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16 U.S.C. § 3332

State program for reduction of overall fishing capacity

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The State shall submit to the Secretary a program within three months of December 22, 1980, designed to—(1) provide incentives for early retirement of licenses, or early sale of vessels;(2) set aside specific allocations of funds for each gear type to achieve the specific fleet reductions provided for in the program;(3) obtain an effective and expeditious reduction in the overall fishing capacity of and the number of vessels and licenses in the non-Indian commercial and charter salmon fishing fleets in the Washington conservation area; and(4) provide State funding for 25 per centum of the total cost of the program.(Pub. L. 96–561, title I, § 131, Dec. 22, 1980, 94 Stat. 3284.)