishing vessel
The term ‘‘large-scale driftnet fishing ves-
sel’’ means any vessel which is—
(A) used for, equipped to be used for, or of
a type which is normally used for large-scale
driftnet fishing; or
(B) used for aiding or assisting one or more
vessels at sea in the performance of large-
scale driftnet fishing, including preparation,
supply,
storage,
refrigeration,
transpor-
tation, or processing.
(Pub. L. 102–582, title I, § 104, Nov. 2, 1992, 106
Stat. 4903.)
Editorial Notes
REFERENCES IN TEXT
Sections 1826a to 1826c of this title, referred to in
text, was in the original ‘‘this title’’, meaning title I of
Pub. L. 102–582, Nov. 2, 1992, 106 Stat. 4901, which en-
acted sections 1826a to 1826c of this title and amended
section 1371 of this title. For complete classification of
title I to the Code, see Tables.
CODIFICATION
Section was enacted as part of the High Seas Driftnet
Fisheries Enforcement Act, and not as part of the Mag-
nuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management
Act which comprises t
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