. Commercial fisheries review. Fisheries; Fish trade. 50 gear, and delegates enforcement responsibil- ity and enforcement powers. It was enacted following increasing entries by foreign fish- ing vessels into the territorial waters off Alaska. It had become evident that existing laws were inadequate to make abundantly clear that foreign vessels are denied the priv- ilege of fishing within U. S. territorial waters and, further, that there were no effective sanctions to punish violators. This Act defines "fisheries" as the "taking, planting, or cultivation of fish, mollusks, crusta
. Commercial fisheries review. Fisheries; Fish trade. 50 gear, and delegates enforcement responsibil- ity and enforcement powers. It was enacted following increasing entries by foreign fish- ing vessels into the territorial waters off Alaska. It had become evident that existing laws were inadequate to make abundantly clear that foreign vessels are denied the priv- ilege of fishing within U. S. territorial waters and, further, that there were no effective sanctions to punish violators. This Act defines "fisheries" as the "taking, planting, or cultivation of fish, mollusks, crustaceans, or other forms of marine animal or plant ; Enactment of Public Law 90- 427 in July 1968 broadened the definition of fisheries to include support operations. This law provides the legal framework for the U. S. to designate fishery resources of the Continental Shelf and, thereby, to regulate their harvest by foreign nations. The Con- tinental Shelf fishery resource is defined as including "living organisms belonging to sed- entary species; that is to say, organisms which, at the harvestable stage either are im- mobile on or under the seabed or are unable to except in constant physical contact with the seabed or the ; This lan- guage conforms to that in the United Nations Convention on the Continental Shelf, which be - came effective in June 1964. The designation of a Continental Shelf fish- ery resource could produce repercussions in other countries. Citing the U. S. action as a precedent, other nations could make claims to species off their shores which might not meet the precise criteria laid down in the United Nations Convention. Nonetheless, the U. S. is proceeding with the preparation of an initial list of living organisms that qualify as Shelf resources. Publication of this list in the "Federal Register," provided by the 1964 Act, will make it illegal for foreign fishing vessels to harvest on the Continental Shelf of the U.
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