The pertinent provisions of the act that affect the kind of enforcement 

 that will be required are summarized in Table 3. 



Table 3 

 PERTINENT PROVISIONS OF PUBLIC LAW 94-265 



• A Fishery Management Zone 200 nautical miles wide is established 

 around all U.S. territory. 



• Foreign fishing in the zone is subject to U.S. authorization and 

 permit except for preexisting agreements. 



• The USCG may require foreign fishing vessels to carry and operate 

 appropriate position fixing and identification equipment. 



• Enforcement is a joint responsibility of the United States Coast 

 Guard and the National Marine Fisheries Services. 



The enforcement problem posed by Public Law 94-265 can be described 

 in terms of the provisions of the act. To begin with, a 200-nmi wide 

 zone surrounding the United States and its possessions encompasses almost 

 two and one quarter million square nautical miles. The USCG estimates 

 that approximately one fourth of the zone consists of primary fishery 

 areas requiring concentrated enforcement efforts during at least certain 

 time periods and that some level of enforcement activity may be required 

 at some time in all parts of the zone. The distribution of enforcement 

 activity was not specifically addressed in the survey. Rather, the 



Other provisions of Public Law 94-265 and existing laws and treaties 

 require some enforcement activities that extend outside the 200-nmi 

 limit. Examples are provisions for U.S. control over anadromous fish 

 stocks originating in U.S. waters and certain continental shelf fishing 

 resources out to the edge of the continental shelf, and international 

 agreements for the control of tuna fishing. These added areas were not 

 specifically addressed in the survey. 



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