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U.S.GOVERNMENT
INFORMATION
115TH CONGRESS REPORT
2d Session HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 115-1104
LIMITATION ON CERTAIN FISHERIES ENFORCEMENT
BASED ON OBSERVER REPORTS
DECEMBER 21, 2018.-Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State
of the Union and ordered to be printed
Mr. BISHOP of Utah, from the Committee on Natural Resources,
submitted the following
REPORT
together with
DISSENTING VIEWS
[To accompany H.R. 5025]
The Committee on Natural Resources, to whom was referred the
bill (H.R. 5025) to amend the Western and Central Pacific Fish-
eries Convention Implementation Act to limit the imposition of
penalties against a person fishing on a United States flag fishing
vessel in certain areas of the Pacific Ocean based on a report by
an observer on such a vessel, having considered the same, report
favorably thereon without amendment and recommend that the bill
do pass.
PURPOSE OF THE BILL
The purpose of H.R. 5025 is to amend the Western and Central
Pacific Fisheries Convention Implementation Act to limit the impo-
sition of penalties against a person fishing on the United States
flag fishing vessel in certain areas of the Pacific Ocean based on
a report by an observer on such a vessel.
BACKGROUND AND NEED FOR LEGISLATION
The coordinated management of shared fishery stocks in inter-
national waters (201 or more miles from U.S. shores) is accom-
plished by nations participating in Regional Fisheries Management
Organizations (RFMOs). These international commissions guide
and coordinate the fisheries management activities of multiple na-
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