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(1) The Secretary of State is required to negotiate 
with foreign countries to obtain equitable access 
to foreign fisheries. 
(2) The United States will not recognize foreign con- 
servation zones if U.S. vessels are denied fishery 
access, or if restrictions or conditions imposed 
are unrelated to fishery conservation and manage- 
ment. 
(3) The United States will not recognize foreign con- 
servation zones if the foreign nation fails to 
agree that highly migratory species are to be 
internationally managed. 
(4) The Secretary of State will impose importation 
prohibitions against some or all fishery products 
from a foreign nation which fails to negotiate 
fishery agreements, denies fishery access, dis- 
regards international agreements, or seizes U.S. 
vessels. 
Tuna industry and IATTC officials do not believe the 
sanctions provided in the act will minimize the act's nega- 
tive effects upon the U.S. tuna industry. According to a 
tuna industry representative, the United States has never 
taken effective sanctions against foreign nations for 
repeated violations of IATTC regulations, or for seizing 
U.S. vessels, although international agreements allow for 
Sanctions against such violations. The industry represent- 
ative stated there are no indications these new enforcement 
provisions would be utilized more effectively than past 
provisions. An industry consultant agreed the United States 
does not have, nor has ever had, a believable sanction pro- 
gram. 
An NMFS report has concluded that import prohibitions 
on tuna or other fish products from a foreign nation would 
only impose an inconvenience until alternative markets were 
developed. With the high world tuna demand and limited 
resource supply, this inconvenience would be only temporary. 
According to a tuna industry representative, even if 
the U.S. tuna fleet is granted fishing access within foreign 
conservation zones, it may still be eliminated from these 
fishing grounds. Elimination could result from anticipated 
decreases in annual catch quotas that may be imposed by 
foreign nations. 
An IATTC commissioner reported that the U.S. tuna fish- 
ermen can, and probably will, be shut out of the major 
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