recommended commission actions regarding large-scale driftnet fishing and conservation of atlantic swordfish

recommended commission actions regarding large-scale driftnet fishing and conservation of atlantic swordfish Sec. 207. Section 6(d) of the Altantic Tunas Convention Act of 1975 (16 U.S.C. 971d(d)) is amended to read as follows: “(d) (1) It is the sense of the Congress that the Secretary, in consultation with the Secretary of State, should seek support for a recommendation by the Commission to ban large-scale driftnet fish-104 STAT. 4462ing (as that term is defined in section 3(16) of the Magnuson Fishery Conservation and Management Act) in the Convention area. “(2) The Secretary, in consultation with the Secretary of State, shall request the Commission to adopt recommendations necessary for the conservation and management of Atlantic swordfish. In making the request, the Secretary shall seek the establishment of an international minimum harvest size and a reduction in harvest levels to the extent necessary to conserve the stock. Until the Commission adopts all the conservation and management measures requested by the Secretary, the Secretary, within 3 months after each annual meeting of the Commission, shall notify Congress as to the nature and results of his request. These notifications shall identify those nations not acting to conserve and manage Atlantic swordfish, and recommend measures which could be taken to achieve effective international conservation and management of the stock.”.