INTERNATIONAL FISHERY AGREEMENTS.

SEC. 202. INTERNATIONAL FISHERY AGREEMENTS. (a) Negotiations.— The Secretary of State— (1) shall renegotiate treaties as provided for in subsection (b); (2) shall negotiate governing international fishery agreements described in section 201(e); (3) may negotiate boundary agreements as provided for in subsection (d); (4) shall, upon the request of and in cooperation with the Secretary, initiate and conduct negotiations for the purpose of entering into international fishery agreements— (A) which allow fishing vessels of the United States equitable access to fish over which foreign nations assert exclusive fishery management authority, and (B) which provide for the conservation and management of anadromous species and highly migratory species; and 90 STAT. 340 (5) may enter into such other negotiations, not prohibited by subsection (c), as may be necessary and appropriate to further the purposes, policy, and provisions of this Act. (b) Treaty Renegotiation.— The Secretary of State, in cooperation with the Secretary, shall initiate, promptly after the date of enactment of this Act, the renegotiation of any treaty which pertains to fishing within the fishery conservation zone (or within the area that will constitute such zone after February 28, 1977), or for anadromous species or Continental Shelf fishery resources beyond such zone or area, and which is in any manner inconsistent with the purposes, policy, or provisions of this Act, in order to conform such treaty to such purposes, policy, and provisions. It is the sense of Congress that the United States shall withdraw from any such treaty, in accordance with its provisions, if such treaty is not so renegotiated within a reasonable period of time after such date of enactment. (c) International Fishery Agreements.— No international fishery agreement (other than a treaty) which pertains to foreign fishing within the fishery conservation zone (or within the area that will constitute such zone after February 28, 1977), or for anadromous species or Continental Shelf fishery resources beyond such zone or area— (1) which is in effect on June 1, 1976, may thereafter be renewed, extended, or amended; or (2) may be entered into after May 31, 1976; by the United States unless it is in accordance with the provisions of section 201 (c). (d) Boundary Negotiations.— The Secretary of State, in cooperation with the Secretary, may initiate and conduct negotiations with any adjacent or opposite foreign nation to establish the boundaries of the fishery conservation zone of the United States in relation to any such nation. (e) Nonrecognition.— It is the sense of the Congress that the United States Government shall not recognize the claim of any foreign nation to a fishery conservation zone (or the equivalent) beyond such nation—s territorial sea, to the extent that such sea is recognized by the United States, if such nation— (1) fails to consider and take into account traditional fishing activity of fishing vessels of the United States: (2) fails to recognize and accept that highly migratory species are to be managed by applicable international fishery agreements, whether or not such nation is a party to any such agreement; or (3) imposes on fishing vessels of the United States any conditions or restrictions which are unrelated to fishery conservation and management.