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on which to base his recommendations to the States for develop- 
ment and protection of Atlantic fisheries, might be amended to 
address itself in some way to the regional councils. 
(3) 22 U.S.C. §2753(b), which prohibits foreign military 
sales for a period of one year to any country that seizes or 
fines an American fishing vessel for engaging in fishing more 
than 12 miles from the coast of that country, was not amended 
by the 1976 Act to reflect the 200-mile extended jurisdiction. 
Congress might want to consider amending this in some way because 
it seems incongruous to prohibit foreign fishing within 200 miles 
of our shores, while not recognizing similar territorial limits 
in other countries. Failure to amend this provision of law 
seems to have been an oversight. 
C. Foreign Relations 
The large number of international (bilateral and multi- 
lateral) treaties, conventions, and agreements regarding fisheries 
serves to indicate that fishery laws cannot be written without 
recognizing and dealing with the rights of other countries. U.S. 
laws that affect our foreign relations include: 
(1) 16 U.S.C. §742g--provides for the Secretary of State to 
cooperate and consult with the Secretary of Commerce and others 
concerning matters of foreign affairs that affect fish products. 
(2) 16 U.S.C. §§1081-1086--deals with the prohibition of 
foreign fishing vessels in territorial waters of the United 
States, but is repealed by 1976 Act. 
(3) 16 U.S. §§1091-1094--establishes fisheries zones con- 
tiguous to the territorial sea of the United States, that is, 
12-mile jurisdiction, but is repealed by 1976 Act. 
(4) 16 U.S.C. §§1100-1100a-3--prohibits the use of certain 
small vessels in U.S. fisheries: until October 27, 1977, any 
vessel constructed in a foreign country, used in a fishery of 
such foreign country, and subsequently prohibited by such 
foreign country from being used in such fishery, is prohibited 
from being used in the same fishery in the United States. 
(5) 16 U.S.C. §1378--directs the Secretary of Commerce, (and 
in some cases the Secretary of the Interior) through the Secretary 
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