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

The State must 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.