[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2627 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







107th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 2627

          To protect marine species off the coast of Georgia.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             June 14, 2002

  Mr. Cleland introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
   referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation

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                                 A BILL


 
          To protect marine species off the coast of Georgia.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. PROHIBITION OF GILLNET FISHING.

    Paragraph (1) of section 307 of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery 
Conservation and Management Act (16 U.S.C. 1857) is amended--
            (1) by striking ``(or)'' after the semicolon in 
        subparagraph (O);
            (2) by striking ``carcass.'' in subparagraph (P) and 
        inserting ``carcass; or''; and
            (3) by inserting after subparagraph (P) the following:
                    ``(Q) to engage in gillnet fishing in the exclusive 
                economic zone of the Atlantic Ocean off Georgia, from a 
                line extending in a direction of 104 degrees true north 
                from the seaward terminus of the South Carolina/Georgia 
                boundary to the 30 degrees 42' 45.6" N. Lat., which is 
                a line directly east from the seaward terminus of the 
                Georgia/Florida boundary.''.
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