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16 U.S.C. § 3332

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The State shall submit to the Secretary a program within three months of December 22, 1980, designed to—
  1. (1)provide incentives for early retirement of licenses, or early sale of vessels;
  2. (2)set aside specific allocations of funds for each gear type to achieve the specific fleet reductions provided for in the program;
  3. (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. (4)provide State funding for 25 per centum of the total cost of the program.