In the exclusive economic zone
section 1812 of this titleExcept as provided in , the United States claims, and will exercise in the manner provided for in this chapter, sovereign rights and exclusive fishery management authority over all fish, and all Continental Shelf fishery resources, within the exclusive economic zone.
Beyond the exclusive economic zone
Pub. L. 94–265, title I, § 10190 Stat. 336Pub. L. 99–659, title I, § 101(b)100 Stat. 3706Pub. L. 101–627, title I, § 102(b)104 Stat. 4438Pub. L. 102–251, title III, § 301(c)106 Stat. 62(, , ; , , ; , , ; , , .)
Amendment of Section
Pub. L. 102–251, title III106 Stat. 62, §§ 301(c), 308, , , 66, provided that, effective on the date on which the Agreement between the United States and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics on the Maritime Boundary, signed , enters into force for the United States, with authority to prescribe implementing regulations effective , but with no such regulation to be effective until the date on which the Agreement enters into force for the United States, subsection (a) is amended by inserting “and special areas” before the period at the end and subsection (b) is amended by inserting after paragraph (2) the following new paragraph:
(3) All fishery resources in the special areas.
Editorial Notes
References in Text
Pub. L. 94–26590 Stat. 331section 1801 of this titleThis chapter, referred to in text, was in the original “this Act”, meaning , , , known as the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act, which is classified principally to this chapter. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under and Tables.
Amendments
Pub. L. 101–6271990—Subsec. (b)(1). substituted “any waters of a foreign nation” for “any foreign nation’s territorial sea or exclusive economic zone (or the equivalent), to the extent that that sea or zone is recognized by the United States”.
Pub. L. 99–6591986— amended section generally. Prior to amendment, section read as follows: “There is established a zone contiguous to the territorial sea of the United States to be known as the fishery conservation zone. The inner boundary of the fishery conservation zone is a line coterminous with the seaward boundary of each of the coastal States, and the outer boundary of such zone is a line drawn in such a manner that each point on it is 200 nautical miles from the baseline from which the territorial sea is measured.”
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date of 1992 Amendment
Pub. L. 102–251section 308 of Pub. L. 102–251section 773 of this titleAmendment by effective on date on which Agreement between United States and Union of Soviet Socialist Republics on the Maritime Boundary, signed , enters into force for United States, with authority to prescribe implementing regulations effective , but with no such regulation to be effective until date on which Agreement enters into force for United States, see , set out as a note under .