16 USC - Chapter 56 A - Pacific Salmon Fishing - § 3631-3645.

This Chapter implements the Pacific Salmon Treaty between the United States and Canada of 1985. It establishes the requirements for Commissioners and the subsidiary Northern, Southern, and Fraser River Panels; and authorises Federal regulatory pre-emption by the Secretary of Commerce to meet treaty obligations. The Chapter authorises creation of an advisory committee to assist the U.S. Section and U.S. Panel Sections. This Chapter also repealed the Sockeye Salmon (or Pink Salmon) Fishing Act of July 29, 1947, and abolished the International Pacific Salmon Fisheries Commission. The Secretary, in consultation with the Secretary of the Interior, the Secretary of the Department in which the Coast Guard is operating and the appropriate Regional Fishery Management Council, shall promulgate such regulations as may be necessary to carry out the United States international obligations under the Treaty. The Chapter specifies prohibited acts and penalties.