DEVELOPMENT OF DOLPHIN-SAFE METHODS OF TUNA FISHING.

SEC. 302. DEVELOPMENT OF DOLPHIN-SAFE METHODS OF TUNA FISHING. Section 2 of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Marine Fisheries Program Authorization Act (Public Law 98–210; 97 Stat. 1409) is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection: “(d) Of the sums authorized under subsection (a) of this section, $1,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 1992 and 1993 are authorized to be appropriated for the purpose of developing dolphin-safe methods of locating and catching yellowfin tuna. Such authorization shall be in addition to moneys authorized under section 7 of the Act entitled ‘An Act to improve the operation of the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972, and for other purposes’, approved October 9, 1981 (16 U.S.C. 1384). Within six months after the date of enactment of this subsection, the Secretary, in cooperation with the Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission and after consultation with interested persons, shall publish a program plan for public comment that shall provide for— “(1) cooperative research to improve understanding of the behavioral association of dolphins and yellowfin tuna in the eastern tropical Pacific Ocean; “(2) development, testing, and implementation of new methods of locating and catching yellowfin tuna without the incidental taking of dolphins; and “(3) appropriate measures to ensure program participation and sharing of associated costs by each foreign government that conducts, or authorizes its nationals to conduct, yellowfin tuna fishing in the eastern tropical Pacific Ocean.”.