Federal · Title 16 — Conservation

16 U.S.C. § 3332: State program for reduction of overall fishing capacity

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provide incentives for early retirement of licenses, or early sale of vessels; set aside specific allocations of funds for each gear type to achieve the specific fleet reductions provided for in the program; 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 provide State funding for 25 per centum of the total cost of the program.

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