Pub. L. 92-471, tit. I, sec. 102

Sec. 102. Section 8 of the Act is amended— (1) by redesignating such section as section 9: (2) by redesignating subsections (a), (b). (c), and (d), as subsections (b); (c), (d),and (e), respectively; (3) by striking out “subsection (a)” each place it appears in subsections (c), (d), and (e), as so redesignated by paragraph (1) of this section, and inserting in lieu thereof at each such place “subsection (b)”; and (4) by inserting immediately after “Sec. 9.”, as so redesignated by paragraph (1) of this section, the following new subsection: “(a) Enforcement activities under the provisions of this Act relating to vessels engaged in fishing and subject to the jurisdiction of the United States shall be primarily the responsibility of the Secretary of the Department in which the Coast Guard is operating, in cooperation with the Secretary of Commerce. The Secretary of the Department in which the Coast Guard is operating, with the concurrence of the Secretary of Commerce and the Secretary of State, is authorized to adopt such regulations as may be necessary to provide for procedures and methods of enforcement pursuant to articles 9 and 10 of the Convention.”.