To establish a limitation on the vessels that may engage in harvesting Atlantic mackerel or Atlantic herring within the exclusive economic zone.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Fisheries Conservation, Wildlife and Oceans.
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Official summary
Version 00 · Introduced in House · May 8, 1997
Authorizes a U.S. vessel to engage in the harvesting of Atlantic mackerel or Atlantic herring within the exclusive economic zone only if it: (1) had, before April 1, 1997, a documented landing in a port on the U.S. East Coast of at least one pound of fish harvested under a fishing permit issued under Federal or State law; or (2) is not more than 165 feet in length and has engines that produce a total of not more than 3,000 horsepower.
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