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H. Rept. 115-1104 1 (2018-12-21)

handle is hein.congrecreports/crptxacck0001 and id is 1 raw text is: AUT-ENTICATED U.S.GOVERNMENT INFORMATION 115TH CONGRESS REPORT 2d Session HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 115-1104 LIMITATION ON CERTAIN FISHERIES ENFORCEMENT BASED ON OBSERVER REPORTS DECEMBER 21, 2018.-Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed Mr. BISHOP of Utah, from the Committee on Natural Resources, submitted the following REPORT together with DISSENTING VIEWS [To accompany H.R. 5025] The Committee on Natural Resources, to whom was referred the bill (H.R. 5025) to amend the Western and Central Pacific Fish- eries Convention Implementation Act to limit the imposition of penalties against a person fishing on a United States flag fishing vessel in certain areas of the Pacific Ocean based on a report by an observer on such a vessel, having considered the same, report favorably thereon without amendment and recommend that the bill do pass. PURPOSE OF THE BILL The purpose of H.R. 5025 is to amend the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Convention Implementation Act to limit the impo- sition of penalties against a person fishing on the United States flag fishing vessel in certain areas of the Pacific Ocean based on a report by an observer on such a vessel. BACKGROUND AND NEED FOR LEGISLATION The coordinated management of shared fishery stocks in inter- national waters (201 or more miles from U.S. shores) is accom- plished by nations participating in Regional Fisheries Management Organizations (RFMOs). These international commissions guide and coordinate the fisheries management activities of multiple na- 89-006