A bill to amend the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972 in order to provide relief in cases where limitations on fishing imposed under such Act contribute to certain local unemployment.

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Amends the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972 to define "quota" as the maximum number of marine mammals which may be taken during any calendar year incidental to commercial tuna fishing operations. Requires the Secretary of the Interior or the Secretary of the department in which the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is operating to determine, with respect to each political subdivision in which one or more tuna processing plants are located, the effects of such quota upon local unemployment and underemployment. Requires the Secretary to increase such quotas in order to permit harvested tuna to be supplied to such plants upon a determination that such quotas have had a detrimental effect upon local employment.…