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1 services, equipment (including aircraft and vessels), and 



2 facilities of any other Federal department or agency and 



3 of any agency of a State in carrying out that enforcement. 



4 SEC. 6. FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE. 



5 The Secretaries may provide financial assistance to 



6 the Commission and to the States to carry out their re- 



7 spective responsibilities under this Act, including — 



8 (1) the preparation, implementation, and en- 



9 forcement of interstate fishery management plans; 



10 and 



11 (2) State activities tjiat are specifically required 



12 within such plans. 



13 SEC. 7. DEFINrnONS. 



14 In this Act the following definitions apply: 



15 (1) Coastal fishery resources. — The term 



16 "coastal fishery resource" means species of fish that 



17 move among, or are broadly distributed across — 



18 (A) waters under the jurisdiction of 2 or 



19 more States that border the Atlantic Ocean; or 



20 (B) waters under the jurisdiction of any 



21 State that borders the Atlantic Ocean and wa- 



22 ters of the exclusive economic zone. 



23 (2) Commission. — The term "Commission" 



24 means the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commis- 



25 sion constituted under the interstate compact con- 



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