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chapter. 



(g) Fish: The word "fish" means any species of 

 fish, mollusks, crustaceans, including lobsters, and all 

 forms of marine animal life covered by the conven- 

 tion. 



(h) International measures of control: The term 

 "international measures of control" means any pro- 

 posal of the Commission which had entered into 

 force with respect to the United States with regard 

 to measures of control on the high seas which may 

 be undertaken for the purposes of insuring the ap- 

 plication of the convention and the measures in force 

 thereunder by the United States with respect to per- 

 sons or vessels of some or aU other parties to the 

 convention and by other parties to the convention 

 with respect to persons or vessels of the United States, 

 fi) National measures of control: The term "na- 

 tional measures of control" means any proposal of 

 the Commission which has entered into force for 

 the United States with regard to measures of control 

 on the high seas which may be undertaken for the 

 purposes of insuring the application of the conven- 

 tion and the measures in force thereunder by the 

 United States with respect to persons or vessels sub- 

 ject to its jurisdiction, and any other actions which 

 may be undertaken by the United States for the 

 purposes of insuring the application of the conven- 

 tion and the measures in force thereunder to persons 

 or vessels subject to its jurisdiction pursuant to the 

 provisions of this chapter. lAs amended Aug. 11, 

 1971, Pub. L. 92-87, §§ 101-103, 85 Stat. 310; July 10. 

 1974, Pub. L. 93-339, § 1(a), 88 Stat. 293.) 

 Amendments 



1974 — Pub. L. 93-339 redesignated subsecs. (e) to (j) 

 as (d) to (i). respectively. Former subsec. (d). which de- 

 fined the term "convention area" was stricken, 



1971 — Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 92-87. § 101, substituted pro- 

 visions extending the definition ol "Convention" to In- 

 clude amendments which have entered or m.iy enter Into 

 force for the United States including the 1956 protocol, 

 the 1961 declaration of understanding, the 1953 protocol 

 and 1965 protocols for provisions extending such deftnition 

 to include amendments including the 1961 declaration of 

 understanding and the 1963 protocol, as well as the con- 

 vention signed at Washington under the date of Febru- 

 ary 8, 1949. 



Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 92-87. § 102(a) , cxter.ded the defini- 

 tion of "p?rscn" to Include persjns subject to tlie Juris- 

 diction of other parties to the convention with respect to 

 IntDrnational measures of control in force fur such parties. 



Subsec. (e). Pub. L. 92-87. § 102(b), extended the 

 deii.utiou ff "ve».~'ji" to inelade ves-ci-^ subject to the 

 Jurisdiction of other parties to the convention with re- 

 spect to i.iternatl^nal measures of control in force for 

 such parties. 



Subsecs. (i), (J). Pub. L. 92-87, § 103, added subsecs. 

 (1). (J)- 



§982. Commissioners; appointment and number; 

 rules; compensation. 



(a) The United States shall be represented, on the 

 Commission and on any panel in which the United 

 States participates, by three Commissioners to be 

 appointed by the President and to serve at his pleas- 

 ure. The Commissioners shall be entitled to adopt 

 such rules of procedure as they find necessary. The 

 Secretary of State, in consultation with the Secretary 

 of Commerce, may designate from time to time 



Alternate United States Commissioners to the Com- 

 mission. An Alternate United States Commissioner 

 may exercise, at any meeting of the Commission or 

 of the United States Commissioners or of the ad- 

 visory committee established pursuant to section 

 983 of this title, all powers and duties of a United 

 States Commissioner in the absence of a duly desig- 

 nated Commissioner for whatever reason. The num- 

 ber of such Alternate United States Commissioners 

 that may be designated for any such meeting shall 

 be limited to the number of authorized United States 

 Commissioners that will not be present. 



I b I The United States Commissioners or Alternate 

 Commissioners, although officers of the United States 

 Government while so serving, shall receive no com- 

 pensation for their services as such Commissioners 

 or Alternate Commissioners. (As amended Aug. 11, 

 1971, Pub. L. 92-87, § 111 (a), (b), 85 Stat. 313.) 



Amendments 



1971— Subsec. (a). Pub L. 92-87. § 111(a), added pro- 

 visions for the designation of Alternate United States 

 Commissioners to Insure that the United States is rep- 

 resented by the full number of Oontmiissloners to which 

 it Is entitled at any meeting of the Commission, in the 

 event that one or more of the Commissioners are absent. 



Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 92-87, § 111(b), substituted "Com- 

 missioners or Alternate Commissioners" for "Commis- 

 sioners" in two places. 



§983. Advisory Committee; composition; appointment 

 and tenure; meetings; officers; rules; attendance 

 at meetings; compensation; traveling expenses: 

 annual report to Congress. 



(a) The United States Commissioners shall ap- 

 point an advisory committee composed of not less 

 than five nor more than twenty persons who shall 

 fairly represent the various interests in the fisheries 

 under regulation by the Commission, including fish- 

 ermen and vessel owners, and who shall be well in- 

 formed concerning the fi heries under regulation by 

 the Commission. The members of the advisory com- 

 mittee shall serve for a term of two years, and shall 

 be eligible for reappointment. The advisory commit- 

 tee shall meet at least once a year, or more fre- 

 quently if necessary, shall elect its own officers, and 

 .^hal! be entitled to fix the times and places of its 

 •n^ctings and to adopt rules of procedure for their 

 conduct. The United States Commissioners shall also 

 have the authority to call a meeting of the advisory 

 committee on the request of three members of the 

 committee. The advisory committee, or such repre- 

 sentatives as it may designate, may attend as ob- 

 serverj all nonexecutive meetings of the Commission 

 or of any panel of which the United States is a mem- 

 ber. The advisory committee shall be invited to all 

 nonexecutive meetings of the United States Commis- 

 sioners and at such meetings shall be given full 

 opportunity to examine and to be heard on all pro- 

 posed programs of investigation, reports, and recom- 

 mendations of the United States Commissioners and 

 all regulations proposed to be issued under the au- 

 thority of this chapter. 



(b) The members of the advisory committee shall 

 receive no compensation for their services as such 

 members. On approval by the United States Com- 



