REQUIREAIENTS UNDER BIARINE MAMMAL PROTECTION ACT OF 1972.

SEC. 103. REQUIREAIENTS UNDER BIARINE MAMMAL PROTECTION ACT OF 1972. Section 101(a)(2) of the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972 (16 U.S.C. 1371(a)(2)) is amended— (1) in subparagraph (E)(i) by striking “July 1, 1992” and inserting in lieu thereof “January 1, 1993”; and (2) in the last sentence by inserting “, except that, until January 1, 1994, the term ‘driftnet’ does not include the use in the northeast Atlantic Ocean of gillnets with a total length not to exceed five kilometers if the use is in accordance with regulations adopted by the European Community pursuant to the October 28, 1991, decision by the Council of Fisheries Ministers of the (Community” immediately after “(16 U.S.C. 1822 note)”.