### Question
Can you define what recent El Nino-related ocean conditions means?


### Answer
**Recent El Nino-related ocean conditions** is defined as the following in *15 U.S.C. § 650*:

> the ocean conditions (including high water temperatures, scarcity of prey, and absence of normal upwellings) which occurred in the eastern Pacific Ocean off the west coast of the North American Continent during the period beginning with June 1982 and ending at the close of December 1983, and which resulted from the climatic conditions occurring in the Equatorial Pacific during 1982 and 1983

#### Citation:
  - *15 U.S.C. § 650*
  - Heading: **CHAPTER 14A-AID TO SMALL BUSINESS**

