Makes it unlawful for any vessel or for the master of any vessel to: (1) harass a United States fishing vessel or interfere in any manner with a United States fishing vessel lawfully engaged in fishing or related activities on the high seas adjacent to the United States; (2) remove or destroy any fixed fishing gear, including but not limited to crab and lobster pots, properly marked and embedded in the floor of the sea in the high seas adjacent to the territorial sea of the United States; and (3) conduct fisheries or related activities in disregard of marked crab and lobster pots or other fixed fishing gear embedded in the floor of the sea in the high seas adjacent to the territorial sea of the United States.
Provides that the Coast Guard shall conduct necessary aerial surveillance and fishery patrols on the high seas adjacent to the territorial sea of the United States to protect United States fishermen, their vessels and gear, and otherwise carry out the policy of this joint resolution.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to House Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries.
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